Department of Education

9 National Capital Region

SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE
MARIKINA CITY

Music, Arts, Physical Education, and Health

PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Third Quarter – Module 1:
Festival Dances

Writer: Jesus M. Aguilar

Validator: Arvin Lark P. Santiago
Cover Illustrator: John Orville Munar

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 What I Need to Know
This module introduces you to the value of festival dancing in the development of
your personal fitness. You will be provided with different activities in this festival
dancing which will in turn lead to a greater awareness of the right foods to eat,
proper ways to manage your weight and of course opportunities to maximize the
enhancement of your fitness through festival dancing. It is expected next that such
practices will be used by you to influence the lifestyle and fitness practices of your
immediate community.
Topic: Festival Dances
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. Undertake physical activity and physical fitness assessment PE9PF-llla-h-
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2. Execute the skills involved in the dance PE9RD-lllb-h-4
3. Perform appropriate first aid for emergency situations in physical activity
and dance settings (cramps, sprain, heat exhaustion) PE9PF-lllb-h-30
4. Involve oneself in community service through dance activities in the
community PE9PF-lllg-h-41

What I Know
PRE-TEST

The result of this pre-test will check your prior knowledge, understanding, and
skills on this module. Read and understand each question carefully and choose
the best answer. Write the letter of the correct answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. It is an injury that occurs when you roll, twist or turn, your ankle in an awkward
way
A. Sprain B. strain C. shoulder injury D. cramps

2. An injury occurs when your muscle is overstretched or torn

A. strain B. sprain C. back injury D. ligaments

3. Over exertion can occur when

A. body is hard pressed C. body is relax
B. body is unconditioned D. body is in trouble

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4. RICE means
A. Run In Cell Exhaustion C. Run Induce Call End
B. Rest Ice Compression Elevate D. Rest Insert Compress Elevate

5. The mother of all festivals

A. Sinulog festival C. Secular festival
B. Dinagyang festival D. Moriones festival

6. An event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some

characteristic aspect of that community and its religion or culture
A. Fiesta C. Religion
B. Cultural presentation D. Festival dance

7. Type of festival which is found in Aklan

A. Ati-Atihan festival C. Kadayawan festival
B. Masscara festival D. Moriones festival

8. Type of festival which is found in Baguio

A. Sinulog festival C. Panagbenga festival
B. Bangus festival D. Higantes festival

9. Type of festival which is found in Marinduque

A. Moriones festival C. Kadayawan festival
B. Sacred festival D. Pintakasi festival

10. It is a cultural dance performed to the strong beats of percussion instruments

by a community of people sharing the same culture.
A. Festival dance C. Street dance
B. Social dance D. Ballroom dance

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 What’s In

WARM UP DRILL:

Accomplish this warm-up drill in 4 measures on each side starting with the right
foot in each dance step in 2/4-time signature. Before proceeding to the lesson
proper, get your Heart Rate (HR) before activity and Heart Rate (HR) after activity.
Record in your HR Log Notebook.

DANCE STEP STEP PATTERN COUNTING MEASURE

Touch Step Point, Close 1, 2 8

Bleking Step Heel-place, Close 1, 2 8

Close Step Step, Close 1, 2 8

Hop step Step, Hop 1, 2 8

Change Step Step, Close, Step 1 and 2 8

Change Step Step, Close, Step

with Arms in
Arms in Lateral Position, R & L 1 and 2 8
Lateral Position,
R & L alternately alternately

Change Step with Step, Close, Step

Arms in reverse
“T” while doing
kumintang
Arms in reverse “T”; turning the 1 and 2 8
clockwise
hand from the wrist clockwise
while doing kumintang
clockwise

Let’s process!
1. What is your HR before activity and HR after activity?

2. What did you feel about the activity?

3. Were you able to perform and recall the basic dance steps properly?

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 Module
1 FESTIVAL DANCE
Welcome to the first part of your lesson in Festival Dance! In this phase, you will
be provided with activities that activate your prior knowledge as regards the lesson.
From there, follow-up activities will be given to elicit your tentative
understandings. As you go through the rest of the activities, misconceptions and
alternative conceptions you have in mind will be clarified. Finally, your knowledge,
considering its adequacy and relevance, will be assessed at the end of this phase.
Viva las Fiestas!

What’s New

ACTIVITY: Festival Dance Participation Questionnaire.

Instruction: Below is a survey questionnaire that will reveal your participation in

festival dances. Copy it in your answer sheet and accomplish it by putting FD
corresponding to your response in each item.

FESTIVAL DANCE ACTIVITIES ALWAYS SELDOM NEVER

1. I actively participate in festival dance activities in my

community
2. I am a member of the festival dance group that
performed in a community gathering.
3. I know the name of the festival in our place.
4. I am confident in performing festival dance in the
community and in the school.
5. I am proud of the festival in my place.
6. I am fond of watching festival dances on YouTube or
in TV shows.
7. I dance vigorously whenever I participate in festival
dance activities.
8. I recognize the advantages of my engagement in
festival dance activities to my fitness and well-being.
9. I share my skills with my friends, family, and
community.
10. I enjoy participating in festival dance activities.

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Before you proceed to the next activity, take time first to reflect on what you have
understood in the Activity.

A scale is provided for you below which helps you make meaning of the responses
you have indicated in the survey-questionnaire.

Number of
Interpretation
FD
Highly active in festival dancing
7-10 activities
Moderately active in festival dancing
4-6
activities
Is inactive in festival dancing
1-3
activities

How will you rate your Folk Dancing Participation?

Number of FD ____________ Interpretation ________________

Based on your interpretation of your responses to the survey-questionnaire, what

does this reveal about your fitness and community involvement? Express your
answer in 3-5 sentences.

_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
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Congratulations! You’ve done the preliminary activities

successfully on your own. I think you are more than ready for
the next stage!

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 What is It
Why engage in Festival Dance?

Festival dances are cultural dances performed to the strong beats of percussion
instruments by a community of people sharing the same culture usually done in
honor of a Patron Saint or in thanksgiving of a bountiful harvest. Festival dances
may be religious or secular in nature. But the best thing about festivals is that
they add to the merry-making and festivities where they are celebrated, the reason
why they are called festival dances after all. Festival dances draw the people’s
culture by portraying the people’s ways of life through movements, costumes and
implements inherent to their place of origin.

If there’s one good reason to go around the Philippines, it is to experience all the
festivals. Here are some of the festivals you should experience.

Sinulog in Cebu

© Marisci Dance Company

Branded as the grandest festival of the country is Cebu’s Sinulog Festival, which
honors the Señor Santo Niño every third Sunday of January. Señor Santo Niño or
the Child Jesus was a gift from Ferdinand Magellan to Raja Humabon and Hara
Amihan when he came to conquer the Philippines in 1521. The term ‘Sinulog’ is
derived from the Cebuano adverb ‘sulog’, which roughly means to “like water
current movement”—the inspiration for the festival’s famous two steps forward,
one step backward dance.

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Ati-Atihan in Kalibo, Aklan

© Marikina Heights High School Ati-Atihan

Celebrated every 3rd Sunday of January and known as the Mother of All
Philippine Festivals, the Ati-Atihan serves as the inspiration behind Cebu’s
Sinulog and IloIlo’s Dinagyang.

While it is also in honor of the Señor Santo Niño, its origins are more pagan in
nature, dating some 800 years ago. The festival’s name means ‘to be like the Atis’
(Aetas), the dark-skinned indigenous people who are said to be the first settlers in
the country. Initially a celebration of unity between the Aetas and Malay chiefs
who fled Borneo to settle in the Panay Islands, the Spanish conquerors later on
integrated Catholicism into the festival.

At present, people who attend Ati-Atihan will encounter street dancers wearing
colorful costumes, contrasting with blackened faces.

Dinagyang in Iloilo

© Marisci Dance Company

The Dinagyang Festival, which comes from the Ilonggo term ‘dagyang’
meaning ‘merrymaking’, is heavily influenced by Sinulog and Ati-Atihan.
Celebrated every fourth Sunday of January, the festival is a little more modern
than its inspirations, Dinagyang began in the 1960s, when a replica of the Señor
Santo Niño was first brought in from Cebu, much to the devotion of the Ilonggos.

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The anniversary of this day became a yearly celebration, which eventually
incorporated dramatized interpretations of the Aetas’ welcome of the chief from
Borneo.
Today, Dinagyang Festival has become popular in its own right as a religious and
cultural celebration with three main events:
1. Fluvial procession that takes the Child Jesus from the Iloilo River to the San
Jose Parish Church
2. Kasadyahan Festival noted for its street dancing contest
3. Ati-Atihan competition, where dancers with blackened faces also perform
traditional, interpretative dances.

Panagbenga in Baguio

© https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikedred101209/5678308583

The Summer Capital of the Philippines celebrates its annual flower festival every
February called the Panagbenga Festival. From a Kankanaey term that
means ‘season of blooming’ or ‘time for flowering’. Panagbenga is a tribute to
Baguio City’s vibrant and diverse flora. The festival’s origins go back to the 1990s,
as a hopeful celebration of Baguio’s rise and recovery following a devastating 7.7-
magnitude earthquake that caused extensive damage to the city.

Panagbenga is known for its flower-decorated floats and street dancing, with
participants wearing flower-themed costumes. It is also famous for all its bazaars
and trade fairs, allowing the people of Baguio City to showcase their world-class
talent.

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Kadayawan in Davao

© https://www.flickr.com/photos/biagkensiak/29266401925

The name is derived from the Dabawenyo friendly greeting, “Madayaw!” Davao
City’s Kadayawan Festival celebrated every third week of August is a celebration
of life. It is also started off as a thanksgiving ritual for bountiful harvest by the
ethnic tribes residing at the foot of Mount Apo. In the 1980s, it evolved into a
government-initiated program to unite Davaoeños after Martial Law, gradually
becoming a full-fledged festival to celebrate life, heritage, and blessings.

Lively Kadayawan is full of activities, from the street performances at the Indak
Indak sa Kadayawan to the float parade of Pamulak sa Kadayawan, and all the
trade fairs in between—Kadayawan is the time to indulge in the king of all fruits,
Durian.

Masskara in Bacolod

© https://www.flickr.com/photos/biagkensiak/49566849011/

The festival started out in a time of crisis in 1980 when the people of Bacolod, who
relied on their sugar cane plantations, suffered from a devastating drop in
production and all-time low prices with the introduction of high fructose corn
syrup as a sugar substitute. That same year, more than 700 Negrenses lost their
lives with the sinking of the MV Don Juan. Following those tragic events, the local
government decided to establish the MassKara Festival as a way to boost
morale and liven up the people’s spirits.

MassKara, a combination derived from ‘mass’ (a multitude of people) and ‘cara’ (a

Spanish word for face), is also a play on the Filipino word maskara, which
translates in English to mask—a defining feature of the festival. These masks are

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always painted with smiling faces to reflect Bacolod’s moniker as the City of
Smiles.

And of course, our very own!

Rehiyon-Rehiyon Festival

© Marikina PIO
Rehiyon Rehiyon Festival is an annual celebration held on the 8th of December
which pays tribute to the migrants who have chosen to stay in Marikina and
significantly contributed to its progress.
The festival shows the different cultures of the different residents of the locals. Our
city was trying to unite them in one big event.
Processing questions:
1. Why is there a need to learn about festivals? Festival dances?

2. How do you think festival dances help you in enhancing your fitness?

3. What value do festival dances develop in community fitness?

What’s More

Read on!

Physical activity like dancing will make you sweat and probably may hurt
participants. Injury can happen and therefore we must follow certain precautions.

COMMON INJURIES DURING FESTIVAL DANCE ACTIVITIES

1. SPRAIN is an injury that occurs when you roll, twist, or turn your ankle in an
awkward way. This can stretch or tear the tough bands of tissue that help hold
your ankle bones together.

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 2. CRAMP is a sudden and involuntary contraction of one or more of your muscles.

3. HEAT EXHAUSTION is a condition which symptoms may include heavy sweating

and a rapid pulse, a result of your body overheating. It is one of three heat related
syndromes with heat cramps being the mildest and the heatstroke being severe.

So always remember to perform dance steps safely!

ACTIVITY: Review of Basic Movement

In this activity, you will be given time to recall the basic locomotor and non-
locomotor movements together with the basic steps and arm movements in folk
dance. They are necessary for you to know and be able to do in producing your
own festival dance relative to the context of the festival you are celebrating.

Locomotor Movements
These are movements that allow you to move from one point in space to another.
It is derived from two words, “locos” which means place and “motor” which means
movement.

They include the following:

1. Step - This is the basis of all locomotor movements. It prepares you to move
in any direction you wish to go. It is defined as the transfer of weight from
one foot to the other. Try one! Stand with your weight equally distributed to
both of your feet. Now, let your right foot carry it all. You got it! That’s what
you call a step.
2. Walk - Series of steps executed by both of your feet alternately in any
direction. In executing a walk, observe that there’s this moment when both
feet are in contact with the ground while one foot supports the weight and
transfers it to the other.
3. Run - Series of walks executed quickly in any direction wherein only one-
foot stays on the ground while the other is off the ground.
4. Jump - This movement is simply described by having both feet lose its
contact with the ground. There are five ways to do it: Take off from one foot
and land on the same; Take off from one foot and land on the other; Take off
from one foot and land on both feet; Take off from both feet and land on one
foot; and Take off from both feet and land on both.

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Non-Locomotor Movements
These are movements that are performed in one point in space without transferring
to another point. They don’t allow you to move from one place to the other.
These movements include:
1. Flexion - It is the act of decreasing the angle of a joint. Another term for
flexion is to bend. If you bend a joint, like your elbow or knee, you are
performing flexion.
2. Extension - This is the opposite of flexion. You are extending if you are
increasing the angle of a joint. Stretching is another word for extension.
3. Contraction - A muscle movement done when it shortens, narrows and
tightens using sufficient energy in the execution.
4. Release - A muscle movement opposite to contraction done when it lets go
or lets losses of being held into a shortening movement.
5. Collapse - To deliberately drop the exertion of energy into a body segment.
6. Recover - The opposite of collapse. This is to regain the energy exerted into
a body segment.
7. Rotation - To rotate is to move a body segment allowing it to complete a
circle with its motion. It’s not only limited to circumduction which is done
in ball and socket joints. Rotation can also be done in wrists, waist, knees
and ankles.
8. Twist - To move a body segment from an axis halfway front or back or
quarter to the right or left as in the twisting of the neck allowing the head to
face right or left and the like.
9. Pivot - To change the position of the feet or any body part that carries the
body’s weight allowing the body to face in a less than 360 degrees turn.
10. Turn - To move in a turning movement with a base of support, usually a
pointed foot, the other raised, while equilibrium is maintained until the
completion of the turn.
Activity: Let’s Dance

1. Before proceeding to the activity, get your Heart Rate (HR) before activity.
2. Try to play any Festival Music or any festive upbeat music on YouTube.
As it plays, try to come up with five figures of 16 counts each. Do this in ten
minutes.
3. Get your Heart Rate (HR) after activity.

Processing Questions:
1. What is your HR before activity and HR after activity?

2. What did you feel about the activity?

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 3. How does it feel coming up with your own festival routine?

4. What do you feel after doing the festival dance steps? Was it hard or easy?
Why?

5. What should one know and do to come up with an easier festival dance
routine?

You're nearly accomplished with this module!

Now, I need you to review and evaluate the ideas you have learned to
help you proceed and be able to engage in the subsequent activity.

What I Have Learned

Activity: Sentence completions

In this activity, complete the following statements below based on what you have
learned about Festival dance. Write your answer on the space provided for.

1. Festival dance
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
2. Emergency situation during Festival dance
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
3. Skills in Festival dance
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________

CONGRATULATIONS!
In the next phase, you will be challenged to apply things you just have learned into
another context. Your understanding of the lesson will be measured by your ability
to provide evidence of your learning.

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 What I Can Do

ACTIVITY: FITT Your Weight Off!

This time get ready to FIT your weight off. This activity will reinforce your prior
knowledge and understanding of the integration of the principles of FITT
(Frequency, Intensity, Time and Type) in maintaining or improving your fitness,
especially in maintaining or reducing weight. Copy the table in your answer sheet.
Note: An example is provided for you below:
Name:________________________ Sec.:____________ Date:__________
MY PERSONAL FESTIVAL DANCE PROGRAM
FREQUENCY INTENSITY TIME TYPE
(Identify days (Light, moderate, (Amount of time (Nature of
in a week for heavy/vigorous) spent for the Activity)
your activity) activity)
Example:
Example: Moderate Intensity Example:
3 times/week (Refer to the RPE Example: 30-45 Aerobic
chart for reference min./day Exercise-Specific
of how intense to Dance
your dancing
activity is)
Present BMI:_____ Foods to Minimize Eating (if reducing
Classification:_______ Weight) :
Target BMI in 4 Weeks:___________ ●
Target Classification in 4 ●
Weeks:____________ ●
Foods to Add Intake With (If
Increasing Weight) :
●
●
●

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In terms of the intensity of your dancing activity, you may refer to the RPE (Rate
of Perceived Exertion) chart below:
RPE CHART
Rate of Perceived Exertion
10 Maximum Effort Activity
9 Very Hard Activity
8-7 Vigorous Activity
6-4 Moderate Activity
3-2 Light Activity
1 Very Light Activity

Assessment

Direction: Read and understand the questions carefully. Write TRUE if the
statement is correct, and FALSE if not. Write your answers on a separate sheet of
paper.
__________1. Sprain is an injury that occurs when you roll, twist, or turn your
ankle in an awkward way.
__________2. Strain is an injury that occurs when your muscle is relax
__________3. Over exertion can occur when the body is hard pressed.
__________4. Rice means Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevate.
__________5. Sinulog festival is the mother of all festivals.
__________6. Festival dance is an event ordinarily celebrated by the
community and centering on some characteristic aspect of that community
and it’s religion or culture.
__________7. Ati-Atihan festival is found in Aklan.
__________8. Panagbenga festival is found in Baguio.
__________9. Moriones festival is found in Marikina
__________10. Festival dances are cultural dances performed to the
strong beats of percussion instruments by a community of people sharing
the same culture.

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 Additional Activities

Activity: to Festival Dancing Pyramid

In this activity, I want you to integrate festival dancing, discipline, culture, and
sense of community to fitness by coming up with an essay that explains your
interpretation on the hierarchical relationship of the elements indicated in the
diagram.

Rubric for assessment:

Point Scale Comprehensiveness Organization of Ideas

Advanced All details included in the Unity, coherence, and

triangle are provided and technical correctness are
5
explained excellently exhibited.

Proficient 1 detail in the triangle is missed Unity and satisfactory

but others are provided and coherence together with
4
explained very satisfactorily technical correctness are
exhibited.

Approaching 2 details are missed but the Unity, improving coherence

Proficiency others are provided and and minimal technical errors
explained satisfactorily are exhibited.
3

Developing 3 or more details are missed Improving unity, improving

but the others are provided and coherence and many technical
2
explained satisfactorily errors.

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 A

A TRUE
FALSE
B TRUE
TRUE
A TRUE
TRUE
A TRUE
TRUE
A
FALSE
What I Know TRUE

Post Test

References
Books

1. Rosenberger, Ledda G., Fajardo, Jemima Katrina C., Badong, Tristine Ann A., Rosaroso,
Bernadette B., Camiling, Mark Kenneth S. Living with Music, Art, Physical Education, &
Health. Vival Group, Inc. 2017
2. Department of Education, Physical Education and Health Learner’s Material. First
Edition, 2017

Images
1. Sinulog and Dinagyang courtesy of Marisci Dance Company
2. AtiAtihan courtesy of Marikina Heights High School
3. Panagbenga: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikedred101209/5678308583
4. Kadayawan: https://www.flickr.com/photos/biagkensiak/29266401925
5. MassKara https://www.flickr.com/photos/biagkensiak/49566849011/
6. Rehiyon Rehiyon Photos Marikina PIO Facebook Account

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 Development Team of the Module

Writer: Jesus M. Aguilar, MSHS

Editors: Arvin Lark P. Santiago, MSHS
Layout Artist: Maria Isabel G. Tutor
Management Team:
Sheryll T. Gayola
Assistant Schools Division Superintendent
OIC, Office of the Schools Division Superintendent

Elisa O. Cerveza
Chief, CID
OIC, Office of the Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

Jovita Consortia Mani

EPS-MAPEH

Ivy Coney A. Gamatero

EPS – LRMS

For inquiries or feedback, please write or call:

Schools Division Office- Marikina City

Email Address: sdo.marikina@deped.gov.ph

191 Shoe Ave., Sta. Elena, Marikina City, 1800, Philippines

Telefax: (02) 682-2472 / 682-3989

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