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Folk Dances from LuzonSayaw sa Bangko Sayaw sa Bango 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. Dancer show skill in staying up the bench as they exchange places by moving their way around or the girl thrown in the air while boy moves to the other end. They do not compete but rather complement each other so that no one falls. It is usually performed during town fiestas.

The maglalatik is a four part war dance telling a story between a battle between the Muslims and the Christians (completely removing the native people from their own story). Instead of being armed with sticks, the dancers wear a harness of coconut shells on their hands, chest, back, hips, and thighs. The dancers are split into opposing tribes that battle each other by slapping the coconuts on themselves and other dancers. The first half of the dance depicts the preparation and the battle itself. The second half depicts the reconciliation and baptism of the Muslims who technically won the battle.Maglalatik

Folk Dances from VisayasTinikling

The tinikling dance is one of the most popular and well-known of traditional Philippine dances. The tinikling is a pre-Spanish dance from the Philippines that involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in dance. The name is a reference to birds locally known as tikling. The term tinikling literally means tikling-like. The dance originated in Leyte as an imitation of tikling bird dodging bamboo traps set by rice farmers. The dance imitates the movement of the tikling bird as it walk between grass stems, run over tree branches, or dodge bamboo traps. Dancers imitate the tikling bird's legendary grace and speed by skillfully maneuvering between bamboo poles.Kuradang Kuradang is a lively festival dance performed during fiestas, wedding, baptismal parties and other occasions that call for a celebration. Kuradang, also known as curacha, is popular in Bohol (Philippines), 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. In final part the chase ends with a furiously flirtatious scene. The female is won over, and the male imitates a flamboyant bird in a mating dance.

Folk Dances from MindanaoSingkil Singkil, a dance originating from Lanao del Sur, Mindanao is said to be a dance of Muslim royalty. To the rhythmic clapping of bamboo poles, the dancers weave expertly through crisscrossed bamboos, the ladies dressed in elegant Muslim costumes waving great big fans, the men flipping brightly colored handkerchiefs right and left. The dancers wearing solemn faces and maintaining a dignified pose being dancing at a slow pace which soon progresses to a faster tempo.

Pangalay Pangalay is a popular festival dance in Sulu. It is performed in wedding celebrations and at big social affairs.The Pangalay emphasizes the mastery of hand gestures, postures, and subtle movement. It is an extremely slow and solemn dance, stressing the abstract purity of form. Usually dancers arrive on the scene in an orderly geometric procession formation, carrying the hems of their batik sarongs. Majestic, almost martial, music accompanies them to the scene of the performance. The dancers then kneel down in respect before beginning the actual dance. Footwork is relatively simple, but the grouping of the dancers changes almost unnoticeably, creating ever-newer and increasingly intricate patterns, like pieces on a chessboard.