The document discusses folk dances and their characteristics. It defines folk dances as traditional dances that have evolved naturally within a culture and been passed down over generations. Folk dances are typically related to important aspects of daily life like religion, ceremonies, occupations, and expressing emotions. They have simple, repetitive rhythmic movements and were often created communally and serve a purpose in people's lives. National dances are also discussed as variations of folk dances that are widely performed in a given country.

2. “It is an art which ideas
with the motions of the
human body”.
- James K. Feibleman,
a great Philosopher

3. “It is an art of rhythmic
bodily movements that projects
ordered sequence of moving
visual patterns of line, solid
shape, and color”.
- Thomas Munro in Kraus
and Gaufman, 1981

5. Are the indigenous dances of
any specific “folk” or the common
people. They are traditional
customary or recreational dance
forms of a given country which have
evolved naturally and were handed
down across generations.

6.  Are related to
everything of importance
in our daily lives, such as
and
specific
customs, rituals,
occupations of a
group of people.

7.  Most of these dances are
related in origin to religious
belief, stemming from emotions,
superstitions, festivals,
ceremonies of birth, courtship,
marriage, death, war, and
countless themes, common to
all people around the world.

8. “Became the overt expression of
emotions and ideas which were
peculiarly significant or the re-
enactment of customs and events
important part of
patterns of daily
constituting an
their history and
living”.
- Duggan, Schlottmann, and
Rutledge (1948)

9. “Traditional mode of
expression that employs
bodily movements and
redundant patterns linked to
definitive features of
rhythmic beats or music”.
- Lopez (2006)

11. 1. It is traditional.
2. It has an expressive behavior.
3.Simple, basic rhythm dominate
the folk dance and establishes the
pattern of movement.
4. It is created by an unknown
choreographer or by communal
efforts.
5. It performs a function in the life
of the (folk) people.

13.  Folk dances are traditional
dances found in a certain
country, while national dances
are also traditional folk dances
but have a national scope. They
are popular and widely danced
throughout a given country,
often with a number of regional
variations.

14.  Cariñosa
 Curacha
 Pandango

15. dances or ethnological
Ethnic
dances are those performed in
primitive tribes and have retained
their close kinship with religious
ritual and community custom.
This dances may require a certain
level of special performing skills that
are symbolic in meaning, making it
harder for those outside the group to
understand.

16. “This dances may require a
certain level of special
performing skills that are
symbolic in meaning,
making it harder for those
outside the group to
understand”.
- Kraus, 1962

17. They can
three
be performed in
(3) different
categories:
1. Ritual
2. Life-cycle
3. Occupational

18. Dances that depict ritual
ceremonies.
Example:
Dugso (Bukidnon)
Pagdidiwata (Palawan)

19.  Dances relating to the cycle of
human life such as birthing,
courtship, wedding, and funeral.
Examples:
Binasuan (Pangasinan)
Daling-daling (Muslim
courtship dance from
Sulu)

20. Dances that exhibit work
and occupation of the
dances.
Examples:
Mag-Asik (Cotabato)
Mananagat (Cebu)