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La Jota Cagayana

Until the turn-of-the-century the Ibanag of Cagayan Valley in Northern Luzon performed this fast-tempoed dance which includes familiar European steps like the mazurka, polka, gallop and waltz.

Kuratsa

The Kuratsa is highly favored by the Visayan people especially the Waray people of the Eastern Visayas, it is believed to be a Mexican import (supposedly from La Cucaracha dance)

Kinugsik-Kugsik

What better way to draw attention to an endangered species than through a dance! Hardly known to many Filipinos are squirrels found in small pockets of forests in Palawan the Agusan and Misamis Occidental region.

Karatong

A Karatong is a musical instrument made of bamboo that is commonly played in Cuyo, Palawan every 27th of September, when the wait for the flowering of giant mango trees ends. Together with the bungang mangga or mango flowers (made of coconut midribs or ting-ting wrapped in rice paper and pierced into styrophors

Kapag-ani

Maguindanawon’s rice cycle dance drama put to the kulintang Gandingan music. On very special occasions, the Maguindamnawons (People of the flooded planes)Dressed in resplendent outfit romanticize the rice cycle from clearing of the fields to harvest.

Kalasan

A fitting entertainment of Maguindanawon is the most popular past-time cockfighting or Kalasan. On occasions like Pag-islam, the Kalasan will remind the boy of future entertainment he might be interested in

Kalapati

Named after the dove or “Kalapati” in Filipino, this dance imitates the movements of doves while they court, movements such as bowing, billing and cooing. This courtship dance signifies the simplicity of the, naturalness and shyness of the Ilocanos, particularly from Cabugao, Ilocos Sur where it originated.

Kadal Taju

Is a Traditional dance from the T’boli Tribe , from lake Seibu in South Cotabato, its dramatic dance is performed during their planting and hervesting seasons and depicts the movements of an injured bird among its flock.

Janggay

Sometimes known as diwata amongst the Tagbanua of Central Palawan. The ritual features an elderly female babaylan assisted by lesser baylanes who perform several trace dances. These dances vary from gentle to violent depending upon the spirit that posseses her.