Aron james Alvarez

• Festivals in the Philippines are generally some of the most awaited events of the year as communities celebrate religious and secular or non-religious festivals
• Types of festival dances


  Cultural dances performed to the strong beats of percussion instruments by a community of people sharing the same culture, usually done in honor of a patron saint or in thanksgiving of a bountiful harvest
• Secular festivals or non-religious festivals in the Philippines are celebrated in thanksgiving or celebration of people's industry and bountiful harvests
• Examples of secular or non-religious festivals in the Philippines

  • Bangus Festival
  • Bambanti Festival
  • Mamangi Festival
  • Mango Festival
  • Panagbenga Festival
  • Ebon Ebon Festival
  • Mascara Festival
  • Tinalak Festival
  • Amongan Festival
  • Binatbatan Festival
• Walk


  Series of steps executed by both feet alternately in any direction
• Jump

  Both feet lose contact with the ground in 5 ways: take off from one foot and land on the same t
• Examples of locomotor movements

  • Step
  • Walk
  • Run
  • Jump
• Examples of religious festivals in the Philippines

  • Sinulog Festival
  • Ati-Atihan Festival
  • Penafrancia Festival
  • Gigantes Festival
  • Longanisa Festival
  • Kinabayo Festival
• Religious festivals in the Philippines are celebrated in honor of a certain religious icon or saint of a particular place
• Basic locomotor and non-locomotor movements in folk dance


  Necessary for producing your own festival dance relative to the context of the festival being celebrated
• Run


  Series of walks executed quickly in any direction with only one foot staying on the ground at a time
• Festival dances draw the people's culture by portraying the people's ways of life through movements, costumes, and implements inherent to their place of origin
• Step

  Transfer of weight from one foot to another, basis of all locomotor movements
• Celebration of festivities leads to the upliftment of the economy
• Non-locomotor movements

  • Flexion
  • Extension
  • Contraction
  • Release
  • Collapse
  • Recover
  • Rotation
  • Twist
  • Five volt
  • Turn
• Ways to perform a jump

  • Take off from one foot and land on the same
  • Take off from one foot and land on the other
  • Take off from one foot and land on both feet
  • Take off from both feet and land on one foot
  • Take off from both feet and land on both
• Non-locomotor movements


  Movements performed in one point in space without transferring to another point
• Jump


  Executed quickly in any direction wherein only one foot stays on the ground while the other is off the ground
• Festivals contribute to the improvement of quality of life
• Festivals strengthen unity in the community despite the diversity of cultures
• Gerund phrases begin with a gerund and include objects or modifiers
• Verbals


  Gerund, Participle, Infinitive
• Gerunds are from the verb form added with -ing
• Gerunds


  • driving
  • painting
  • laughing
  • planting
  • swimming
• Gerund phrases consist of a gerund plus object and/or modifiers
• Gerund Phrases in different functions

  • Watching TV is my best time
  • I love watching TV
  • My pastime is watching TV
  • I am interested in watching TV
  • My pastime watching TV makes me relax
• Examples of gerunds


  • driving
  • painting
  • laughing
  • planting
  • swimming
• Gerund


  A verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun
• Verb + -ing


  • drive + -ing = driving
  • paint + -ing = painting
  • love + -ing = laughing
  • plant + -ing = planting
  • work stream + -ing = swimming
• Gerund Phrases


  • solving math problem is easy
  • talking patiently is part of my daily routine
• Gerund phrases can be used as a subject, direct object, subject complement, object of the preposition, or appositive
• Usage of the gerund phrase "watching TV"

  • Watching TV is as a subject
  • Watching TV is my pastime
  • Watching TV is the direct object
  • Watching TV is used as a subject complement
  • Watching TV is the object of the preposition
• Gerunds must have a gerund marker "ing" before and after them when used as an appositive
• Gerunds can rename nouns when used as an appositive
• Gerunds can be used in sentences to convey different meanings and functions
• Gerunds can be incorporated into educational activities for evaluation and improvement
• Gerunds can be part of performance tasks to enhance understanding and application
• Gerunds can be explored further through interactive exercises and tasks
• Gerunds can be paired with prepositions like "on," "in," "of," "about," "to," "before," "after," etc.
• Gerunds can be used in various functions such as subject, direct object, subject complement, object of the preposition, and as an appositive