Folk Dance

• Folk Dance - a form of dance developed by a group of people that reflects the traditional life of the people of a certain country or region.
• Binislakan (Lingayen)


  Dance Researcher: Fransisca Reyes Aquino

  Ethnographic Linguistic Group: Pangasinense

  Meaning: Use of Sticks

  Place of Orgin: Pangasinan

  Dance Culture: Christian Lowland

  Classification: Social Dance

  Country of Influence: China

  
• Lingayen in Pangasinan means having to look backward and upward. It was derived from “Li-King-Tung
• The barrio folks who lived at Almazin, a small place between barrio Pangasinan (Pulong) and Maniboc danced this to commemorate the stay of Limahong, a Chinese pirate who built his kingdom here.
• Sua-Ku-Sua


  Dance Researcher: Ramon A Obusan

  Ethno-Linguistic Group- Tausug

  Dance Culture: Lowland Muslim (Costal)

  Classification: Courtship Dance

  Meaning: My pomelo Tree

  Place of Orgin: Jolo, Sulu

  
• The Tausug of Sulu, Southern Philippines, though known as fearsome warriors are also better known as sturdy seafarers and hardy farmers. Extensive orchards are planted with coconuts and pomelos and fields with staples like rice and root crops
• Pangalay

  Dance Researcher: Francisca Reyes Aquino

  Dance Culture: Lowland Muslim (Coastal)

  Classification: Social Dance

  Meaning: Finger Nail

  Place of origin: Sulu

  Ethno-linguistic Group: Tausag

  
• Pangalay (also known as Daling-Daling or Mengalai in Sabah) is the traditional “fingernail” dance of the Tausūg people of the Sulu Archipelago and Sabah.
• kontaw silat, a martial art common in the Malay Archipelago
• The Pangalay is performed mainly during weddings or other festive events
• The male equivalent of the Pangalay is the Pangasik and features more martial movements, while a pangalay that features both a male and female dancer is called Pangiluk.
• Sakuting


  Dance Researcher: Fransisca Reyes Aquino

  Place of Origin: Abra and Ilocos Norte

  Classification: Recreational Dance and Social Dance Meaning: Refers to rhythmic sticks

  
• Sakuting“ is an ethnic term which refer to the rhythmic sticks producing the accompaniment for the dance.
• Sakuting is a dance of the ethnic people living in the western side of the Cordilleras way back before the coming of the Americans to our country.
• Pangalay (also known as Daling-Daling or Mengalai in Sabah) is the traditional “fingernail” dance of the Tausūg people of the Sulu Archipelago and Sabah.