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Philippine Folk Dance
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Philippine Folk Dance
Dances of the Rural
Binasuan
Binasuan is a Filipino folk dance in which the performer balances on the backs of full wine glasses in each hand. Fill the glasses with wine, but other liquids can be used instead.
Binasuan is a Pangasinan traditional dance that originated in Bayambang. The dancers balance drinking glasses on their heads and in their hands while they move, which is what the word "binasuan" means. Because the glasses are packed with rice wine, any misstep will be a messy one. Binasuan is a traditional Chinese wedding and festival dance. Binasuan is a dance genre in which a group of dancers acts in unison, but occasionally breaks up into smaller groups and performs diverse choreography. They can, for example, start as a circle, then split into two columns, which bend into semicircles, and finally rejoin the circle. Three-quarter time is used in the music.
Binasuan
Binasuan Cups
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One of the dancers may fill each individual cup with rice wine and distribute them out to the other performers at the start of a binasuan performance. The dancers can also enter the stage with the cups filled and balanced on their heads and hands. Fill each cup with roughly half a cup of rice wine for your binasuan dance. Water can also be used. Place one cup on the flattest region of your skull, directly behind the crown of your head, to balance the cups. Place another on one of your palms. Another person will be needed to place the last glass on your other palm. Maintain a level and high head position while looking straight ahead. To keep your glasses in place, keep your palms facing up and slightly cupped.
Balintawak costume with tapis and soft panuelo
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Bulaklakan
The Bulaklakan dance is significant in the Philippines because it is based on flowering plants, which is abundant in the area. This dance is commonly done during the Santa Cruz de Mayo celebrations, a Catholic festival honoring the Virgin Mary. Due to the historic characteristics of the dance, this dance transcends words and is able to transmit emotions, collective memory, and explain feelings. It's the most basic manifestation of their multifaceted message and aim.
Bulaklakan
The Bulaklakan's history began with three provinces: Nueva Ecija, Bataan, and Bulacan. Bulaklakan is a word that comes from the home town of Bulacan. The area's rural residents would all meet and perform a variety of spontaneous and unscripted holiday dances as a method of relaxation. The Bulaklakan was a dance that was performed to personify the joys of work, the world, and life among the country's humble people. The Bulaklakan is something that is enjoyed by the residents of Muntinlupa (a city in the Philippines), which has been dubbed one of the country's most progressive cities as the country enters a more prosperous and abundant year. The reason for the celebration is obvious: everyone is looking forward to use this day to promote their community in the future.
• Usually a Barong Tagalog on top
• A brightly colored silk or cotton skirt on the bottom
• A arched garland of leaves and flowers attached to bamboo
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Karatong
The bamboo instrument worn around the waist of the male dancers is the inspiration for this dance. The karatong is played in a fast rhythm in order to attract good luck and ward off evil spirits. The female dancers use sticks that represent bunga mangga, or mango trees, to perform their routines.
Bamboo is known as karatong in Waray (a native of Leyte and its language). People in Dulag utilized bamboos to alert the town if there were opponents, such as pirates and tribes, who planned to overrun their territories in the days before the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines.
Bungga Mangga from Cuyo, Palawan, inspired "Karatong Subli." The dancers (boys) use a kalatong / Karatong or Bamboo tube tied horizontally under the waist with two sticks to tap syncronously to the rythm of the dance. The other dancers (women) collect flowers from the mango tree. The music has Spanish influences and is similar to Mexican folk music combined with Asian/Filipino tradition.
Dancers wear Ilocano peasant costume.
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Maglalatik
The Maglalatik is a male-dominated folk dance from the Philippines. Coconut shell halves are attached to the dancers' hands and to vests, which have four or six more coconut shell halves hanging from them.
Maglalatik
It was first done in Binan, Laguna, as a fake war dance depicting a conflict between the Moros and the Christians over the treasured latik or coconut meat under the Spanish reign. It is also performed to honor the town's patron saint, San Isidro Labrador.
Men do the Maglalatik dance. Moro dancers typically wear red-colored trousers, whereas Christian dancers typically wear blue-colored trousers. A harness is used to secure coconut shells to the chest, hands, back, thighs, and hips.
Usually, red coloured trousers are worn by the Moro dancers whereas blue coloured trousers are worn by the Christian dancers. Coconut shells are attached to the chests hands, back, thighs and hips with the help of a harness.
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Pandanggo sa Ilaw
Pandanggo sa ilaw is a Philippine version of a Spanish folk dance called Fandango. It is originated from the island of Mindoro and is famous among the northern part of the Philippines or the “katagalugan”. This kind of dance is mostly performed for religious rituals and processions like the Pandangguhan sa Pasig during the procession of St. Martha and the Sayaw sa Obando of Bulacan. This “dance of lights” portrays fireflies during the night time. Three oil lamps called tinghoy is needed as props and the dancers must know how to balance these three lamps from their both hands and their head. The female dancers must clothed in colorful traditional dress while the male performers must wear kamisa de tsino or barong.
The costume worn in this dance form varies according to the gender, and theyare as follows:
For men: The attire worn includes a Barong Tagalog and a pant.
For women: The attire worn includes a Mestiza dress.
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Oasiwas
Is a folk dance that is originated in Pangasinan, a province that is known for its fishing industry, this dance is related to fishing as it is performed by fishermen to serve as a tribute for a good catch. The word ‘Oasiwas’ is derived from a local dialect for ‘swinging’ because of its basic steps which are circling and swinging. It is a Pangasinan’s version of Pandanggo sa Ilaw, almost the same in costume and in music, but the lamps that are used were covered in porous clothes or fishnet.
Oasiwas
men: barong tagalog + pants
women: mestiza dresses
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Pasikat sa Baso
Pasikat sa baso is also a folkdance that originated in Pangasinan performed in different barrios of the said province. The word ‘pasikat’ means ‘to show off’ while ‘baso’ means drinking glass. Just like Binasuan, dancers display graceful movements and good balance with the use of glasses of water or wine, but the main difference is that Pasikat sa Baso is performed on top of a bench. The costume for female performers were colorful baro’t saya while the costume for male dancers were barong or kamisa de tsino.
Pasikat sa Baso
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Salakot
Is a traditional wide-brimmed hat from the Phillipines. It is usually made of either rattan, reeds or bamboo, ans is knowm as the native hat, one of the traditional hats worn in the country. Its use predates Spanish colonization and is also recorded being worn by the wife of Rajah Humabon of Cebu, where she wore a salakot greeting the Spaniards.
Sayaw sa Salakot, a dance where are young girls of the village show off their colorful farm hats. The salakot is a wide-brimmed hat which protects the Filipinos from the heat of the sun and rain. In dance, the salakot is used to enhance the dance figured and hand movement.
The salakot dance lies in the Phillipines, where the traditional wide-brimmed hat of the same name is embellished and worn at part of the dance costume. The dance is considered part of the national culture .
Salakot is performed by borh males and females, or sometimes by females only. Women and girls wear a local Balintawak costume and apir of wooden slippers known as bakya. The dances origin in folk music and art make it a treasured custom in the countryside regions as well as in modern cities, The salakot symbolizes Filipino identity and is often depicted in the costume of Juan dela Cruz, the national personification of the Phillipines. The fictional Juan dela Cruz character is customarily used as a mouthpiece for social and political issues affecting the common man.
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Subli
Is a Phillipines traditional dance and is extremely popular in province such as Batangas and Luzon. Apparently, this dance is performed to honour the “Holy Cross of Alitagtag” usually during the month of May. Furthermore, this dance at times also comprises of a chant to the “Holy Cross”. This dance involves the use of dramatic movements such leaping and stomping the ground by the male performers. On the other hand female performers mainly utilize feminine and graceful movements using the wrists and fingers.
According to the cultural history of the Philippines, this dance style was created to honour the “Holy Cross of Alitagag” also known locally as the “Mahal Na Poong Santa Cruz”, and is performed mainky in the month of May.
Men- The attire worn includes the barong tagalog, and red trousers.
Women- The attire worn mainly includes balintawak dress, tapis, panyo and a buri hat.
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Tinikling
Is one of the most popular dances in the Philippines. The traditional dance, which usually involves a pair of two bamboo poles, is considered to be the oldest in the country and its appeal has spread across the globe particularly in United states.
The tinikling is named after the long legged bird called tikling in the Philippines. Someone who dances the tinikling imitates the movements of a tikling bird ( hence, tikling-like) as the bird walks over the grass or dodges bamboo traps set by Filipino farmers on vast rice fields.
According to historical accounts, the Tinikling dance originated during the Spanish occupation in the Philippines particularly on the island of Leyte. Rice farmers on the Visayan Islands usually set up bamboo traps to protect their fields, yet tikling bird dodge their traps. Locals imitated the birds movement, and supposedly, that’s how this dramatic traditional folk dance was born.
To dance the Tinikling, you need two pairs of bamboo poles that are each 6–12 feet long (about 1.8–3.7 meters). Female dancers usually wear a dress called a Balintawak (a colorful dress with arched sleeves) or a Patadyong (a checkered loose skirt that’s often worn with a thin-fibered blouse). Males wear an embroidered formal shirt that’s untucked called the Barong Tagalog—which is the country’s national outfit for Filipino men. The Barong is usually paired with red trousers. All dancers perform the Tinikling while barefoot.
While only two bamboo poles are involved in this dance, some versions use four bamboo poles, where the pairs are arranged in a cross-like pattern. To avoid getting their ankles caught in between the poles, dancers must listen closely and follow the rhythm of the music.
Male- Barong Tagalog usually a light long sleeved shirt paired with red trousers.
Female- balintawak or Patadyong
All dancers are barefoot while performing the Tinikling
The importance of Tinikling can be seen through the unique props, attire, and entertaining dance moves, as it represent many of the values that are important to the Philippines like nature and life.
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Bati
This presentation inquires how the narratives of devotion to the Virgin Mary heavily influence the choreographies and compositions of the bati (greeting) dance in salubong (encuentro) in Marinduque and Angono, Philippines. The salubong is a re-enactment of the first meeting of Jesus Christ and his sorrowful mother popularly known as Mater Dolorosa after his death on the cross. As the devotees gather, the dancers greet and wave flags for the Virgin Mary to signify the transformation of her sorrow to joy as the angels sing alleluia. The presentation explores how dancerly attitude in salubong could be an act of gathering for the devotees, and also a source of grounded movement analysis, focusing on the intertwined attitudes – the bodily attitudes, affective, spatial, and the physical dimensions of dance and dancing. The bati as dance movement, conditioned and presupposed by the religious Marian devotion and conceived as contradictory in the everyday flow, is experienced by the dancers themselves as unnatural or dancerly.
Bati
white dress and comfortable shoes
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Binislakan
Binislakan folk dance came to the Philippines with Chinese immigrants. It is a folk dance performed with a stick known as bislak. Binislakan dance was performed to commemorate the stay of limahong. Limahong is a Chinese pirate who built his kingdom in Lingayen. A Chinese word was given to the name Lingayen by the Chinese settlers of this place a long time ago and it was derived from a Chinese word li-king-tung. Lingayen in Pangasinan means to look backward and upward that is why the binislakan dancers look backward or upward in some movements. Binislakan folk dance performed with two sticks known as bislak imitating the chopstick used by the Chinese in eating. The dance called binislakan which in pangasinan means " with the use of sticks".
Binislakan
The bisnislakan female dancers wear Siesgo and Kimona with loose and long sleeves, the binislakan male dancers wear Camisa de Chino and red pants.
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Pabirik
Pabirik Festival is a festival that recognizes the gold mining in the territory of Camarines Norte. “Pabirik” proposes the dish and methodology Paracale people use in gold panning. During the celebrations, nourishment slows down, bazaars lined in the road of Paracale. Pabirik is a dance activity of the Bicolano imitating the movement of gold panners.
Pabirik
A dress with colorful design
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Kalapati
Kalapati is a word meaning “dove.” The dance mimics the graceful and gentle movements characteristic of dove courting behavior. Kalapati originates from the city of Cabugao, within the province of Ilocos Sur in the northern part of the Philippines. This lovely courtship dance depicts the typical traits of the Ilocanos simplicity, naturalness, and shyness.
Kalapati
Kalapati dancers usually dress in the typical Ilocano costume. The typical Ilocano costume or dress is made from inabel reflects the admirable qualities of the Ilocana. The colors of the dress shows simplicity and modesty. The typical dress came in a two-piece ensemble – blouse and skirt.
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Inalisan
A festival dance from Nangalisan, Laoag Ilocos Norte. The word Innalisan is derived from “Innalis,” which means to transfer from one place to another, one of the characteristics of the Ilocanos. This dance underscores the concepts of creating relations between the people, the physical environment, the social landscape, the divine realm, and the artistic perspective. The people of Ilocos Norte take much pride in our togetherness, working for common goals, and strengthening and fortitude of our social network: we are a people who, despite geographical distance, continue to gather in mind and heart to build better lives with and for one another. Inalisan dancers usually wears Ilocano peasant costume.
Dancers wear Ilocano peasant costume.