Philippine Folk Dance

What is Folk Dance?

• It is a traditional dance that have been developed naturally and it is being passed down through generations.
• Native dances of any specific "folk" or common people.
• It is related to our everyday lives.
• All of the above

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 classification of folk dances are dances that express feud and enmity wherein two male dancers engage in physical combat 

• Occupational dances
• War dances
• Festival dances
• Game dances

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

• Ethnic dance
• Folk dance
• National dance
• Interpretative dance

It is a dance performed as part of the rituals and ceremonies of a certain tribe or group of people.

• Occupational dances
• War dances
• Festival dances
• Ritual and ceremonial dances

What do you call this traditional dance that is found in a specific country?

• National dance
• Ethnic dance
• Folk dance
• Interpretative dance

It is a dance that are either religious or secular and connected with the celebration of recurring events of special significance.

• Wedding Dance
• Occupational dances
• Festival dances
• Game dances

Cariñosa is an example of a national dance

• True

• False

Lowland Christian dances are influenced by Indo-Malayan cultures

• True

• False

Which of the following dances do "Pandanggo" and "La Jota Isabela" belong?

• Cordillera Dances

• Muslim Dances

• Spanish Influenced Dances

• Tribal Dance