Nature and Background
of Folk Dance
PREPARED BY: ARDY R. NOBLEZA
Philippine Folk Dance
WHAT IS FOLK DANCE?
Refers to the dances created and performed
collectively by the ordinary people
• The term usually includes: so called ”ethnic dances” such
as those of the cultural community in the Cordillera, in
Mindoro, Palawan, Sulu, and Mindanao; and the rural
or lowland Christian dances, among the groups, like the
Ilocano, Pangasinan, tagalong, Pampango, Bicol, Cebuano,
Ilonggo, and Waray.
WHAT IS FOLK DANCE?
Folk dances may also be divided into “regional”, which refers to
dances particular to one locale or area; and the “national”, which
refers to those performed all over the country
CREATIVE FOLK DANCE-which refers to character dances
whose choreography uses folk steps and music.
PHILIPPINE FOLK DANCES
Are diverse, and include religious, ceremonial, courtship,
funeral, combative, exorcism, torture, comic, and game dances.
They have named after saints, heroes, teachers, foreign steps or
dances, their countries or regions of origin, events, tribes,
Philippine steps, a combination of steps or of steps and places,
and a combination words.
PHILIPPINE FOLK DANCES
Other than religious, ceremonial, and a few social are performed with
attention to detail and after meticulous rehearsals
Filipino ethnic groups still believe in the efficacy of dance as a means
of communicating with deity. Christianized Filipinos too dance to
plead with, or to thank the Virgin Mary or a patron saint. As in
Filipino religiosity, the influence of indigenous culture persists,
despite colonization.
PHILIPPINE FOLK DANCES
Insects, reptiles, fowls, birds, simians, medicinal and fragrant plants, edible
shoots, the national flower, bamboo nodes, and the sound of winds as it
passes through the leaves have all been accorded recognition in Philippine
Dance
Activities such as rice production, broom making, golf panning, fishing,
tuba making, gathering of sweet potatoes, clams or honey, fetching of water,
pot making, corn planting, and communal work have been reflected on
Philippine Folk Dances
PHILIPPINE FOLK DANCES
The dances use movements of the head, waist, arms, feet
throwing circling, swooping, offering, crowning. Some dances
feature flags, beating with sticks, and swaying motions such as
those of drunkards.
Five famous Folk Dance in the Philippines
Maglalatik
Sayaw sa Bangko
Tinikling
Cariñosa
Pandanggo sa Ilaw
Maglalatik
Maglalatik
Maglalatik
One for festive occasions such as feasts and religious
processions, the Maglalatik dance originated in Biñan,
Laguna.
It’s now danced during the night of the town fiesta as the
religious procession moves along the streets. It’s performed
as an offering to the patron saint of farmers, San Isidro de
Labrador
Sayaw sa Bangko
Sayaw sa Bangko
Sayaw sa Bangko
Sayaw sa Bangko (Dance on a Bench) illustrates the culture that’s been
consistently maintained by the inhabitants of Pangasinan - from prior
colonisation to post colonisation - despite a few Spanish influences creeping in.
A pair of dancers wearing the appropriate attire dance on a narrow bench to
symbolise the concepts of trust, balance, and overcoming hardships
They lean, turn, and jump from one side of the bench to the other side of the
bench. The benches are slowly stacked up to the point where only one pair
dances on the top of the stacked benches.
Tinikling
Tinikling
Tinikling
Considered by many as the National Dance of the Philippines, Tinikling
is inspired by the movement of the tikling birds, which the dance is
named after. It originated during the Spanish colonial era.
women traditionally wear a dress called Balintawak or patadyong, and
men wear an untucked embroidered shirt called the barong Tagalog.
It consists of three basic steps which include singles, doubles and hops
and looks similar to playing jump rope, except that the dancers perform
the steps around and between the bamboo poles.
Cariñosa
Cariñosa
Cariñosa
First introduced to the Philippines by the Spaniards in the 16th century,
the name of this romantic dance means ‘loving one’ or ‘affectionate
one’.
Cariñosa was inspired from maria clara
Despite its Spanish heritage, the dance has very much adapted to the
local culture
Pandango sa Ilaw
Pandango sa Ilaw
Directions: Read the statements carefully. Write TRUE if
the statement is correct and FALSE if it is incorrect.
1. Folk dance refers to the dances created and performed collectively by
the ordinary people.
2. Regional folk dances refer to dances performed all over the country.
3. National folk dances refer to dances performed particular to one
location or area.
4. Filipino ethnic groups still believe in the effectiveness of dance as a
means of communicating with their god.
5. Philippine folk dances are varied and include religious, ceremonial and
game dances.
6. Tinikling is the national dance of the Philippines and one of the
oldest dances in the archipelago.
7. Tinikling imitates the movement of the “Tikling” birds as they
walk between grass stems or run over tree branches.
8. In Tinikling, the girl’s costume is called balintawak or patadyong.
9 .The patadyong are colorful dresses with wide arched sleeves.
10. The basic steps involved in this dance are hop, jump, leap and
waltz.
Let’s do it
write a short essay about their learnings
that they gain from this topic.
Composing of three hundred words
minimum.
