Pananamit

Banga
Tribe: Kalinga

"Banga" literally mean pots. The Banga or pot dance is a contemporary performance of Kalinga of the
Mountain Province in the Philippines. This dance illustrate the languid grace of a tribe otherwise known as
fierce warriors. Heavy earthen pots, as many as seven or eight at a time, are balanced on the heads of
maidens as they trudge to the beat of the "gangsa" or wind chimes displaying their stamina and strength as
they go about their daily task of fetching water and balancing the banga.
 Bendayan
Origin: Benguet Province, Northern Luzon

Also popularly called Bendian, this circle dance of the Benguet of Mountain Province is restaged, keeping
true to the dance's context and meaning. Long known as a dance to celebrate the arrival of successful
headhunters, the Bendayan has taken a new face. It is part of every Benguet festivity with the circles slowly
giving way to other formations and interpretations.
 Lumagen / Tachok
Tribe: Kalinga
Origin: Luzon

When the Kalinga gather to celebrate a happy occasion like the birth of a first-born baby boy, a wedding, or a
budong (peace pact), the Kalinga Festival Dance (Tachok) is performed. This is danced by the Kalinga
maiden. The dance imitates birds flying in the air. Music is provided by gangsa, or gongs, which are usually
in a group of six or more.
 Salisid
Tribe: Kalinga

The Salidsid is the Kalinga courtship dance, performed by a male and female (and thus is sometimes called
the "cayoo" dance). The dance starts when each of the dancers are given a pice of cloth called ayob or allap.
Usually the most important people in the village are the second to dance after the host has signified that the
occasion is formally open. The background and meaning in this dance is evident. The male simulates a
rooster trying to attract the attention of a hen while the female imitates the movements of a hen being circled
by a rooster.
 Salip
Tribe: Kalinga

Tribes in the mountain provinces of Luzon preserve their identity, customs and lore. Their dances celebrate
important events in life such as birth, wedding, victory in war and thanksgiving. A Kalinga wedding dance
is an important celebration. The bridegroom offers the bride the protection and comfort of his blanket. He
simulates the movements of a rooster at love play, aspiring to attract and seize his love. The bride's friends
are ready to help prepare the bride by offering "bangas" (earthen pots) filled with fresh water from the
mountain spring.
 Ragsaksakan
Tribe: Kalinga

This dance portrays the walk of the industrious Kalingga women, carrying water pots on their heads and
wearing the colorful hand-woven "blankets of life" around their necks. Their walk imitates the climb up the
Rice Terraces in the Mountain Provinces of the Philippines.
For many in the the lowlands, the mountain people are generically referred to as
"igorot," from 'y-golot,' meaning 'from the mountains.' A pejorative term from the
colonized past, 'igorot' has become accepted as a collective catchword that groups
together the Cordillera cultures: Bontok, Gaddang, Ibaloy, Ifugao, Ilongot, Isneg,
Kalinga, Kankana-ey, Ikalahan, I'wak and Tinguian. Although separate cultures, some
groups share deities and rituals, with overlaps and intermingling at their cultural
fringes.

Of the colonizers, the Americans were better accepted than the Spaniards, gaining
deeper inroads and effecting greater influences and more lasting changes,
particularly in education. Although their healing beliefs are steeped in rituals and
deities, in general, the tribes access western medicine earlier than the Tagalog and
Visayan cultures. English as a second language has survived the assault by
nationalistic fervor. The healers, collectively referred to by the acculturated as
"shamans" are distinct by culture and rituals. Although modernization, Christianity
and education have gained inroads and effected changes in Cordillera traditions and
cultures, a system of religious beliefs and rituals with a profusion of deities and
spirits, continue to affect many facets of their day-to-day lives. Unlike the lowlands,
medicinal herbs do not figure heavily in ther healing modalities. In contrast, rituals
and the use of sacrificial animals are dominant in the culture of their healing and
beliefs.

Kalinga people adhere to the belief that life is sacred and should be protected and
cared. This attitude is manifested by the Kalinga cultural values. This cultural values
of the Kalinga people are so significant and can dictate the way of life of the people.
They are paniyaw, ngilin, and bain (fa-in).
Mga Kagamitan