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The Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company is the oldest dance company in the Philippines. [1] A multi-awarded company, both nationally and internationally, [ 2 ] Guillermo Gomez Rivera has called it the "depository of almost all Filipino dances , dress and songs."
"Bayan Ko" (usually translated as "My Country"; Spanish: Nuestra patria, lit. 'Our Motherland') is one of the most recognizable patriotic songs of the Philippines.It was written in Spanish by the revolutionary general José Alejandrino in light of the Philippine–American War and subsequent American occupation, and translated into Tagalog some three decades later by the poet José Corazón de ...
"Magkaisa" (Tagalog for "unite") is a 1986 Filipino pop song performed by Virna Lisa (Virna Lisa Loberiza) and composed by Tito Sotto, [1] [2] which is notable for being one of three iconic songs associated with the People Power Revolution of 1986 - the other two being "Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo" [3] and the traditional kundiman anthem "Bayan ...
Kumintang (love song; also a pantomimic "dance song" – Dr. F. Santiago) Cundiman (love song; used especially in serenading ) The Spanish scholar V.M. Avella described the kundiman in his 1874 work Manual de la Conversación Familiar Español-Tagalog as the " canción indígena " (native song) of the Tagalogs and characterized its melody as ...
Gwendolyn Garcia dancing to "Mabuhi!" at the 2020 Suroy Suroy Sugbo SMB (Santa Fe, Madridejos, Bantayan) Escapade in Madridejos on November 27, 2020"Mabuhi!" (Cebuano for 'long live'; cf. "mabuhay"), also known as "Mabuhi Ka, Sugbuanon" ("Long Live, Cebuano"), is a song written and composed by Filipino musician Paul Melendez.
Helobung, a dance troupe composed of Indigenous T'boli people from the Philippines' Lake Sebu, is on the latter half of its tour through Oahu, where they have been ...
' "The Gift of the Filipinos to the World" '), released in English as "A New and Better Way—The People's Anthem," is a 1986 song recorded in Filipino by a supergroup composed of 15 Filipino artists. The song serves to commemorate the bloodless People Power Revolution which ended President Ferdinand Marcos's 20-year rule, as well as a benefit ...
It was written by Prescott Ford Jernegan. The musical tune was adapted from the US state song, "Maryland, My Maryland." Santiago changed the melody, and Santos translated the Jernegan text into Filipino for Pilipinas kong Mahal. [3] In the Philippines, patriotic songs are often sung by people at political rallies, protests and demonstrations.