SAKUTING

1. Which of the following statements describe the background of sakuting?

• a. It is a traditional fingernail dance of the Tausug people of the Sulu Archipelago and Sabah

• b. It is an ethnic dance of people living in the western side of the Cordillera

• c. It is performed to commemorate the stay of Limahong in Lingayen, Pangasinan

• d. It is a dance created by the people of Sulu because of their dependence on pomelo fruits for their livelihood.

2. Which is TRUE about the dance Sakuting?

• a. Young children uses sticks and strike them together to make their dance livelier.

• b. Dancers look backward or upward in some of the movements to imitate the chopsticks used by Chinese in eating.

• c. Dance movements strongly resemble those of kontaw silat, a martial art common in the Malay Archipelago

• d. All of the above

3. Which of the following refers to the process in which members of one cultural group adopt the beliefs and behaviors of another group?

• a. civilization

• b. denationalization

• c. tradition

• d. acculturation

4. The dance’s place of origin is at Abra and Ilocos Norte, and dancers are using sticks to perform.

• a. Sakuting

• b. Binislakan

• c. Singkil

• d. Pangalay

Binislakan, Pangalay, Sua ku Sua, and Sakuting are Philippine folk dances influenced by what continent?

• a. Africa

• b. Australia

• c. Asia

• d. Europe