it is considered a traditional dance or ethnic dance of a given country. it relates to the customs, traditions, and daily lives of certain community or locality.
folk dance
the spanish colonizers introduced european culture with the Jotas, Fandangos, and Waltzes
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Philippine folk dances have been included in the courses offerings in most of our schools.
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various tribes have no dance culture of their own.
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resistance groups fought the americans and with this, many of our dances were handed from one generation to the other.
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usually performed by couples or newlyweds together with the relatives of the bride and groom. ex; habanera de soltera, the carinosa, and sayaw sa pag-ibig.
courtship or wedding
daces are performed during fiestas as a thanksgiving ritual for a beautiful harvest or good fortune.
festivals
usually depicts animal movements with funny and humorous actions. ex; itik-itik, and the tinikling.
mimic or imitative
performed to characterize occupations of a certain locality. ex; binatbatan.