REVIEW FOLK DANCE

These are the oldest form of dance. They have been used for years in ceremonies and rituals and as expressions of experiences.

These dances of the culture have been passed on from generation to generation.

• Folk Dance

• Folk Song

• Folk Lore

Where the traditional wide-brimmed hat of the

same name is embellished and worn at part of the dance

costume.

• Salakot

• Pandanggo sa Ilaw

• Maglalatik

It requires excellent

balancing skill to maintain the stability of the three tinggoy

or oil lamps placed on head and at the back of each

hand.

• Salakot

• Pandanggo sa Ilaw

• Maglalatik

It was originally performed in Binan, Laguna as a

mock-war dance that demonstrates a fight between the Moros

and the Christians over the prized latik or coconut meat during the

Spanish rule.

• Salakot

• Pandanggo sa Ilaw

• Maglalatik

This folk dance imitates and matches the movements of an itik or duck.

• Itik-itik-

• Tinikling-

• Kuratsa-

This is a bamboo dance which imitates the movements

of the tikling birds as they walk between grass stems, run over tree

branches, or avoid bamboo traps set by rice farmers.

• Itik-itik-

• Tinikling-

• Kuratsa-

Highly favored by the Waray people of the Eastern Visayan region.

• Itik-itik-

• Tinikling-

• Kuratsa-

This is a famous dance of the Maranao people

of Lake Lanao. The name of the dance itself means "to

entangle the feet with disturbing objects such as vines

or anything in your path".

• Singkil-

• Pangalay-

• Kandingan-

It is the traditional fingernail dance of the

Tausug, Badjao, Tawi-Tawi, and Samal people of the

Sulu Archipelago which emphasizes flowing arm and

hand movements.

• Singkil-

• Pangalay-

• Kandingan-

This dance is performed in a Tausug wedding in

Jolo, Sulu. The Kandingan consists of figures and steps based

on classical and traditional Indian dance forms.

• Singkil-

• Pangalay-

• Kandingan-