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Traditional Filipino Dance

Traditional Filipino dance, music, and costumes reveal unique aspects of Filipino culture. Dances were inspired by everyday activities like farming and celebrations. Some notable dances described are Tikling, which uses bamboo sticks, Itik-Itik mimicking a duck's walk, and Binasuan where dancers balance glasses on their heads. Muslim dances feature intricate hand movements and colorful costumes accompanied by traditional instruments. Weaving is an ancient Filipino art using distinct techniques between ethnic groups. Basketry and mat weaving use plant materials. Sculpture evolved from carvings of anitos to images of Christ and saints. Philippine pottery has a long tradition dating back 3000 BCE and was part of

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Traditional Filipino Dance

Traditional Filipino dance, music, and costumes reveal unique aspects of Filipino culture. Dances were inspired by everyday activities like farming and celebrations. Some notable dances described are Tikling, which uses bamboo sticks, Itik-Itik mimicking a duck's walk, and Binasuan where dancers balance glasses on their heads. Muslim dances feature intricate hand movements and colorful costumes accompanied by traditional instruments. Weaving is an ancient Filipino art using distinct techniques between ethnic groups. Basketry and mat weaving use plant materials. Sculpture evolved from carvings of anitos to images of Christ and saints. Philippine pottery has a long tradition dating back 3000 BCE and was part of

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Traditional Filipino Dance

Filipino folk dances are colorful, beautiful, and vibrant. Their movement, dress, and music reveal the
unique Filipino culture and are important in building a national Filipino identity. Most dances in the country were
inspired by everyday activities, such as working in the fields and harvesting rice, as well as celebrations such as
feasts, weddings, and births. 
Tikling. take two long bamboo sticks rapidly in rhythm, clap sticks
for dancers to artistically and daringly try to avoid getting their
feet caught between them.

Itik-itik. The best description of the Itik-Itik is that


the steps mimic the way a duck walks, as well as the way it
splashes water on its back to attract a mate. According to
popular tradition, the dance was created by a lady named
Kanang who choreographed the steps while dancing at a
baptismal party. The other guests copied her movements, and
everyone liked the dance so much that it has been passed along
ever since.
Binasuan. It is a folk dance that originated in bayambang,
pangasisna. The word Binssuan means “with the use of drinking
glasses. The dancers balance glasses on their heads and their
hands as they move. This glass are filled with rice wine.

Muslim Dance
They are known for their mysticism, royalty, and beauty which are evident in their music and dances.
Accompanied by the agong and kulintang, Filipino Muslim dance is remarked by intricate hand and arm movement
along with shimmering costumes.

Singkil. It recounts the epic legend of the “Darangan” of the


Maranao people of Mindanao. This epic tells the story of princess
Gandingan, who was caught in the middle of a forestaa during an
earthquake caused by the diwatas, or fairies or nymph of the
forest. In this dance there are four bamboos sticks arranged in
tic-tac-toe pattern in which the dancers exploit every position of
clashing sticks.

Asik. A solo slave dance performed by the umbrella-bearing


attendant to win the favor of her sultan master. The girl wears a
long metal fingernail and dances and poses in doll-like motions.

Pangsak. In this dance, a man in ties a wrap from his wife-to be’s
waist to wrap around her body and dance with. Both of their
faces are dotted with white paint, to hide their identity from evil
spirit.
WEAVING
Weaving is an ancient art form and crafts in the Philippines. It is a method of textile production in which
two distinct sets of yarn or threads are interlaced at right angles to form cloth or fabric. Today the ethnic group
having their distinct weaving techniques.

Textile Weaving. It is a pattern for manufacturing a fabric. The


yarns are used in different ways to produce various effects of
weaves.

A T’boli from Lake SEbu demonstrates “t’nalak” is made from abaca woven fiber.
The Age-old method is widely recognized as “ikat” process

Basket Weaving. The different baskets made by different


indigenous groups in the Philippines are based on diverse plant
raw materials. Basket ranges in different forms and sizes
according to its functions. The raw materials used in terms of the
strength, basket functions, and techniques in weaving may be
considered “unscientific” and primitive but entailed creative
artistry and provide significant details of the indigenous group.

Mat weaving. All regions in the Philippines have a tradition of


mat weaving. Most mats are made out of leaves or pandan or the
buri palm. They are often decorated with strips of one or two
colors, creating simple linear pattern.

SCULPTURING
Philippine sculpture is the most familiar art forms among Filipinos. From the transitional carving of anitos
to the santos to Christ and down to the saints, Filipinos find it rather not difficult as they are already familiar with
the ways of the wood.

POTTERY
Philippine ceramics refer to ceramic art and pottery and pottery designed or produced as a form of
Philippine art. The tradition of Philippine ceramics dates back to the third millennium BCE. Pottery and ceramics
were an essential part of the trade between the Philippines and the neighbors. There are many local traditions of
earthenware ceramics in the Philippines.
OTHER FORMS
“Tanaga” is a type of Filipino poetry. “Kutkut” is an art technique was a combination of European and
oriental style and process mastered by the indigenous tribes of Samar island.

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