Historya dance production is a story about our

history,wherein through dance they express, tell

what did the colonizers did to our country,how they
influence us,how did they change us and many
more.In here we can see our different cultures and
dances in our beloved country.
There are many different colonizers who came
in the Philippines to invade us.The Spanish Era were
in Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain in 1519
with a fleet of 5 ships (Trinidad, San Antonio,
Concepcion, Victoria, and Santiago). On March 16,
1521 Magellan discovered the island of Homonhon,
Samar. The Spaniards reigned over the Philippines
for 3 centuries and the life of the Filipinos became
miserable, extortion, discrimination, exploitation,
slavery and suffering.Behind their crucial reigned
they establish San Agustin Church,it is the 1st
religious structure in the island of Luzon.In March
31,1521 the first mass in the Philippines was
conducted led by Fr. Pedro Valdemar, Queen Juana
and Rajah Humabon.Spanish missionaries found that
fiesta is a convinient tool to help teach Filipino.In July
7,1892 KKK was formed in Calle Azcaraga
Tondo,Manila.Then Dr. Jose Rizal wrote his two
novels the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo
which make the Filipino's minds to realize the
brutality of the colonizers.In December 30,1896 Jose
Rizal was executed in Bagumbayan.Because of the
bravery of the different heroes in June 12,1898 the
Philippine Independence was declared.Here comes
the American,they presented their different famous
dances.They brought a group of 500 American
teachers in the Philippines they are called "the
Thomasites".December 7,1941 Japan open a
surprise attacked on Pearl Harbor,A.U.S military
base.Yamashita treasure,it is the name given to the
alleged war loot stolen in Southeast Asia by the
Japanese forces.The Japanese are to crucial, they
made women as a comforter,they captured,dragged
out of their houses,abused and raped them.In the
year 1942 death march happened in Bataan,were in
the prisoners are forced to marched with the intent
to kill,brutalize,weaken them along the way.
After what happened to our country for the
past years,we had already move on and made it as
our inspiration to become a developing
country.There are three archipelagos in our
country,Luzon,Visayas and Mindanao.First is
Luzon,their different cultures and dances.Cordillera
administrative Region,home to numerous
indigenous tribes collectively called the Igorot,they
also have a Mambunong wherein she performs
rituals near the dead body.Cordilleras love
hunting,ragragsakan,idudu and harvesting
crops.There are different dances in Luzon like
Carinosa,La Jota Dance,Maglalatik,Tinikling,Sayaw sa
Banko.They perform Harana,wherein men
introduced themselves wooed women by singing
underneath her window at night.Another is Pista sa
Nayon,it is a one-day festival celebrating the very
best of being a Filipino.Next archipelago is Visayas,it
consist of several islands.The Pintados,they are the
indigenous people with tattoed bodies.In here they
are more on festival,this are some example of their
famous festivals;Baragatan festival,Sinulog festival in
Cebu,Ati-atihan festival in Aklan,Sandugo festival in
Bohol,Dinagyang festival in IloIlo,Tugob festival in
Ormoc,Masskara festival in Bacolod and Aswang
festival.Last is Mindanao,where there are good
possibilities to explore the tropical rainforest.First
mosque have been built,established in Sulu by
Makhdum Karim.Islam,is the oldest recorded
monotheistic religion in the Philippines.From the
historya it tells what is the origin of Mindanao and
the legend of Durian.Moro Insurgency was very
famous in Mindanao.Datu is the title for their
chieftains and singkil is their famous dance.They
performe well and did a great job.We must not only
preserve yesterday's heritage,fight for today's
ephemeral interests,but die,if need be,for
tomorrow's hopes.