FOLK DANCE PPT Grade 7 3rd Grading

FOLK DANCE
WHAT IS FOLK DANCE?
 Refersto the dances created and performed

collectively by the ordinary people.
 The term usually includes: so called ”ethnic
dances” such as those of the cultural community
in the Cordillera, in Mindoro, Palawan, Sulu, and
Mindanao; and the rural or lowland Christian
dances, among the groups, like the Ilocano,
Pangasinan, tagalong, Pampango, Bicol, Cebuano,
Ilonggo, and Waray.
 Folk dances may also be divided into “regional”, which
refers to dances particular to one locale or area; and
the “national”, which refers to those performed all over
the country.
 CREATIVE FOLK DANCE- which refers to character dances
whose choreography uses folk steps and music.
PHILIPPINE FOLK DANCES
 Arediverse, and include religious, ceremonial,

courtship, funeral, combative, exorcism,
torture, comic, and game dances.
 They have named after saints, heroes, teachers,
foreign steps or dances, their countries or
regions of origin, events, tribes, Philippine steps,
a combination of steps or of steps and places,
and a combination words.
 Other than religious, ceremonial, and a few
social are performed with attention to detail
and after meticulous rehearsals.
 Filipino
ethnic groups still believe in the
efficacy of dance as a means of communicating
with deity. Christianized Filipinos too dance to
plead with, or to thank the Virgin Mary or a
patron saint. As in Filipino religiosity, the
influence of indigenous culture persists, despite
colonization.
 Insects, reptiles, fowls, birds, simians, medicinal
and fragrant plants, edible shoots, the national
flower, bamboo nodes, and the sound of winds as it
passes through the leaves have all been accorded
recognition in Philippine Dance.
 Activitiessuch as rice production, broom making,

golf panning, fishing, tuba making, gathering of
sweet potatoes, clams or honey, fetching of water,
pot making, corn planting, and communal work
have been reflected on Philippine Folk Dances.
 Thedances use movements of the head,
waist, arms, feet throwing circling,
swooping, offering, crowning. Some
dances feature flags, beating with sticks,
and swaying motions such as those of
drunkards.
 Hand or stage properties are used:
fans, earrings, bench, food covers,
hats, fish container, pots, leaves,
floral arches, coconut shells, wooden
implements, chopsticks and maypoles.
FORMS OF PHILIPPINE
FOLK DANCES
RURAL DANCES
 Perhaps the best known and closest to the Filipino heart
are the dances from the rural Christian lowlands: a
country blessed with so much beauty. To the Filipinos,
these dances illustrate the fiesta spirit and demonstrate
a love of life. They express a joy in work, a love for
music, and pleasure in the simplicities of life.
 Typical attire in the rural suite includes the colourful
balintawak and patadyong and skirts for women, and
camisa de chino and colored trousers for men.
SPANISH INFLUENCE DANCES
 The coming of the Spaniards in the 16th Century brought a
new influence in Philippine life.
 A majority of the Filipinos were converted to roman
Catholicism.
 These dances reached their zenith in popularity around
the turn of the century, particularly among urban
Filipinos.
 They are so named in honor of the legendary Maria Clara,
who remains a symbol of the virtues and nobility of
Filipina woman.
 Maria Clara was a chief female character of Jose
Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere.
 Displaying a very strong Spanish influence, these
dances were, nontheless, “Filipinized” as evidence of
the use of bamboo castanets and the abanico, or Asian
fan.
 Typical attire for those dances is the formal Maria
Clara dress and barong tagalog, an embroidered long-
sleeve shirt made of pineapple fiber.
MINDANAO DANCES
 Mindanao and Sulu were never conquered by Spain.

 Islam was introduced in the Philippines in the 12th
century before the discovery of the islands by
Magellan in 1521.
 The dances in Muslim however predated the Muslim
influence.
 Like Ipat which was a dance to appease ancestral
spirits.
 Before the Islam, the Maguindanaons held the view
that diseases are caused by tonong (ancestral spirits).
Thus; a folk healer performs the pag-ipat while being
possessed by the tinunungan(spirit).
 Another is the dance baluang which creates the
illusion of an angry monkey, and is always performed
by male dancers. The popularity of this dance comes
naturally, since the baluang, or monkey, enjoys an
affectionate place in Asian folklore.
 Singkil was introduced after the 14th century. It was
based on the epic legend of Darangan od the
maranao people of Mindanao. It tells of the story of
a Muslim Princess, Gandingan who was caught in the
middle of a forest during an earthquake caused by
the diwatas, or fairies of the forest.
CORDILLERA DANCES
 These are the dances of mountain tribes in Northern
Luzon, such as those of the Kalinga and the Ifugao
people.
 Cordillera a name given by the Spanish
Conquistadors when they first saw the mountain
ranges. Meaning “knotted rope”. The Spanish term
refers to ajumbled rolls and dips of this long-range
traversing the northern part of Luzon island.
ETHNIC/TRIBAL DANCES
 The cultural minorities that live in the hills and
mountains throughout the Philippine Archipelago
considered dances as basic part of their lives.
 Their culture and animistic beliefs predated
Christianity and islam.
 Dances are performed essentially for the Gods.
 As in most ancient cultures, unlike the Muslim tribes in
their midst, their dances are nonetheless closely
intertwined with ceremonials and rituals.
 Rinampo and Talbeng are examples of these dances

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FOLK DANCE

WHAT IS FOLK DANCE?

 Refersto the dances created and performed

 Arediverse, and include religious, ceremonial,

 Activitiessuch as rice production, broom making,

 Mindanao and Sulu were never conquered by Spain.

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