The dance called the 'Sagayan' is a Philippine war dance performed by the Maguindanao and Maranao peoples in tribute to their hero Prince Bantugan. Performers dress as warriors armed with swords and shields adorned with shell noisemakers shaken in rhythm to the music. Through brisk, erratic movements and dramatic rolls that depict defensive postures, the dance effectively conveys the tenacity of the Mindanao people as warriors to both native and non-native audiences alike.
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The dance called the 'Sagayan' is a Philippine war dance performed by the Maguindanao and Maranao peoples in tribute to their hero Prince Bantugan. Performers dress as warriors armed with swords and shields adorned with shell noisemakers shaken in rhythm to the music. Through brisk, erratic movements and dramatic rolls that depict defensive postures, the dance effectively conveys the tenacity of the Mindanao people as warriors to both native and non-native audiences alike.
The dance called the 'Sagayan' is a Philippine war dance performed by the Maguindanao and Maranao peoples in tribute to their hero Prince Bantugan. Performers dress as warriors armed with swords and shields adorned with shell noisemakers shaken in rhythm to the music. Through brisk, erratic movements and dramatic rolls that depict defensive postures, the dance effectively conveys the tenacity of the Mindanao people as warriors to both native and non-native audiences alike.
A Philippine war dance performed by the Maguindanao
and Maranao as paying tribute to their hero; Prince Bantugan. Performers dress in resemblance to warriors armed with a ‘Kampilan’ sword and shields with shell noisemakers that they often shake in harmony to the music. The dance delivers well to non-native audiences. Their brisk and erratic movements translate effectively in representing the Mindanao people as warriors of unmatched tenacity. Dramatic rolls and somesraults depict movements that resemble defensive postures in a battlefield. The accompanying music does not come as loose and incohesive as how other traditional dances are percieved by modern audiences. The dancers strike their shields onto the floor and shake their shells in sync to the music, which emanates satisfaction to the average human being.