Region VIII

Contemporary
arts
BY: GROUP 5
Eastern Visayas
Eastern Visayas

 EasternVisayas or Region VIII is one of the two

regions of the Philippines having no land
border with another region, MIMAROPA being
the other. It is composed of two main islands,
Leyte and Samar, connected by the famous
San Juanico Bridge. It consists of six provinces
namely, Biliran, Eastern Samar, Leyte,
Northern Samar, Samar, Southern Leyte.
Eastern Visayas contemporary
arts
Kuratsa
Kuratsa

 The Kuratsa is the dance of courtship from the Visayas region

of the Philippines. At weddings and fiestas, the Kuratsa serves
as the traditional money dance where guests take turns
pinning money on the bride and groom's attire. This symbolizes
friends' and families' wishes for good luck and prosperity in the
couple's future.
 The dance is performed in three parts, with three different
rhythms. The dancing couple starts the performance with a
ballroom waltz. Then the music shifts to a faster beat for the
"chasing" scene, in which the female dancer flees and the male
pusues her all across the dance floor. The tempo picks up even
more for the final part, in which the chase ends with a furiously
flirtatious scene. The female is won over, and the male imitates
a flamboyant bird in a mating dance
History of kuratsa

 The Kuratsa is believed to be a Mexican import

(supposedly from La Cucaracha dance typical to
Monterrey region of Mexico) - the Kuratsa is however,
very different in the manner of execution than the
Mexican counterpart. Even the "basic" Kuratsa music is
not based on Mexican or even Spanish melodies.
Tinikling
Tinikling

 The Tinikling dance is one of the most popular and well-known of

traditional Philippine dances.The tinikling is a pre-Spanish dance
 from the Philippines that 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. The name is a reference to birds
locally known as tikling, which can be any of a number ofrail
 species; the term tinikling literally means "tikling-like."The
dance originated in Leyteamong the Visayan islands in the central
Philippines as an imitation of the tikling bird dodging bamboo
traps set by rice farmers. The dance 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.
History of Tinikling

 According to historical accounts, the Tinikling dance originated

during the Spanish occupation in the Philippines—particularly on
the island of Leyte. Rice farmers on the Visayan Islands usually
set up bamboo traps to protect their fields, yet tikling birds
dodged their traps. Locals imitated the birds’ movement, and
supposedly, that’s how this dramatic traditional folk dance was
born.
McArthur Bronze Statues
McArthur Bronze Statues

 They were more than life-sized statues; they were larger than
life. Former US General Douglas MacArthur, his landing party,
and then President Sergio Osmeña and General Carlos Romulo,
towered close to the combined height of two people at Red
Beach, Palo, Leyte. Shining proud and golden under the sunlight,
they are forever frozen in the moment of MacArthur’s historic
return to the Philippines almost 70 years ago. And the way they
walked on Philippine soil again – by wading to the shore – is also
portrayed through the shallow pool where the bronze statues
stand.
Thanks for listening!

 Salamathan iyo
pag pamati!