MUSIC, COSTUMES, AND DANCE OF SAKUTING

• Women wears "balintawak"
• Balintawak- is typically used for trip to the countryside and it is characterized by a camisa with a butterfly sleeve
• Kimono- is a top costume for women and has a thick sleeves
• Siesgo- is the skirt for women
• Siesgo- "A line skirt"
• The Siesgo is designed neither floral or lines
• Tapis- is a small one piece of cloth
• Mens wear either camisa de chino or barong tagalog for top
• In pants Men's wear red trousers
• Barong Tagalog- is embroidered long-sleeved formal shirt for men
• Barong Tagalog combines elements from both precolonial
• Barong Tagalog combines elements from both the precolonial
• Camisa de chino- is the collarless shirt with a two or three button front opening and cuffless sleeves attributed to Chinese laborers in and around the Philippines
• Bamboo Sticks- A sakuting stick is striped or bamboo and is about 1 1/2 feet long and tapered at the end
• The traditional music styles for sakuting portray the dual influenced china and Spain
• Its Staccato inflections and rhythmic tapping suggest a strong Chinese influence
• The music of sakuting is played by a rondalla, bandurria, laud, octavina, mandola, guitarra, and bajo de uñas or double bass
• Dancers use one and two sticks throughout the performance to tap of the floor and each other's sticks
• Dance steps are combination of marching and small forwards or sideways shuffle steps while circling and interchanging positions with other dancers