Dance Pastores Kalawit Meaning Pastores from Kalawit Dance Culture Lowland Christian Place of Origin Kalawit , Camotes Island Cebu Ethnolinguistic Group Cebuano Classification Entertainment Background / Content Taking time-off from fishing and selling fish, the village folks gather by the shores to witness the whimsical dance of the oldies. Grandmothers don doll dresses and swing…
Dance Maglalatik Meaning Dance Culture Place of Origin Biñan, Laguna Ethnolinguistic Group Tagalog Classification Mock war Background / Content Dancers with coconuts shells attached to various parts of their bodies, which are tapped by the shells in their hands the beat of music while vigorously dancing. The dance is fun and exciting because…
Dance Tinikling Meaning To perform like Tikling birds Dance Culture Lowland Community Place of Origin Leyte Ethnolinguistic Group Visaya Classification Mimetic Background / Content Derived from a Tikling bird with long legs and a long neck, it is a game dance that dancers dart in and out of clapped bamboo poles without their feet being…
Dance Carinosa Meaning Amiable Dance Culture Lowland Christians Place of Origin Rapu-Rapu, Albay Ethnolinguistic Group Bicolano Classification Courtship/Social Background / Content The 1970’s saw the blooming of Philippine nationalism, a much-desired move to educate, conserve, explore and research on everything Philippine. Systematic choosing resulted in labeling of things this, and things that, as national representatives.…
Dance Kinabayo Meaning Horsemen Dance Culture Lowland Christians Place of Origin Dapitan , Zamboanga del Norte Ethnolinguistic Group Chavacano Classification Festival / mock war dance Background / Content September each year brings out into the streets of Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte hundreds of “horsemen” dressed in resplendent costumes riding almost life size papier-mache horses who…
Dance Kuradang Meaning Show-off Dance Culture Lowland Christians Place of Origin Albuquerque, Bohol Ethnolinguistic Group Boholano Classification Wedding Background / Content The enchanting island of Bohol holds no secrets. It is the merriest musical people under the Visayan sun. To visit Bohol is to visit music-land where people just can’t pass a day without dancing,…
Dance Polkabiana Meaning Polka dedicated to Biana Dance Culture Lowland Christians Place of Origin Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental Ethnolinguistic Group Visaya Classification Social Background / Content Biana is the known fat lady of Zamboangita to whom a dance was dedicated. She may be overweight but her dance does not in any way reflect heaviness or big…
Dance Karasaguyon Meaning Dance Culture Indigenous Hill Community Place of Origin Lake Seibu, South Cotabato Ethnolinguistic Group T’boli Classification Entertainment / Mimetic Background / Content No other tribal group could be more exotic than the Tiboli or Tabali living around lake Sebu of South Cotabato. Every- day to the Tibolis, is always a special…
Dance Sugod Uno Meaning Dance Culture Place of Origin Misamis Oriental Ethnolinguistic Group Higaonon Classification Background / Content Two dances of the Higaonon, one of a babaylan shaman acting like a mother hen to her chicks, the second of a ferocious hawk killed by three hunters.
Dance Sugod Uno Meaning Dance Culture Place of Origin Sirib Kalinan, Davao City Ethnolinguistic Group Bagobo Classification Ritual Background / Content It starts with a Pamalugu, a ceremonial washing in the river, is one of the rituals in the 4 day celebration of Bagobo’s Gin-um. A ceremonial dance performed by Bagobo baganis or…