Banga Salidsid Dance women, for cooking, fetching water, storing

food and water and also to be sold to fetch

Banga
income.
(ba-nga)
-Originated by the Northern Cordillera (Kalinga)
-is a round or spherical jar made of clay, used region of the Philippines.
for fetching water and mostly adopted by the
History
northern region of the Philippines
-Tells us a story of Filipino women’s strength,
Salidsid
resilience and grace.
-Courtship is then portrayed in the salidsid it
-This dance originated as part of daily life of
involves the kalinga warriors dexterous
these lowland women fetching water.
manipulation of a blanket called the tapis a
widest play of footwork's as he claims his future -This dance illustrates the languid grace of a
mate in this highly spirited death. tribe otherwise known as fierce warriors.

The salidsid steps is a step imitating the rooster Kind of Movement

scratching the ground this is done by both male
-Is inspired by this daily routine. Stacked as
and female in this courtship dance.
many as seven or eight at a time, the pots are
Banga – Salidsid balanced on the heads of maidens as they
trudge to the beat of the "gangsa" or wind
- Is the Kalinga courtship dance, performed by a
chimes displaying their stamina and strength as
male and female (and thus is sometimes called
they go about this daily task.This dance
the "cayoo" dance). Here, the male dancer
originated as part of daily life of these lowland
dresses as a rooster to attract the attention of
women fetching water.
the main woman. Is a beautiful and most
interesting performance by Igorot girls and -The dance becomes more complex with
women. graceful arm movements and tip toeing in
circular patterns.
-This dance has also been rightfully called “The
balancing act of life” -As the music crescendos, they remove the pots
off their heads, contributing to one, tall stack in
DIKIN
the center of a circle they’ve created. A chosen
(di-kin) woman, typically a woman to be wed, kneels to
the center and slowly hoists up the tall, heavy
-is a tubular circular cloth used to balance the stack onto her head. She continues the dance,
pots in banga dance solo, showing off her poise and skill.
Origin Music
-This dance originated as part of daily life of -The dance starts off with women grooving to
these lowland women fetching water. the rhythm of a melody from flutes and
-Are exclusively made by Kalinga bamboo sticks.
Costume for Women FIGURE 2

Guinamat The maidens rock would light bouncing

movements if they turn around and move from
-Knee-length rectangular wrap skirt of
side to side. Footwork begins from the right
predominantly red hand-woven material,
foot; the arm movements are very slight
decorated with beads and seashells.
consisting of small swing while walking these
Skin tone or yellow gold sleeveless blouse are the natural walking movements taking a
step and turn to the right, they rock to form two
-In the past, Kalinga women are bare breasted. parallel lines.
To mimic this, a skin tone tight fitting blouse or
a yellow gold sleeveless trimmed blouse is worn FIGURE 3
with the same design as the skirt. (1/2)
They walk to the center to merge into straight
-Large agate, glass, stone and plastic beads line to introduce the couple standing straight.
predominantly red, black, white, and yellow are
FIGURE 4
strung to be worn as necklaces, armbands,
earrings, chokers, and headbands to complete They now face the audience and stretch their
the female attire. (2/2) arms side ward palms facing the front and
wrists moving up and down, they then wheel on
Witawit
both feet as their hands move downward to
-Mother-of-pearl earrings. their lap.

Costume for Men FIGURE 5

Baag They stand with the ball of the right foot, they
stabled repeatedly on four counts one by one
-G-string of black cloth with ends accented with and beginning from the rear. The maiden step
red, green, white, and yellow checks, designs, in turn as they separate to form two lines. They
fringes, and pompoms. continue this movement as they present the
Lamma maiden with the banga.

-Short open-fronted shirt with short sleeves. FIGURE 6

String of large beads are worn as chokers and Exit of the maidens. They repeat some of the
necklaces. armed movements and the stamping
movements before the dance ends for the
maidens walking one after the other as they
Figures exit.
FIGURE 1

The women walks as if they were tracing the

edge of a mountain trail, the right arm is
extended In order to trace the narrow flat
surface of the field as seen by the leader so they
don't fall of their heads remain poised to
balance the banga properly.