RURAL DANCES OF THE PHILIPPINES

1. RURAL
DANCES OF
THE
PHILIPPINE
S

2. RURAL DANCES
• Shows laughter, festivities
• Performed in fiestas to
honor patron saints
• give homage to the barrio's
namesake for a good
harvest, health, &
perseverance
• Indigenous materials,
clapping, rondalla,
percussion instruments
 Reflects the simple life of the
people in the barrio
 Depicts common work, daily
activities of the peasants

3. MAGLALATIK

4. FROM THE PHILIPPINES PERFORMED BY MALE
DANCERS.
THE NAME OF THE DANCE MEANS "LATIK-MAKER",
FROM LATIK, A COCONUT PRODUCT THAT IS USED IN
FILIPINO COOKING. THE DANCE IS ALSO A WAR
DANCE DEPICTING A FIGHT BETWEEN MOROS AND
CHRISTIANS OVER THE LATIK.
THE DANCERS PERFORM THE DANCE BY HITTING ONE
COCONUT SHELL WITH THE OTHER; SOMETIMES THE
ONES ON THE HANDS, THE ONES ON THE BODY, OR
THE SHELLS WORN BY ANOTHER PERFORMER, ALL IN
TIME TO A FAST DRUMBEAT.
MAGLALATIK

5. OASIWAS

6. • origins coming from the fishing town of Lingayen in
Pangasinan. Following their good catch,
• 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‘.
OASIWAS

7. SAUT SA RARUG

8. SAUT SA RARUG
• Salut sa Rarug is dance portraying the uses of
a bamboo container, primarily in fetching
water.
• discovered by dance researcher Romulo P. Bugna
in Agtambo, Passi, Iloilo. It was later presented
during the 2008 National Folk Dance Workshop in
Olongapo City last May 2008.