Singkil

Singkil
Courtesy of Barangay Folk Dance Troupe

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Publisher: Kruger

Distributor: National Book Store (NBS)
Cost: Php1.75
Copyright: 1994
Barcode: 4-800224-002363
Serial Number: 8-00236


DANCE DETAILS:
Type: Folk dance
Origin: Maranao people of Lake Lanao

Singkil is a re-telling of an episode from the Maranao epic legend Darangen involving the rescue of Princess Gandingan (abducted by the diwatas) by the legendary Prince Bantugan. The dance steps require agile movement so that the dancer's feet won't be crushed by the moving bamboos. Meanwhile, the clacking bamboo poles represent the forces which the two characters had to overcome. The dance ends with the princess going home with the prince.

It is a popular dance performed during celebrations and other festive entertainment. Originally only women, particularly royalty, danced the Singkil, which serves as either a conscious or unconscious advertisement to potential suitors.

La Jota Caviteña

La Jota Caviteña 

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Type: Folk dance
Origin: Ternate, Cavite

La Jota Caviteña is a dance based on the Spanish dance the "Jota". The dance is characterized by brisk and snobbish posture of the male dancers and the flowing elegance of lady dancers. Spanish footworks called zapateado are used as well as pairs of elongated buho castanets for each hand. 

Balangbang

Balangbang 

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DANCE DETAILS:
Type: Folk dance (victory or festival dance)
Origin: Mountain Province (Kankanaey)


Balangbang was originally a war dance performed during canao, a feast to celebrate either victory in war, a bountiful harvest, or a wedding. The dance shows a duel or combat of two warriors who later joins them. The hide and seek movements which follow the rhythm of the ganza (gong) dramatize the killing. The dancing crowd shields the warriors from clashing with each other. A closed dance formation represents the shielding and an open dance formation depicts the duel or fight scene.

Sayaw ed Tapew na Bangko

Sayaw ed Tapew na Bangko 

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DANCE DETAILS:
Official Filipino Name: Sayaw sa Bangko
Type: Folk dance
Origin: Pangasinan

Performers dance on top of a narrow bench that is normally six inches wide, inching and hopping from one end to another. It is performed by a couple who shows skill in staying up the bench as they exchange places by moving their way around or the girl thrown in the air while the boy moves to the other end.