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.

The bearers of the so called igal-djin, or “dancing djin”, are persons who perform dances in a state of trance for certain rites. They are perhaps the most interesting example of persons chosen as dwelling places of a spirit.

This is a truly jovial dance. The name could have very well borrowed from the English word “darling”. Daling-daling is said to have been created by male transvestites within the Suluk community in the Southern Philippines.

Tausug Dances reveal the human compulses to meet adaptive needs and give meaning to human tendencies for aesthetic creations, this tendencies are seen in highly stylized execution, line, cures and styles,