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O fibers. Weavers in Paoay often come together and birthdays. Dancers exchange of partners and adds and San Carlos. The
falling head on and bali tribesmen would go out
engage themselves in abel- perform this dance to carefully balance three greatly to the enjoyable time of dance is named after a
which means broken. The and look up and watch
making contests. Dancers celebrate their birth first- half-filled glasses of rice all. The dance is called Pabo girl called Pastora. The
out for the scared Idaw
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word describes the maneuver in and out of born baby boy, weddings, wine on their heads and because the odd dancer at the boy sings as he dances.
dancers who pretend to be bird which is said to lead
parallel batbat sticks, each or people who are able to hands as they gracefully center of the circle struts In the song he tells the
lame and crooked the tribe to victory.
about 18 inches long. Th make peace with each spin and roll on the around like a turkey as he girl, Pastora, to pity him.
throughout the dance as a Considering the
rhythm and speed of the other. This dance is ground. The dance looks for a desirable partner. He kneels and pleads to
sign of worship to the Philippines as a very
beating of the sticks make for accompanied with music originated in Bayambang the girl to accept his love.
town’s Church icon, the humid country, the
a lively and colorful display. with the use of gongs in the Pangasinan
Holy Cross during its traditional clothing was
province, and though it's made to cover not much
fiesta celebration. usually performed alone, of the body.
it can also become a
competition between
several dancers.
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I Kuradang, also known
Sinulog (Cebuano word The mimetic
S for "carried along by the
current") is believed to
dance Mananagat (Cebuano
for "fisherman") depicts
as curacha, is a lively
wedding dance popular in
Bohol, where it is
Handuraw Festival of
Leon, Iloilo
The Handuraw Festival is La
have originated from a fishermen at sea. Dancers in
A performed to the a week-long event that Berde (literally, green) is
ritual dance for a pagan long-line formations mimic a courtship dance from a
accompaniment of showcases the town's
deity who was fished out women scooping water from mountain settlement in
a rondalla, an ensemble of local agricultural
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from the sea. It was later the banca (canoe) with Talamban, Cebu. In a
string instruments. produce, trade fairs, food,
Hispanized and bamboo shells and men series of quick steps and
and tribal competition.
transformed into a dance wielding wooden paddles. quick changes, the dance
Held every September 1,
A of worship for the Santo
Niño. There are many
types of sinulog dances.
it's a dramatic cultural
presentation in Leon,
celebrates what is lush
and full of life. The
dance is performed by an
Iloilo that commemorates
S The simplest, least
acculturated, and perhaps
the purest form of ritual
the transfer of the town's
old site, Pueblo del
interesting cast of two
girls and a boy, instead of
the usual pair of dancers.
Camando, to the present
prayer is what has been
site, Sitio Capa
called the tindera sinulog.
DUGSO MAG-ASIK PAGKAWIN PANGALAY SAGAYAN LUNSAY SUA-SUA
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I (pahng-AH-lahy)
A The dancers go around the groom present to the their hero, Prince male and female dancers who
dieties, to make them feel affluent families. They generation, the
cloth with small, heavy steps relatives of the bride Bantugan, took upon join in and drop out as the
more comfortable during may last for several days movements in this dance
but with graceful hand and traditional dowries that wearing his armaments, dance goes on. An essential
the fiesta that wwas or even weeks depending have been modified and
N arm movements. The dance usually include that the war he fought in, and element of Lunsay is the
organized for them. It was on the financial status modernized. Dancers
consists of two parts, which Salap-pa, A bras box his subsequent victory clicking sound of a bamboo
originally thought that this and agreement of both sing as they perform the
the natives containing money, afterwards. floor laid crosswise over the
dance was performed only families. Dancers dance. The natives often
A during harvest time or
upon the birth of a male
call “komaligue” and “mag-
asik”.
jewelry, other valuables,
and all important betel
nut.
perform this dance to the
music of the kulintangan,
original floor of the house in
which the dance is performed.
repeat the dance as many
times as they like or until
heir. Women would wear
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gabbang, and agongs they are made to stop.
colorful feathered head during the wedding feast.
dresses, plaid costumes,
and anklets.