| Dance | Palu-palo (Batanes) |
| Meaning | Wooden sticks |
| Dance Culture | Lowland Christians |
| Place of Origin | Sabtang, Batanes |
| Ethnolinguistic Group | Ivatan |
| Classification | Ritual , Mock war |
| Background / Content | Sabtang, in the Batanes group of islands executes a one-of-a-kind mock battle performance , reminiscent of the day when the first Spanish soldiers and missionaries landed to evangelize the islands. The protagonists fight with sticks called “palo-palo”, from which the dance drew its name . By the 17th century most of the Batanes islands have been converted to Christianity. |