TINIKLING

Idudu is a tribal dance from the Abra province in Cordillera. This dance depicts a day inthelif- family
life in the Itneg or Tinguian tribe. It tells the story of a father plowing the field as the mother cares for
her children. In time, the father and mother exchange duties as the mother finishes planting and
other chores in the field, and the father tends to the kids.

Pangalay Tausug is the traditional “fingernail” dance of the Tausug people of the Sulu Archipelago
and Sabah. This dance is the most distinctively Asian of all the Southern Philippine dances because
dancers must have dexterity and flexibility of the shoulders, elbows, and wrists – movements that
strongly resemble those of “kontaw silat,” a martial art common in the Malay Archipelago.
The Pangalay is performed mainly during weddings or other festive events.

The word “ragragsakan” is an Ilocano word which means merriment. Ragragsakan (Cordillera)
portrays the Kalinga tribal women as they balance baskets atop their head and walk carefully along
the mountainous rice terraces to not wander off the path through the morning fog. Their bright and
colorful, handwoven fabrics help to keep them warm.

The Singkil is a famous dance of the Maranoa people of Lake Lanao. This popular dance is
performed during celebrations and other festive entertainment, and has many adaptations.
Originally only women, particularly royalty, danced the Singkíl, which serves as either a conscious or
unconscious advertisement to potential suitors.

The lead dancer, in the role of Putri Gandingan, graciously steps in and out of closing bamboo poles
arranged in either a parallel, rectangular, or criss-cross fashion while manipulating
either apir (fans), mosala (scarves), or even just their bare hands.

The Kapa Malong Malong is a traditional Maranao dance performed by women wearing a malong,
shawl, mantle or a headpiece. The men wear a sash or waist-band, shorts or bahag, and a
headgear or a turban which is also used while working in the fields. Also called Sambi sa Malong, this
Maranao dance shows themany ways of wearing a malong, a simple tubular yet highlyfunctional
piece of cloth. The traditional women’s version shows this cloth of countless colorful designs; used
mostly as a skirt, woven in many different ways, depending on the purpose of the wearer. Other ways
the women wear malong is as a shawl, a mantle, or a head-piece.

During more recent dance documentation, a men’s version was derived. This version shows in
masculine rendition, how men don the malong—displaying its use as a sash or waist-band, shorts or
bahag, and a head-gear that can be either functional while working in the fields, or decorative as a
turban.

Pandanggo is a Philippine folk dance which has become popular in the rural areas of the Philippines.
The dance evolved from Fandango, a Spanish folk dance, which arrived in the Philippines during the
Hispanic period. This dance, together with the Jota, became popular among the illustrados or the
upper class and later adapted among the local communities. In the early 18th century, any dance
that is considered jovial and lively was called Pandanggo.

The dance originated in Leyte, an island in the Visayas in the central Philippines. It imitates the
movement of the tikling birds as they walk between grass stems, run over tree branches, or dodge
bamboo traps set by rice farmers. Dancers imitate the tikling bird's legendary grace and speed by
skillfully maneuvering between large bamboo poles

The Maglalatik (also known as Manlalatik or Magbabao) is an indigenous dance from the Philippines.
Coconut shell halves are secured onto the dancers' hands and on vests upon which are hung four or
six more coconut shell halves. The dancers perform the dance by hitting one coconut shell with the
other; sometimes the ones on the hands, the ones on the body, or the shells worn by another
performer, all in time to a fast drumbeat.

Like many native Filipino dances, it is intended to impress the viewer with the great skill of the dancer,
and in some "Filipino Martial Arts" (FMA) circles, it has been noted that the Maglalatik "consists of a
trapping and boxing method hidden in a dance."

The name of the dance means "latik-maker", from latik, a coconut product that is used in Filipino
cooking.

Tiklos (also called “pintakasi”) is the Waray equivalent to the “bayanihan”. Groups of people work for
somebody without hoping for anything in return. They work odd jobs like clearing forests, digging the
earth for wells, moving a nipa hut to a new location or even building a house! In all these for free. Of
course grateful benefactors would offer drinks and food; but it is not always expected. The peasants
cooperate for the social and economic progress of their community.

The Tiklos is a native peasant dance of Leyte. Very early in the morning, the leader of the tiklos beats
the tambora, a kind of drum made from a hollow trunk of a tree with a carabao hide head. Next
comes sounds of the subing (bamboo flutes) and the guimbal-a small snare drum with a head of a
parchment made from the skin of a wildcat.

The peasants come out with grass hooks, bols and other garden tools and farm implements. Led by
the band, they march together to work in the fields. During breaks the peasants enjoy themselves
with tuba (a native wine) and the rest dance the tiklos accompanied by the subing (plawta),
guimbal and tambora drums or when available, the “sista” played by the band. The Tiklos music is
also played to call them back to work

Itik itik According to one story about the origins of the dance, there was this youngwoman named
Kanang and she was considered as the best dancer and performer in the provinceof Surigao del
Norte. And at one baptismal reception, the performer was asked to dance theSibay- another
important local dance and at the middle of her performance she began improvising on her steps.
The steps imitated that of the movements of the 'itik'. The 'itik' is a duck and her movements during
the said performance are like those that are being performed bythe animal- choppy steps and
there were splashes of water on its back while attracting its mate.And since the steps were new and
unusual, the audience were fascinated and soon they begancopying and aping the moves.Based
on records, th