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MAPEH (PE)
4th Quarter – Module 5:
FESTIVAL DANCE
 I. FESTIVAL DANCE

• Undertakes physical activity and physical fitness assessments

• Reviews goals based on assessment results
• Describes the nature and background of the dance
• Executes the skills involved in the dance

II. CONCEPT NOTES

Most people nowadays, young and old alike, are becoming fitness conscious
as one of their goals in life. They consider physical fitness as part of their daily
activities to help them accomplish their daily task with ease, endurance and
satisfaction. Because of this, people who are busy with their jobs and who can afford
to buy fitness apparatuses and equipment, invested their money to acquire these
things and have their physical fitness activities at home. Others attend fitness
sessions in gyms with guidance of fitness instructors. Moreover, physical activities
like dancing, brisk walking, jogging etc., are exercises that are fun to perform with
other people and can be done anytime depending on availability, fitness and
readiness of a person.
In addition, a study at the University of British Columbia, researchers found
that regular aerobic exercise, the kind that gets your heart and your sweat glands
pumping, appears to boost the size of the hippocampus, the brain area involved in
verbal memory and learning. Hence, this proves that engaging in regular exercise
will help develop and improve sound mind and body.
We Filipinos in general, are noted to be among fun-loving and health
conscious people in the world. Physical fitness activities are performed in colorful
festival and street dances which highlights a year-round celebration all over the
country. Festival Dances are performed by people of various walks of life for
entertainment, fun and merrymaking purposes giving premium to personal fitness
plus the victory of winning a competition.
This module will help you discover and analyze how festival dances play an
essential role in developing one’s personal fitness, as we continue to nurture and
promote our own culture.
Recalling your knowledge on physical fitness and folk dance, you have
learned that youngsters must learn in the beginning, phase of their school
experience that exercising daily (independently) is an important habit for a healthy
lifestyle and that there is much more acquiring fitness than just learning physical
fitness routine.
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 Ilocano,
Pangasinan, tagalong, Pampango, Bicol, Cebuano, Ilongo and Waray. Below are
some example of Philippine folk dances:
1. Kuracha Samareña – is a Filipino traditional Dance of Courtship where
the male approaches and courts a lady in a form of a dance. It depicts the
courtship between the rooster and the hen.
2. Mazurka Mindoreña – this beautiful festival dance from Mindoro was the
premiere dance of the high society of Mindoro during the Spanish period.
Don Antonio Luna, considered one of the best dancers of his time, was
responsible for preserving and popularizing this dance in the province of
Mindoro.
3. Jotabal – s a lively festival dance in Camohaguin, Gumaca, Quezon. It is
derived from the words Jota and valse (means waltz, a step or a dance in
three-four time). The male wears barong tagalog and black trousers and
female wears Maria Clara dress.
4. Pangalay - is a traditional Tausug dance characterized by elaborate body
postures and gestures and the graceful arm and hand movement of
the dancer, amplified by the use of janggay or metal claws. ... Commonly
referred to as the fingernail dance, Pangalay is usually performed during
weddings and other festive celebrations.
5. Binasuan - The binasuan is a Filipino folk dance in which the performer
holds full wine glasses in each hand while performing balancing tricks.
Wine may be used to fill the glasses, but other liquids may be substituted.
... Binasuan originated in Pangasinan and is popular at festive events
such as weddings.
Festival dances are cultural dances performed to the strong beats of percussion
instruments by a community people sharing the same culture usually done in honor
of a Patron Saint or as a thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest. Festival dances may be
a religious or secular in nature.

III. LEARNING TASKS

Learning Task 1
Instructions: Read the questions carefully. Write the letter corresponding the best
answer.
1. It is the ability of the body to change position rapidly and accurately while
moving in space.
A. Agility B. Balance C. Flexibility D. Speed
2. Your group won in a Festival Dance Competition. How would your group
demonstrate a most acceptable attitude?
A. Cheerfully celebrate your victory.
B. Invite the board of judges for a photo opportunity
C. Graciously acknowledge the award by being polite and humble.
D. Approach all the competitors you defeated and shake hands with them.
3. Which of the following should be done to perform well in a festival dance?
A. Eat a well-balanced diet.
B. Observe your personal fitness FITT plan.
C. Maintain a healthy lifestyle.
 D. All of the above.
4. Which among these is a Cardiovascular Fitness activity?
A. Crab walk (5 m) B. Jogging in place (20sec)
C Knee hug and calf raise ( 1 min) D. Push ups ( 5 times )
5. Engaging in regular fitness activity enables a person to be physically fit.
Which among these risks is reduced and can be prevented?
A. Heart disease B. Colon and breast cancers
C Stroke D. All of these

Learning Task 2
Instructions: Recall the dances you heard and see if you can answer these perfectly.
Put check mark (/) on the column that falls under each category.

NAME OF DANCE FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL

DANCE
1. Dinagyang
2. Kuracha
Samareña
3. Sinulog
4. Ati-atihan
5. Subli
6. Panagbenga
7. Mazurka
Mindoreña
8. Pahiyas
9. Jotabal
10. Voyadores

Learning Task 3
Instructions: For your performance task, Cut out 5 pictures of Philippine folk dances
and 5 pictures of Philippine Festival. Paste the two categories in a different sheet of
long bond paper then sum up with a Venn Diagram explaining their differences and
similarities.

IV. REFLECTION
Instructions: Answer the following processing questions. (At least 5
sentences each question.)

1. What are the festival dances you mentioned in your performance

task? Explain its history briefly.
2. What are the folk dances you mentioned in your performance task?
Explain its history briefly.
3. Which of the dances you loved to perform the most and why?
References
References

2017. "Exercise Program (Folk Dance)." In Physical Education and Health ( Learner's Material), by
Cloyd M. Lagyap et.al, 122-162. Pasig City: FEP Printing Corporation. Accessed February 17,
2021.

Goodman, Heide. n.d. "Health Letter." Harvard.

Lagyap, Cloyd M. 2017. "Physical Education and Health ( Learner's Material)." In Physical Education
and Health ( Learner's Material), by Cloyd M. Lagyap et.al, 164-176. Pasig City: FEP Printing
Corporation.

I. ANSWER KEY (INVERTED)

D 5. 10.Festival dance
B 4. 9. Folk dance
D 3. 8. Festival dance
C 2. 7. Folk dance Answers may vary.
A 1. 6. Festival dance
TASK 1 5. Folk dance
LEARNING 4. Festival dance LEARNING TASK 3
3. Festival dance
2. Folk dance
1. Festival dance
2
LEARNING TASK

Compiled by:
Danica O. Palomares – Teacher 1
Jaysryll Manos – Teacher 1