PE 8 (4TH QUARTER)

• physical folk dances speak so much about the heartbeat of our people.
• the meaning of binislakan - with the use of stick
• binislakan /place of origin - lingayen,pangasinan
• dance classification of binislakan - social dance
• in binislakan , they used two sticks to produce rhythms imitating the chopsticks used by the chinese in eating
• in binislakan, the costume of the female is siesgo and kimono with loose and long sleeve and soft panuelo. and in male, they wear camisa de chino and red pants.
• the meaning of sua ku sua - my pomelo tree
• dance researcher of sua ku sua - ramon a. obusan
• classification of sua ku sua - courtship dance
• pomelo fruits serve as an important source of income of the people of sulu
• the movements of the dance compare sua's gentle leaves ,slender branches,attractive fruits and fragrant flowers to a lady
• during the performance of sua kusua , the couples sing while flapping two white fans which represent the leaves rustling in the wind
• meaning of pangalay - fingernail
• classification of pangalay - wedding / festival dance
• pangalay resembles the movements of kontaw silat, a martial art common in malay archipelago.
• pangasik - male version of pangalay
• pangiluk - features both a male and female dancer
• joloana - costume in pangalay
• experts and professional dancers use janggay, extended metal fingernails in each finger
• sakuting - the meaning of this dance is "refers to rhythmic sticks producing the accompaniment for the dance"
• social dance - the classification of sakuting
• sakuting is a dance of ethnic people living in the western side of cordillera
• during christmas, young boys and girls accompanied by their elders would go to lowlands, especially in ABRA and ILOCOS NORTE to dance in front of houses and asks for gifts(sakuting)
• young children performs sakuting by holding sticks , one on each hand and strike them together to make their dance livelier
• francisca reyes-aquino - the dance researcher of pangalay sakuting and binislakan