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Tahing Baila is a Yakan dance, a low land tribal Philippine folk dance, in which it tries to imitate movements of fish. [2] Pangsak Basilan Yakan From the highlands of Mindanao, is a Musim ethnic group called the Yakan. They are known to wear body-hugging elaborately woven costumes.
Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance which originated prior to Spanish colonialism in the area. [1] The dance involves at least two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance.
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."
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.
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 ...
A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region. Not all ethnic dances are folk dances. ... Members from the Philippine ...
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.
Lucrecia Faustino Reyes-Urtula (June 29, 1929 – August 4, 1999) was a Filipino choreographer, theater director, teacher, author and researcher on ethnic dance. She was the founding director of the Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company and was named National Artist of the Philippines for dance in 1988.