EXPLORING

FOLK
DANCES
FOR
FITNESS
OBJECTIVES
0 Explain the importance of
dancing
1
0 Discuss the health benefits
of Folk Dance
2
PERFORMANCE
STANDARD
The learner modifies
a physical activity
program for the
family/school peers to
achieve fitness.
LEARNING TARGET
0 I can explain the importance
of dancing
1
0 I can discuss the health
benefits of Folk Dance
2
 FOLK
DANCES
FOR
FITNESS
MOVEMEN
EXERCISE
T
DANCE
EMOTION CULTURE
DANCE
Just like other activities, a dance
refers to creative movements or
isolated movements. It is derived
from man’s activities either by
mimicking or by creative
choreography. This is usually set to
music and pattern of beats.
IMPORTANC
E OF
DANCING
HOW IMPORTANT IS DANCING?
1.Dancing is a means of expressing
oneself.
2.Dancing can develop sense of unity
because dancers provide unison in
action.
3.Dancing can be a mental or physical
relaxation.
4.Dancing is a form of exercise.
 WHAT ARE THE CLASSIFICATION OF DANCES?

 BALLROOM DANCE – it is a partner dance and

also a competitive dance performed socially.
 SOCIAL DANCE – it is a dance for socializing
with other people like community dance.
 FOLK DANCE – is a dance that portrays the
nature and culture of a community or activities
of a certain group of people.
 FESTIVAL DANCE – it is a dance suitable for
special occasions and festivities.
 FOLK
DANCE
Tradition Filipino
al Dance
 FOLK
DANCE
Folk dance is a form of dance
developed by a group of people
that reflects the traditional life of
the people of a certain country or
region or community. These
dances has distinguished
movements, characteristics, and
forms of common people
belonging to same community.
 BENEFITS
OF
FOLKDANC
E
 BENEFITS
OF
FOLKDANC
E
 BENEFITS OF FOLKDANCE
1.It increases flexibility, strength,
coordination, balance and mental
alertness.
2.It can help to build friendships and foster a
sense of community.
3.Ease depression and anxiety.
4.Improves sensitivity, understanding,
appreciation, and consideration for others,
both for their similarities and differences.
SAKUTING
WHAT IS THE NATURE AND
BACKGROUND OF SAKUTING?
 This is a dance of the people of Cordillera
during the American regime.
 This is a girl and boy dance where they go to
lowlands in Abra and Ilocos Norte during
Christmas time to perform the dance to ask
for some gifts.
 This dance uses sticks to make the dance
lively by striking both of them.
 The rhythmic sticks that produce the sound
serve as accompaniments of the dance.
WHAT IS THE NATURE AND
BACKGROUND OF SAKUTING?
 The Sakuting dance interprets this
struggle between the lowland natives
who became Christians and the non-
Christian natives from the mountain
region.
 Sakuting incorporates the traditional
Filipino martial arts called Arnis by
using two sticks as extension of the
arms to fight the opponent.
PROPERTIES OF THE DANCE
COSTUMES:
 The girls wear native kimono Ilokano style
with an elbow-length sleeves.
 The boys wear native hat and Camisa de
Chino with red trousers.
BINISLAKA
N
WHAT IS THE NATURE AND
BACKGROUND OF BINISLAKAN?
 Binislakan is a dance from Lingayen
Pangasinan.
 Lingayen literally means to took
backward and upward which was
derived from Chinese “Li – King – Tung”.
 The folks in Pangasinan dances in
commemoration of the Chinese pirate
who lived with them named Limahong.
WHAT IS THE NATURE AND
BACKGROUND OF BINISLAKAN?
 This dance displays the movement of
looking backward and upward with the
sticks to produce rhythm imitating the
Chinese chop sticks.
 Literally in Pangasinan, the use of sticks
is called Binislakan.
WHAT IS THE NATURE AND
BACKGROUND OF BINISLAKAN?
 Binislakan folk dance came to the
Philippines with Chinese immigrants.
 The dance is was used to
commemorate the Chinese pirate,
Limahong, who built a kingdom in
Lingayen. Binislakan, meaning "the use
of sticks," imitates two chopsticks used
by the Chinese for eating.
PROPERTIES OF THE DANCE
COSTUMES:
 Girls: Kimono and Diego with a loose long
sleeves and soft handkerchief or pañuelo
 Boys: Camisa de Chino with traditional red
pants
SUA KO
SUA
WHAT IS THE NATURE AND
BACKGROUND OF SUA KO SUA?
DANCE ORIGIN
 Jolo Sulu
DANCE CULTURE
 Muslim-Lowland
COUNTRY OF INFLUENCE
 China, Malaysia, Indonesia
ETHNOLINGUISTIC GROUP
 Tausug
 SUA KO SUA
 It is a courtship dance. The dependence
of the Tausug on the Pomelo Tree and
its fruits have created a bond between
the two which made the Tausug form a
dance to honor it.
 This dance somewhat imitates the
Pomelo Tree; its gentle leaves,
attractive fruits, its fragrance, and
slender body to that of a lady.
 SUA KO SUA
 The dance is performed by couples with
the accompaniment of two fans that are
swayed just like the movement of the
leaves of the Sua Tree.
PANDANGG
O OASIWAS
 PANDANGGO SA ILAW
 The Pantomina Oasiwas is similar
to the Light, and is usually
performed by fishermen to
celebrate a good catch.
 In this version, the lamps are
placed in cloths or nets and
swung around while the dancers
nagbibilog and sway.
 PANDANGGO SA ILAW
 Pandanggo or Pandanggo sa ilaw
literally means the ‘Fandango with
the Light’ in English language.
 And yes from the name itself, this
dance is that dance that involved
the manipulation of the lights.
This dance is from the Lubang
Island, Mindoro.
 PANDANGGO SA ILAW
 The term ‘pandanggo’ which means
‘fandanggo’ in the Spanish language is
actually dance that is characterized by
marking time with the use of clack of
castanets, the snapping of the fingers and
the stomping of the feet in the triple-time
rhythm.
 The person that performs this graceful
dance is often called as the ‘pandanggera’.
The ‘pandanggera’ then dances holding
 PANDANGGO SA ILAW
 Pandango Oasiwas is a Spanish Fandango
dance with its origins coming from the fishing
town of Lingayen in Pangasinan.
 Following their good catch, the fishermen will
usually celebrate by drinking wine and dancing,
and by swinging and circling with the lighted
lamps on the hands of the dancers.
 The graceful & lively moves of the dancers
gave the name ‘Oasiwas‘ which in the local
dialect is known as ‘swinging‘.
PANDANGGO SA ILAW