TRADITIONAL

DANCE
(FOLK and ETHNIC)
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
 In this time of pandemic, you as a senior high school
student, how can you add color to the fading influence of
our dances?

Is it still necessary for the millennials to know and

perform our ancestral dances?
TRADITIONAL DANCE (FOLK and ETHNIC)

 Rites and dances are still being performed because they serve the belief and social
systems of the ethnic Filipinos.
 With islands of mountains, hills, and plains and kilometric seashores that are haven
for many straits and seas, the Philippines is veritably an aviary and an aquarium.
What could be the difference between
FOLK DANCE
and
ETHNIC DANCE?
 REGION 1 BINASUAN DANCE
 Binasuan, a dance originating in the Philippines, primarily involves three drinking glasses
that a Binasuan dancer (usually a woman) gracefully balances–on her head and in the
palms of both her hands–as she moves. Each glass is half-full with rice wine, and a
Binasuan dancer's skill is determined by her ability not to drop a glass or spill any wine
over the course of her performance.
 Binasuan dance derived its name from a Pangasinan phrase that literally translates to mean
"with the use of a drinking glass."
 Sometimes, dancers will compete over who can complete the most skillful moves, while
balancing their glasses.
 REGION 1 SAYAW SA BANKO
 Sayaw Sa Banko or Sayaw ed Tapew na Bangko (dance on top of a bench), is
a dance which originates from Pangasinan and researched by Jovita Sison. It
is performed by a couple on a narrow bench, inching and hopping from one
end to another. It is usually performed during town fiestas. They do not
compete but rather complement each other so that no one falls.
 REGION 2 RAGSAKSAKAN DANCE
 Ragsaksakan means “merriment” and this dance is performed during 2 special occasions, a
successful hunting venture and peace between 2 tribes. They use baskets full of harvested
rice or banga and beautiful blankets which are called “blankets of life”.
 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 2 IDUDU DANCE
 A tribal dance. This dance stages a common family life in the Itneg or Tinguian society. It
illustrates the family as the main foundation of the tribe’s community. Several traits of an
ordinary family are shown. It depicts a father plowing the field while the mother caring for
the children. But as soon as the father finishes work, the mother takes over on planting,
sowing and all the remaining chores to do in the field. At this time the father is left to take
care of the kids. During the dance a Local singer breaks into an Idudu or lullaby to put the
baby to sleep.
 REGION 3 ABARURAY
 Abaruray is known in the Philippines as Hapayan, Baruray, Tagayan, Pandanggo sa Baso
and Abaroray. This is a wine offering that signals the beginning of folk dancing and
singing. The woman dances with a glass of wine on her head from which she entices a man
of her choice to drink the wine in it.
 The dance is believed to have been derived from "Aba! Ruray?!", probably an exclamation
to a dancer who was very skillful with balancing the glass on her head despite very difficult
dance steps. Ruray is a pet name for the feminine name Aurora.
 The most popular among which is the Abaruray de Catanauan from Catanauan, Quezon
Province.
 REGION 4 MAGLALATIK
 The Maglalatik folk dance originally executed in Binan, Laguna being a
mock-war dance which demonstrates a battle between the Moros and also the
Christians on the prized latik or even coconut meat throughout the Spanish
rule, this folk dance can also be demonstrated to pay honor to the patron saint
of the town, San Isidro Labrador.
 REGION 4 PANDANGGO SA ILAW
 It is known to have came from from Mindoro, the seventh-largest island within the
Philippines. This specific dance of lights mimics fireflies at sunset and at night.
 The song that the pandanggo sa ilaw is right now frequently danced was composed by Col.
Antonio R. Buenaventura, a National Artist for Music and also a native of Bulacan. He
composed the music in the early 1930's while teaching at the Conservatory of Music at the
University of the Philippines.
 REGION 5 PANTOMINA
 Pantomina (Spanish for pantomime) was originally a wedding dance from the towns of
Bicol's Estandarte and Sorsogon subregions.
 Pantomina was among the first folk dances to have its dance steps notated. The pantomina
was featured in Francisca Reyes Aquino's first-ever folk dance book, Philippine Folk
Dances and Games, published in February 1926. The dance, according to Aquino, was also
called Salampati during the Spanish occupation.
 REGION 6 LANCEROS DE NEGROS
 Lanceros de Negros was one of the most popular quadrille dances in the Philippines.
During the Spanish times. It is likely Regodon, which is used to open a big ball in
significant social gatherings. Lanceros de Negros (pronounced: lahn-SEH-rohs-deh-
NEHG-rohs) is a dance of Maria Clara. During the Spanish era, it was one of the most
popular dances in the Philippines. It is similar to the Rigodon de Honor dance which is
played in important societies or gatherings, particularly at the opening of the halls.