Name: OSMA, EMMAROSE Block: BCAED-I

FOLK DANCING- PE II

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1. Tinikling

2.Sayaw sa bangko

3. Sakuting

4. Binislakan

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1. Tinikling

The name tinikling is a reference to birds locally known as tikling, which can be any of a
number of rail species, but more specifically refers to the slaty-breasted rail (Gallirallus
striatus), the buff-banded rail (Gallirallus philippensis), and the barred rail (Gallirallus
torquatus) The term tinikling literally means "to perform it tikling-like."
The dance originated in Leyte, Island in Visayas. 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.
Today tinikling is taught throughout the United States. In grades K-12 the dance is used
as an aerobic exercise for physical education classes, to help expand physical movements such as
hand coordination, foot speed, and also rhythm. Tinikling is commonly performed at schools and
on special occasions, such as the Filipino Independence Day, as a celebration of Filipino culture
and Filipino pride.
Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance which originated during the Spanish
colonial era. The dance 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 a dance. It is traditionally danced to rondalla music, a sort of serenade
played by an ensemble of stringed instruments which originated in Spain during the middle
Ages.
2.Sayaw sa bangko

Sayaw sa Bangko (“dance on a bench”) is a folk dance from the Pangasinan province of
the Philippines. Performers dance on top of a bench that is normally six inches wide.
 Bench Tapew ed dance (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. 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 the 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.
Dance – Philippine Dances.
The Dance pangakit Bench is endemic Pangapisan, Lingayen, Pangasinan and. The dancing
couples over the banks. Tiny banks and therefore should be carefully measured the dancing.

3. Sakuting

Sakuting (pronounced seh-KOOH-tihng) comes from the province of Abra, home to the
Ilocano people native to the lowlands and the Tingguian mountain tribes. The Spanish
established a garrison to protect Ilocanos who converted to Christianity, and their capital city,
Bangued, from raids by the mountain tribes. Introduced by Spanish missionaries as religious
ritual, the sakuting dance portrays this struggle between the lowland Christians and the non-
Christian mountain people. Sakuting’s origins, however, appear much older.
Arnis, the traditional Filipino art of stick fighting, employed readily available weapons by
simple people seeking self-protection. The occupying Spanish banned the practice of Arnis,
forcing it into secret. Filipinos found ways to openly retain the practice by making the Arnis
movements part of folk dances. Sakuting is actually a two-stick Arnis exercise set to music.
The Music.The traditional music styles for sakuting portray the dual influences of China and
Spain. Its staccato inflections and rhythmic tapping suggest a strong Chinese influence. The
music itself is played by a rondalla, a native string ensemble of plectrum (plucked with
tortoiseshell fingerpicks) instruments influenced by Spanish stringed instruments, that includes
bandurria, laud, octavina, mandola, guitarra and bajo de uñas, or double bass.
4. Binislakan
Binislakan folk dance came to the Philippines with Chinese immigrants. It is a folk
dance performed with a stick known as bislak. Binislakan dance was performed to
commemorate the stay of limahong. Limahong is a Chinese pirate who built his kingdom
in Lingayen. A Chinese word was given to the name Lingayen by the Chinese settlers of
this place a long time ago and it was derived from a Chinese word li-king-tung. Lingayen
in Pangasinan means to look backward and upward that is why the binislakan dancers look
backward or upward in some movements. Binislakan folk dance performed with two
sticks known as bislak imitating the chopstick used by the Chinese in eating. The dance
called binislakan which in pangasinan means " with the use of sticks".