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• The Filipinos show the influences of foreign conquerors from China, India, the Arabic countries and Spain although the mountain tribes still have their magic dance
• Folk dance


  A participation dance, displaying the characteristics and temperament of the people who have created it, usually of anonymous origin that has been passed on from generation to generation
• Although they are now performed for pleasure in the cities, folk dances were originally mainly country dances
• Despite the differences forced upon them by their respective heritages, the folk dances of different countries often have similarities of rhythm and pattern. Variation among them are sometimes the results of geographical differences
• Ethnological dance


  Developed a distinct traditional style, a technical terminology, and a clearly defined school of instruction, was a folk dance before it became the art expression of a race
• Folk dancing


  A form of social dancing that has become part of the customs and traditions of a people, developed among people in villages and passed on from generation to generation in a particular region
• In many folk dances, groups of dancers form such basic pattern as a circle, line, or a curved, moving line called a chain
• In some folk dances, women and men dance together in couples. But in many other dances, only men or women perform
• Although folk dances are preserved by repetition, they gradually change over the years. As a result, folk dances have not only survived in these countries but have changed to suit the character of local communities
• Today, folk dance classes and societies are stimulating interest in the Philippines. Indeed, folk dances are performed in costume for entertainment, and so help preserve the heritage of the race
• Dance


  Rhythmic and expressive body movements, usually coordinated into a pattern and adapted to musical accompaniment
• Almost all important occasions in the life of primitive man were celebrated by dancing: birth, death, marriage, war, a new leader, the healing of the sick, prayers for rain, sun, fertility, protection, and forgiveness were all expressed through dancing
• Dance steps


  • Walk
  • Run
  • Jump
  • Hop
  • Skip
  • Slide
  • Leap
  • Turn
  • Sway
• Important features of dance

  • Rhythm
  • Design
  • Dynamics
  • Technique
  • Gestures, especially hand movements
• Folk dance


  The traditional recreational dance of an indigenous society showing the cultural characteristics of a specific people at a given time and place
• Folk dance


  Traditional, social expression through movements with rhythmic accompaniment which are characteristics of the community life of the people of different nationalities
• Folk dance


  The vivid intimate bond of customs, ideals, and traditions of the past through which a multitude of national characteristics in music, steps, and costumes are preserved
• Folk dance


  A dance developed spontaneously and naturally by specific folk, usually handed down from generation to generation and following a fixed basic pattern
• According to Philippine legend, the first man and the first woman went up to the hill to make their first home. They begot many children and later became the ancestors of diverse tribes
• Several beliefs became their way of life. When death struck, when lightning flashed in the sky, and when thunder rumbled, the tribes were struck with fear. They thought that the gods were angry. To placate their deities, they offered sacrificial rites by way of fire and smoke in the belief that the smoke from fires they kindled carried their invocation heavenwards
• When illness and pestilence befell the tribes, the people wailed and chanted and danced long into the night, so that the evil spell might be broken. When the earth caked from drought, they performed a dance of propitiation so that the divine entities might take pity on them and send rain to their parched fields. And when the rains came and drenched the soil to assure a bountiful harvest, these children of the gods danced in the moonlight in joy and thanksgiving
• In the acts of imploring, conciliating and giving thanks to the gods, the people of throne islands created dance to live forever in themselves, in their children and their childre's children
• Dance in the Philippines influences the diversity of our cultural beginnings and the drama of our everyday lives. It blends the exotic customs and cultures of many countries and races-Indonesian, Malay, Chinese, Indian, Spanish and American
• The Philippine archipelago had been inhabited by three different racial groups even before the coming of Magellan in 1521. They were the Pygmies, Indonesians, and Malay. The Negritos and Proto-Malays were the descendants of the Pygmies. As early as the days, dancing among the Negritos was mostly pantomimic, performed to depict the ev of daily chores
• Filipinos possess natural grace, an inborn love for music and dance. Dancing was considered a religious activity among them. They danced for many occasions-birth, love, courtship, thanksgiving, wedding, war, victory, marriage, planting and harvesting, prosperous voyage, recovery from sickness and healing the sick
• In places where life is easy, the dances are gay and frolicsome. Dances in places where life is hard are sad, slow and even mournful
• Filipinos are also lovers of rituals as shown in ceremonial dances during town fiestas, Christmas, Easter, Ash Wednesday. There were dances performed by the priests and priestesses in the thanksgiving for a plentiful harvest, a victorious battle, a prosperous voyage or recovery from sickness, to drive away evil spirits and in invoking their gods and anitos
• Classification of Philippine folk dances

  • Geographical Location
  • Nature of the Dance
• Geographical Location - National Dances

  • Carinosa
  • Kuratsa
  • Balitaw
  • Rigodon
  • Pandanggo
• Geographical Location - Local/Regional Dances

  • Alcamfor (Leyte)
  • Maglalatik (San Pablo, Laguna)
  • Basulto (Pampanga)
• Nature of the Dance - Occupational Dances

  • Pagtatanim
  • Paggapas
  • Paghangin
  • Paggiik
  • Pagbabayo
  • Paglulugas
  • Pabirik
  • Mananguete
• Nature of the Dance - Religious/Ceremonial Dances


  • Obando
  • Dugso
  • Sinurog
• Nature of the Dance - Courtship Dances

  • Rogelia
  • Lulay
  • Hele Hele Bago Quiere
• Nature of the Dance - Wedding Dances

  • Pantomina
  • Pandang-Pandang
  • Soryano
• Nature of the Dance - Festival Dances

  • La Jota
  • Putong
  • Kuratsa
• Nature of the Dance - War Dances

  • Inabaknon
  • Sagayan
• Nature of the Dance - Comic Dances

  • Makonggo
  • Kinoton
• Nature of the Dance - Game Dances

  • Lubi-Lubi
  • Gayong-Gayong
  • Pabo
• Nature of the Dance - Social Dances

  • Rigodon
  • Lanceros
• Dances of the Cordillera Groups

  • Takika
  • Pattong
  • Dinuyya
  • Tarektek
  • Bendian
  • Turayen
  • Tadecka
  • Ragragsakan
  • Takiling