History and Fundamentals of Phil. Folk Dances

Early Filipinos view dancing as a physical practice and they performed dances for a successful harvest, a triumphant war, and a healthy voyage or recovery from sickness.

• True

• False

Who described folk dance in the Philippines as a traditional mode of expression that employs body movements of redundant patterns linked to definitive rhythmic beat or music features?

• Duggan

• Schlottmann

• Dela Cruz

• Lopez

What do you call this traditional dances that are found in a specific country?

• national dances

• folk dances

• ethnic dances

• interpretative dances

These are ethnological dances performed in primitive tribes, which have maintained a close association with religious practice and tradition of the group.

• national dances

• folk dances

• ethnic dances

• interpretative dances

This category of ethnic dance depicts ritual ceremonies like Dugso and Pagdidiwata.

• Ethnic dances

• Ritual dances

• Life-cycle dances

• Occupational dances

This classification of the Philippine Folk dances are the dances from the people of the Southern Islands of the Philippines such as Mindanao and Sulu.

• Tribal dances from Cordilleras

• Lowland Christian dances

• Highland Christian dances

• Muslim dances

This person is known as the first national dance artist, and the Philippine Folk Dance Mother.

• Francisca Delos Reyes-Aquino

• Francisca Reyes-Aquino

This classification of folk dances are dances that are either religious or secular and connected with the celebration of recurring events of special significance.

• Occupational dances

• Ritual and ceremonial dances

• War dances

• Festival dances

This classification of folk dances are dances that express feud and enmity wherein two male dancers engage in physical combat with Spartan-like intensity.

• Occupational dances

• Mimetic or drama dances

• War dances

• Festival dances

The Itik-itik dance of Surigao is an example of what classification of folk dance?

• Occupational dances

• Mimetic or drama dances

• War dances

• Festival dances