Timeline of history of Philippine folkdance

During this period ,the people have already discovered

dancing. They danced to appease the gods, to curry favor from
Pre colonial period
powerful spirits, to celebrate a hunt or harvest ,to mimics the exotic
life forms around them .They are dancing to show stories and
shamantic rituals, their rites of passage and their remembered
legends and history.
Muslim traders reached Philippines in 14th century. They
created their own folkdances in the areas where they settled. Muslim
(ex. Singkil is on of the most famous dance created by Muslims. It Merchants
depicts the plight of a princess caught in a magical earthquake in
a forest.)

The dancers adapted imposed Christian belief and culture to

their own dances ,borrowing court choreography but imbuing it with
Spanish colonization Philippine spirit

(ex. Maria Clara , the pure and noble heroine of a novel who
represents the finest qualities of Filipino womanhood.
The revered folkdances from the lowlands ang the hill
tribes persist in their traditional form and in contemporary Folkloric
choreography for Philippine Ballet companies. Dance is still the
theater of identity for the Filipino people. Fusion

Traditional Dance is still performed at celebrations of births and

Modern Era weddings. Modern folkdances festivals still feature ancient dances
performed in costumes of the tribal period of the Philippines. They
are now using instruments such as “gangsa”(small copper gong),
“tobtob”(brass gong), or “Hibat” (a gong played with a soft wooden
stick

Contributors:
In the 1940’s, she served as supervisor of Physical
Education at Bureau of Education that distributed her work and
Francisa Reyes adapted teaching of folk dancing as a medium of making young
Aquino Filipinos aware of their cultural heritage She received the
Republic Award of Merit given by President Ramon Magsaysay

He was acknowledge as a researcher, archivist and

documentary filmmaker who broadened and deepened the
Lucrecia Reyes
Urtula

How Folk dances contribute in the development

and growth of Philippine culture?

Philippine folk dance helps keep

the people connected to their ancestry
and their traditions. Folk dance helps
to preserve the cultural unity of the
people.People think folk dances are
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 Aaron L. Dimaculangan

HUMSS12-St.Macarius

September 7,2020

Physical education

Task: Timeline of significant events in the history of Philippine Folkdances,

significant contributors, and how folk dances contribute in the development and
growth of Philippine culture.

Submitted to: Ms. Aileen Mendoza