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Philippine Luzon folk dance
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Philippine Luzon Folk Dance
By: Josef, Kristine Joyce
Banga
Banga
The Banga is a dance that displays the strength of a woman. In this dance, women usually carry around eight pots around their head. This dance expalins the role of women in the society, where women fetch water and carry these crimson pots on their heads. This dance illustrate the languid grace of a tribe otherwise known as fierce warriors.
BANGA
The history of the Banga Dance tells us a story of Filipino women's strength, resilience and grace. Banga (pronounced ba-nga), meaning “pot”, is an earthen container originated by the northern Cordillera region of the Philippines.
Fierce
Warrior
The “Banga” (ba-nga), is a round or spherical jar made of clay, used for fetching water and mostly adopted by the northern region of the Philippines. Kalinga women place a women and coiled piece “jikon” that is made from a straw plant “ligis,” or they use a rolled cloth on their heads for support while carrying the banga. The Kalinga use local sources for the clay to make their pots. The known potters are the women from the villages of Puapo and Dalupa in Pasil, and in the village of Dognak in Lubuagan. These clay pots are made for fetching and storing water, cooking, storing of food, and for bartering.
BANGA...
JARS
MAGLALATIK
Originally performed in Binan, Laguna as a mock-war dance that demonstrates a fight between the Moros and the Christians over the prized latik or coconut meat during the Spanish rule, this dance is also shown to pay tribute to the town’s patron saint, San Isidro Labrador. It has a four-part performance such as the palipasan and the baligtaran showing the intense battle, the paseo and the escaramusa- the reconciliation.
Maglalatik
The name of the dance comes from the Filipino word "Latik", which means "fried coconut milk curd", a coconut product that is used in Filipino cooking, particularly in snacks.
Maglalatik
A war dance depicting a fight
between the Moros and the Christians
The Maglalatik is an indigenous dance from the Philippines in which coconut shell halves that are secured onto the dancers' hands and on vests upon which are hung four or six more coconut shell halves. The dancers - all male - perform the dance by hitting one coconut shell with the other - sometimes the ones on the hands, sometimes, the ones on the body, and sometimes the shells worn by another performer, all in time to a fast drumbeat.
Like many native Filipino dances, it is intended to impress the viewer with the great skill of the dancer, and in some Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) circles, it has been noted that the manlalatik "consists of a trapping and boxing method hidden in a dance."
Maglalatik...
Coconut
Binasuan
Binasuan
Binasuan is a folk dance that originated in Bayambang, Pangasinan. The dancers balance glasses on their heads and in their hands as they move.
The glasses are filled with rice wine, which makes any misstep a messy mistake. People dance binasuan at weddings and festivals. A group of dancers generally performs binasuan, moving in unison, but occasionally breaking into smaller groups and performing different choreography. For example, they can begin in a circle, then form two columns, which then bend into semicircles, and one follows the other to reform the circle. The music is in three-quarter time.
Binasuan
With the use of drinking glasses
At the beginning of a binasuan performance, one of the dancers may fill each individual cup with rice wine and pass them out to the other performers. The dancers can also come onstage with the cups already filled and balanced on their heads and hands. For your binasuan dance, make sure you fill each cup about half full of rice wine. You can also use water. To balance the cups, place one on the flattest part of your head, just behind the crown of your head. Now place another on one palm. You’ll need another person to place the last glass on your other palm. Keep your head level and high, and look straight ahead. Keep your palms facing up and slightly cupped, to hold your glasses in place.
Binasuan...
Glasses
Idaw
Idaw
This dance has many names and different versions. It depicts the hunting ritual performed before a tribal war. The tribesmen would go out and look up and watch out for the scared Idaw bird which is said to lead the tribe to victory. Considering the Philippines as a very humid country, the traditional clothing was made to cover not much of the body.
As one of the cordillera dances, this Bontoc dance depicts a war ceremony performed by warriors of rival tribes. Idaw, meaning “bird” is celebrated because it was the omen bearer of war.
Idaw
The warriors from varying factions take part in this dance. If the warriors were successful in their combat, a ceremonial rite begins. This ritual is often violent, with chieftains of various tribes beheaded. Movements of this dance are both undaunted and intrepid.
This dance sometimes has many names and different versions. Most common is this dance depicts the hunting ritual performed before a tribal war. The tribes men would go out and look up and watch for the scared Idaw bird. Which is said to lead the tribe to victory. Also look at the clothing, Philippines being a very hot climate, plus the use of as little material as possible, the traditional clothing was not made to cover much of the body.
Bearer of
war
Idaw...
Bird
Sayaw sa Bangko
Sayaw sa
Bangko
Sayaw sa Bangko (“dance on a bench”) is a folk dance from the Pangasinan province of the Philippines. Performers dance on top of a bench that is normally six inches wide. The Dance pangakit Bench is endemic Pangapisan, Lingayen, Pangasinan. The dancing couples over the banks. Tiny banks and therefore should be carefully measured the dancing.
It is performed by a couple on a narrow bench, inching and hopping from one end to another. Dancer show skill in staying up the bench as they exchange places by moving their way around or the girl thrown in the air while boy moves to the other end. They do not compete but rather complement each other so that no one falls. It is usually performed during town fiestas.
Pagsayaw sa bangko
Dance on the
bench
Sayaw sa Bangko is a famous Pilipino folk dance in which the dancers must use good skill and balance as they dance on top of a narrow bench. This dance dates back to before the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, which means it is a purely Pilipino
Ancestral dance. Dancers showcase their skills as they dance atop a narrow bench, while constantly trading places. As opposed to competing with each other to stay on the bench, dancers must complement each other to ensure that they do not fall.