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WorksheetsFOLKDANCE
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 65secs
The following are the Forms of Philippine Folk Dance. EXCEPT?
Spanish Influence Dances
Rural Dance
Urban Dance
Ethnic/Tribal Dance
Cordillera Dance
It refers to the dances created and performed collectively by the ordinary people.
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Which is not a description of Philippine Folk Dance?
Philippine folk dancers are diverse and include religious, ceremonial, courtship, funeral, combative, exorcism, torture, comic, and game dances.
They have been not named after saints, heroes, teachers, foreign steps or dances, their countries or regions of origin, events, tribes.
Philippine folk dances other than religious, ceremonial, and a few social are performed with attention to detail and after meticulous rehearsals.
Folk dances may also be divided into the regional, which refers to dances particular to one locale or are; the national, which refers to those performed all over the country.
These are the dances of mountain tribes in Northern Luzon, such as those of the Kalinga and the Ifugao people.
Cordillera Dances
Mindanao Dances
Ethnic/Tribal Dances
Rural Dances
These dances reached their zenith in popularity around the the turn of the century, particularly among the urban Filipinos.
Cordillera Dances
Mindanao Dances
Spanish Influence Dances
Ethnic/Tribal Dances
It was introduced after the 14th century. It was based on the epic legend of Darangan of Maranao people of Mindanao.
Ragragsakan
Singkil
Ipat
Baluang
A war dance imitating wild roosters in combat, can be seen performed by natives.
Talbeng
Ipat
Baluang
Rinampo
This dance performed essentially for the gods.
Ethnic/tribal Dance
Spanish Influence Dance
Mindanao Dance
Rural Dance
These dances illustrate the fiesta spirit and demonstrate a love of life.
Spanish Influence Dance
Mindanao Dance
Rural Dance
Cordillera Dance
It creates the illusion of an angry monkey, and is always performed by male dancers.
Baluang
Singkil
Ipat
Rinampo
