FOLKDANCES

in
VISAYAS

PREPARED BY:
RYAN R. OPPOS
 Visayan
Dances
Visayan folk
dancing runs the
gamut from worship
dances to courtship
and wedding dances. 
A distinctive type is
the wide assortment of
mimetic dances in
which movements try
to mimic, for example,
the flight of birds, the
catching of fish, the
making of wine, and
other aspects of
Visayan life.
 KURATS
A
 The Kuratsa is highly favored by
the Waray people of the Eastern
Visayan region in the Philippines.
Strictly speaking, The Kuratsa must
be            done the amenudo; that
is, only one couple dances it at a
time. the Kuratsa is however, very
different in the manner of execution
to the                Mexican
counterpart.

MAGLALATI
K
is an indigenous dance from the
Philippines in which coconut shell
halves that are secured onto the
dancer’s hands and on vests upon
which are hng four or six more coconut
shell halves. The dancers – all male –
perform the dance by hitting one
coconut shell with the other. 
Originally performed in Biñan, Laguna
as a mock-war dance that demonstrates
a fight between the Moros and the
Christians, this dance is also
performed  to pay tribute to the town’s
patron saint, San Isidro Labrador.
 SUBL
TINIKLIN
GI The   Tinikling
term “subli” means is "bamboo
fromdance"
two
in English. The dance imitates the
tagalog
movement of the tikling birds as
words “subsub” meaning “falling
they walk between grass stems,
on one’s
run    head” and “bali”, which
            over tree branches,
or dodge bamboo
means “Broken”. trapsversion
This set by rice
is
farmers. Dancers imitate the tikling
originally a ritual dance of the
bird's legendary grace and speed by
natives of Bauan,
skillfully    Batangas,
            maneuvering
whichbetween
is performed
large bambooduring
poles.fiestas
as a ceremonial worship dance to
the town’s icoon, the Holy Cross.

Surtido
SAYAW cebuano
SA
BANGKO
The Surtido Cebuano is a square dance
Sayaw
said to sahavebangko
originatedor Sayaw ed
in Bantayan,
Cebu.  Itnais Bangko is
Tapew a cobbling together
a dance of
Spanish, Mexican, and French influences
which
along originates
with from
indigenous
pangasinan as
elements.  Surtido (literally, researched
assortment)
is performedSison. It
by Jovita by several pairs of dancers,
is performed
with the head pair called cabeceras and
by a couple on a narrow bench.
the side pairs, costados, guiding the other
They
dancersdoinnot compete,
varied but rather
quadrille formations.  It
complement
used to be a each dance other,
of long so that
duration
performed by a big group to the tune of
no one falls. Sayaw sa Bangko is
beautiful Visayan folk airs.  The modern
usually
arrangementperformed during
is livelier and town
more suitable
fiestas.
for dancing by small groups.
 La
berde
La Berde (literally, green) is a
courtship dance from a mountain
settlement in Talamban, Cebu.  In
a series of quick steps and quick
changes, the dance celebrates
what is lush and full of life.  The
dance is performed by an
interesting cast of two girls and a
boy, instead of the usual pair of
dancers.

kuradang
Kuradang also known as curacha,  is a lively
wedding dance popular in Bohol,  where it is
performed to the accompaniment of
a rondalla, an ensemble of string
instruments. The dance is performed in three
parts, with three different rhythms.  The
dancing couple starts the performance with a
ballroom waltz.  Then the music shifts to a
faster beat for the “chasing” scene, in which
the female dancer flees and the male pursues
her all across the dance floor.
 REFERENCE:
Castillo, E. P., Castro, K. L. B.,
Calixterio, D. I. A., Anselmo, R.
M., (Series Coordinator).
(2017) SMART Healthy Youth in
Physical Education Let’s Dance!
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