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  2. Dance in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Filipino rituals are often shown in dance, because for Filipinos, dance is the highest symbolic form. It transcends language and is able to convey emotions, collective memory, and articulate their purpose. Dance in this case, is the fundamental expression of their complex message and intention.

  3. Pandanggo - Wikipedia

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    Pandanggo is a Philippine folk dance which has become popular in the rural areas of the Philippines. The dance evolved from Fandango, a Spanish folk dance, which arrived in the Philippines during the Hispanic period. The dance is accompanied by castanets. [1] This dance, together with the Jota, became popular among the illustrados or the upper ...

  4. Tinikling - Wikipedia

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    The Buff-banded rail (Gallirallus philippensis), one of the birds locally known in the Philippines as tikling, which were the inspiration for the movements of the dance. The name tinikling is a reference to birds locally known as tikling, which can be any of a number of rail species, but more specifically refers to the slaty-breasted rail (Gallirallus striatus), the buff-banded rail ...

  5. Singkil - Wikipedia

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    Singkil is an ethnic dance of the Philippines that has its origins in the Maranao people of Lake Lanao, a Mindanao Muslim ethnolinguistic group. The dance is widely recognized today as the royal dance of a prince and a princess weaving in and out of crisscrossed bamboo poles clapped in syncopated rhythm. While the man manipulates a sword and ...

  6. Cariñosa - Wikipedia

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    Origin. Philippines. The cariñosa (Spanish pronunciation: [kaɾiˈɲosa], meaning loving or affectionate) is a Philippine dance of colonial-era origin from the Maria Clara suite of Philippine folk dances, where the fan or handkerchief plays an instrumental role as it places the couple in a romance scenario.

  7. Itik-itik - Wikipedia

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    Itik-itik is a mimetic folk dance in the Philippines that mimics the movement of ducks. [1] It originated in Cantilan, Surigao del Sur [1] in the Philippines. Itik-itik was discovered in this town by National Artist for Dance Francisca Reyes-Aquino. Originating from a dance called Sibay and performed to the tune of Dejado, the story was told ...

  8. Maglalatik - Wikipedia

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    coconut shells. Origin. Philippines. The Maglalatik (also known as Manlalatik or Magbabao) is a folk dance from the Philippines performed by male dancers. [1] Coconut shell halves are secured onto the dancers' hands [2] and on vests upon which are hung four or six more coconut shell halves. The dancers are shirtless and wear only red pants.

  9. Lambada - Wikipedia

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    Lambada. Lambada (pronunciation ⓘ) is a dance from State of Pará, Brazil. The dance briefly became internationally popular in the 1980s, especially in the Philippines, Latin America and Caribbean countries. It has adopted aspects of dances such as maxixe, carimbó, forró, salsa, merengue. Lambada is generally a partner dance.