PART 2

• National Dances


  Traditional dances throughout the Philippines with a common basic movement or pattern but with slight variations
• Local or Regional Dances


  Dances found in certain localities or regions
• Local or Regional Dances

  • Alcamfor (Leyte)
  • Maglalatik (San Pablo, Laguna)
  • Basulto (Pampanga)
• Occupational Dances


  Dances that depict actions, characteristics, occupations, industries, and phases of human labor
• Rice Festival has the largest number of dances
• Occupational Dances


  • Pabirik-depicts the different stages of gold panning
  • Mananguete - tuba gatherer
• Religious or Ceremonial Dances


  Performed in connection with religious vows, practices, and ceremonies. May be performed to drive away evil spirits, ask for a favor to have a child, give thanks for having recovered from sickness, favors granted and vows fulfilled.
• Courtship Dances


  Dances that depict love-making or with a love theme
• Wedding Dances


  Performed by newlyweds, by friends and relatives of the bride and groom or by the father of the bride and the mother of the groom
• Wedding Dances


  • Pantomina (bride and groom)
  • Pandang-Pandang (bride and groom and friends or relatives of each side)
  • Soryano (dance by the parents of the future groom, the visit of the parents of the bride)
• Festival Dances


  Performed in connection with celebrations, a feast, a barrio fiesta, good harvest and good fortune
• War Dances


  Intended to show imaginary combat or duel with the use of fighting implements like bolo, kris or spear
• Comic Dances


  Dances with funny and humorous movements mainly intended for entertainment
• Comic Dances


  • Makonggo (movements of monkey)
  • Kinoton (imitates movements of person bitten by ants)
• Game Dances


  Dances that have some play elements and are for recreational purposes
• Social Dances


  Dances during social gatherings
• BIBAKIIG

  • Bontocs
  • Ifugaos
  • Benguets
  • Apayao
  • Kalinga
  • Itneg
  • Ilonggot
  • Gaddang
• PESHITS & KANYAO


  • Occasions for the presentation of Cordillera dances
• Classification of dances


  • Ceremonial
  • Courtship
  • War
  • Festival
  • Imitative in nature
• If there were dances for the so-called "bourgoise," during the Spanish period, there were also dances for the poor farmers and people in the rural areas
• Dances were light and more informal
• Frequently, the dances require skills and characters which depict their kind of work
• Dances


  • Binasuan is a dance that require a balancing skill with glasses of wine
  • Bati is a dance performed during Easter Sunday
  • Gayong-Gayong is a game dance
  • Binislakan, which means sticks, is a Pangasinan dance that bears Chinese influence
  • Kadal Blelah is a Tiboli dance with mythical bindings imitative of the movements of the birds
  • Karasaguyon is a courtship dance
  • Kadal Tajo is a dance that depicts the movements of a bird in the middle of the forest
• Takika


  Flirtation, love or wedding dance from Western Bontoc
• Pattong


  Danced by one or two warriors
• Dinuyya


  From Lagawe Ifugao, a dance festival performed by men and women during a major feast
• Tarektek


  Among the Benguets, a dance imitating the "woodpeckers"
• Bendian


  A victory dance
• Turayen


  Among the Apayaos, a dance imitating a high flying bird
• Tadeck


  Kalingga word for dance
• Ragragsakan


  A work dance of Kalingga women where they carry baskets on their heads or sometimes layered claypots
• Takiling


  A victory dance performed after a head hunting spree
• Kakulangan


  Among the Maranao, is danced with the use of beautifully decorated umbrellas
• Sagayan


  A war dance which dramatizes the hero-warrior prince
• Asik

  A doll dance for girls
• Silong sa Ganding


  Shows traces of Hindu-Vedic influence, where the five dancers represent the sounds of the ganding
• Fang-alay


  From joio, Suiu, portrays the varied life activities of the people
• Maglanka


  A dance class of noble Samal women
• Burong Talo


  A martial arts dance in the Langka tradition of Mindanao dances
• Pindulas


  Depicts the movements of the fish