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The Performance: Sakuting
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The Performance: Sakuting
The Dance
Who?
- Arnis, traditional art of stick fighting
- Banned by Spanish, making it secret.
- Managed to sneak it into folk dances.
- Chirstian Ilocanos converted by the Spanish.
- The non-Christian Tingguian mountain tribes.
- Spanish opressors and missionaries.
- Usually performed by boys only.
The History
What?
- Two teams of performers clash, imitating martial arts.
- Form of comedia (or moro-moro); features a battalla (choreographed skirmish, mock fight)
- Province of Abra, home to Ilocano and Tingguian tribes.
- Spanish garrison to protect Christian Ilocanos and city of Bangued.
- Missionaries taught dance as ritual, portraying struggle between tribes.
SAKUTING!
The Props
Why?
- The sticks are wooden or bambo
- 2 1/2 feet long
- Tapered at the end, like candle
- Represented weapons of simple people
- Customarilly performed asart of Christmas celebrations.
- Time to give dancers aguinaldos (gifts of money, drinks, fruits, and refreshment)
- Portrays influences of China and Spain.
- Exercise of Arnis art of fighting
- Employs Filipino Arnis, the art of stick fighting.
- Has influences from China and Spain.
- Uses sticks that represent simple weaponry of people.
- Represents the battles and rituals between the Christian Ilocanos and non-Christian Tinnguian tribes.
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