Shane Patrick A Panilag Grade 12 STEM 2

ACTIVITY: DANCE

Give 5 regions in the Philippines and their folk dances. Identify its place of origin, its type and give a short description. Follow the
format below:

Region Place of Origin Folk Dance Type Description

Region 1 Pangasinan Binasuan Wedding Dance  Binasuan dance derived its
name from a Pangasinan
phrase that means “with the
use of the drinking glass”
 Binasuan dancers are famous
for their skills and grace,
balancing three glasses of rice
wine while turning, rolling and
spinning to fast-paced music.
 Binasuan dance is a colorful,
lively art that is often
performed at celebratory
occassionsin the Filipino
culture, such as weddings and
parties.
Region 2 Philippines Ragsaksakan Dance Memitic Dance  Ragsaksakan means
“Merriment”.
 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.
Region 3 Abaruray Courtship Dance  “Abaruray” is a contraction of
the words “Aba” and “Ruray”.
“Aba” is an exclamation which
is equivalent to Hey! Hil or
Hail in English. “Ruray” is a
nickname for Aurora.
 The offering is usually made
by young lady. She goes
around with a glass and a
bottle of native wine offering a
drink to the visitors.
 The girl is dressed in
“Balintawak” and the boy in
“barong tagalog” and long end
trousers.
Region 4A Binan, Laguna Maglalatik Social Dancing  The Maglalatik is an
indigenous dance from the
Philippines in which coconut
shell halves that are secured
onto the dancer’s hands and
on vest upon which are hung
four or six more coconut shell
halves.
 The name of the dance comes
from the Filipino word “Latik”,
which means “fried coconut
milk curd”, a coconut product
that is used in Filipino
cooking, particularly in
snacks.
 They perform the dance as
an offering to the patron saint
of the farmers, San Isidro de
Labrador.
Region 4B Lubang Island, Mindoro Pandanggo sa Ilaw Song Dance  The term pandanggo comes
from the Spanish word
fandango, which is a dance
characterized by lively steps
and clapping that varies in
rhythm in 3/4 time.
 This particular pandanggo is
one of the most difficult of
pandanggo, which involves
the presence of three tinggoy,
or oil lamps, balanced on the
head and back of each hand.
 This unique and colorful
dance calls for skills in
balancing an oil lamp on the
head while circling in each
hand a lighted lamp wrapped
in a porous cloth or fishnet.

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