Dance Sohten Meaning Dance Culture Place of Origin Zamboanga del sur Ethnolinguistic Group Subanon Classification Background / Content The people of the Philippines re- main obviously Malay and Indonesian in origin, possessing characteristics of the same type as may be seen physically in their features or observed through their ways of life.…
Dance Udol Meaning The Tagakaolo Death Ritual Dance Culture Highland traditionalist group Place of Origin Davao Ethnolinguistic Group Tagakaolo Classification Ritual Background / Content Udol is a dreaded but essential ritual performed by the villagers of Tagacaolo settlements in Davao, Mindanao, where a coffin-like box, also know as udol, is pounded by women to safely…
Dance Dugso Meaning Ritual dance of offering Dance Culture Highland traditionalist group Place of Origin Malaybalay , Bukidnon Ethnolinguistic Group Talaandig Classification Ritual Background / Content One of many versions of ritual dance of Talaandig. Talaanding people wear colorful feathered combs, ankle-length skirts, bell-sleeved blouses and Singkil or brass bells tied to their upper legs.These…
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…
Grabbing, Fighting, insulting, pushing , hurting and crying is what pig-agawan is all about, our hero place it cool with 3 maidens who for this occasion, dressed in their finest attire, donning the familiar feather combs and bead accessories covering their hair, neck and breast.
In a dream, a barren Matigsalug mother bears a child whom she rears to maidenhood. The dream sequence unfolds as two suitors get attracted to the child’s beauty. She likes one but despises the other.
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.
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.