Borcelo, Westlee M.

10/04/2021
ICT 12 – A Mr. Jesconrad M. Ang
Activity 3 – 4
“Natura and Development of Folk Dance”

What I Know
Pre Test
Identification: Name the term being referred to and place your answer on the space provided.
1. National Dance
2. Wedding Dance
3. Game Dance
4. Local / Regional Dance
5. Social Dance

What’s in
Activity No.1: Using the image above, create a short description about the activities perform by the
image. Explain and prove your answer by citing some examples that reflects his activities. Write your
answer on the space provided.

Cariñosa - The dance's
sequence varies depending on
the type of movement involved,
though typically it includes
multiple steps and a point or
two, as well as kneeling with a
fan.
Pamdanggo - is a traditional
Philippine folk dance that has
gained popularity in the
country's rural communities.
Fandango, a Spanish traditional
dance that arrived in the
Philippines during the Hispanic
period, gave birth to the dance.
A. National Dances
Balitaw - The balitaw is an
impromptu love poetry
exchange between a man and a
woman. It's danced and mimed
to a song, or the dancers sing it
themselves, improvising the
moves and lines. It might go on
for hours, with the woman
accepting or rejecting the man's
suit at the end.
Rigodon - It's a highly detailed
dance with different formations,
sequences, arm movements,
alignments, and style. In this
form of dance, there are two
categories of participants.
Kuratsa - The Visayan people,
particularly the Waray people of
the Philippines' Eastern Visayan
region, adore the Kuratsa. The
Kuratsa must be performed
amenudo-style, which means
that only one pair dances at a
time.
Surtido - is led by a head couple
and two other couples through
various forms that resemble an
old-fashioned quadrille.