2. Philippine folk dances speak
so much about the heartbeat of
our people for they tell us about
our customs, ideas, beliefs,
superstitions, and events of daily
living in a certain community.
3. Philippine folk dance is one of the
Philippine cultures that incorporate
influences from immigrants and
conquerors while Filipinos were working
in the fields, celebrating feasts, harvests,
births and weddings.
4. Folk Dance refers to 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
the Cordillera, in Mindoro, Palawan, Sulu, and
Mindanao; and the rural or lowland Christian
dances, among the groups, like the Ilocano,
pangasinan, tagalog, Pampango, etc.
5. Folk Dances may also be divided into
• “regional”, which refers to defers to dances
particular to one locale or area.
• “national”, which are to those performed all over
the country.
• A related term is “creative folk dance” which
refers to character dances whose choreography
uses folk steps and music.
6. Folk Dance This folk dance originated
from the Leyte island in the
Philippines. This dance is
said to be traditionally
performed to ‘Rondalla’
music and involves two
people tapping and moving
bamboo poles on the
ground and against each
other with the dancers
hopping and dancing in the
blocks thus formed by the
bamboo poles.
11. • Pangalay (also known as Daling-Daling or
Mengalai in Sabah is the traditional “fingernail”
dance of the Tausūg people.
• This dance is the most distinctively Asian of all
the Southern Philippine dances because dancers
must have dexterity and flexibility of the
shoulders, elbows, and wrists – movements that
strongly resemble those of “kontaw silat,” a
martial art common in the Malay Archipelago.
12. •The Pangalay is performed mainly
during weddings or other festive events.
The male equivalent of the Pangalay is
the Pangasik and features more martial
movements, while a pangalay that
features both a male and female dancer
is called Pangiluk.
14. Costume : Dancer wears a typical
Joloana costume
15. Accessories : Expert
and professional
dancers use janggay,
extended metal finger
nails in each finger. The
rich people have
janggay made of solid
gold or silver.
16. Suggested Footwear :
dancers are barefoot.
Music : Played as
many times as
necessary. Count one,
two or one, and, two
and to a measure.
17. Movements/Steps Particular to Dance
There are no definite directions, sequence
of figures, number and kinds of steps, hand
movements and positions used when
performed by the natives. For teaching
purposes the figures of this dance may be
created and dancers may form their own
combinations.
