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Sakuting Folk Dance

The Sakuting dance portrays a mock fight between two teams using bamboo sticks about 1.5 feet long. Originally performed solely by boys, it depicts martial arts sparring through a playful folk dance involving circling movements and clashing of sticks. The dance originates from Abra Province in the Philippines among the Ilocano and Tingguian peoples, and may depict historical struggles between lowland Christians and mountain tribes. It incorporates stick fighting techniques from Arnis adapted into a dance form accompanied by a string ensemble influenced by Spanish music.

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Sakuting Folk Dance

The Sakuting dance portrays a mock fight between two teams using bamboo sticks about 1.5 feet long. Originally performed solely by boys, it depicts martial arts sparring through a playful folk dance involving circling movements and clashing of sticks. The dance originates from Abra Province in the Philippines among the Ilocano and Tingguian peoples, and may depict historical struggles between lowland Christians and mountain tribes. It incorporates stick fighting techniques from Arnis adapted into a dance form accompanied by a string ensemble influenced by Spanish music.

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SAKUTING

FOLK DANCE
The Sakuting Dance, originally performed solely by
boys, portrays a mock fight using sticks. A
Sakuting Stick is striped or bamboo and is about
1½ feet long and tapered at the end, like a
candle. Its original use was for combat training.
During the playful folk dance, two teams, one
representing each side, circle and clash bamboo
sticks in a gentle imitation of martial arts
sparring. Its dance form is the comedia (a
theatrical dance, also called moro-moro) and
features a battalla (choreographed skirmish).
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HISTORY
It comes from the province of Abra, home of the Ilocano
people native to the lowlands and the Tingguian mountain
tribes. The Spanish established a garrison to protect Ilocanos
who converted to Christianity, and their capital city,
Bangued, from raids by the mountain tribes. Introduced by
Spanish missionaries as religious ritual, the sakuting dance
portrays this struggle between the lowland Christians and
the non-Christian mountain people. Sakuting’s origins,
however, appear much older.
ORIGIN
Arnis, the traditional Filipino art of stick fighting,
employed readily available weapons by simple
people seeking self-protection. The occupying
Spanish banned the practice of Arnis, forcing it
into secret. Filipinos found ways to openly
retain the practice by making the Arnis
movements part of folk dances. Sakuting is
actually a two-stick Arnis exercise set to
music.
MUSIC
The traditional music styles for sakuting, portray the
dual influences of China and Spain. Its staccato
inflections and rhythmic tapping suggest a strong
Chinese influence. The music itself is played by a
rondalla, a native string ensemble of plectrum
(plucked with tortoiseshell fingerpicks) instruments
influenced by Spanish stringed instruments, that
includes bandurria, laud, octavina, mandola, guitarra
and bajo de uñas, or double bass.
DANCE
Dancers use one and two sticks throughout the
performance to tap the floor and each other’s
sticks. Dance steps are a combination of marching
and small forward or sideways shuffle steps while
circling and interchanging positions with other
dancers. Some modern interpretations are more
athletically demonstrative of the martial arts, while
others add ballet movements. Dancers twirl the
sticks, hitting them against opponents’ sticks,
displaying a mock fight.
PERFORMANCE
The Ilocano people customarily perform the
sakuting dance as part of Christmas
celebrations. Performed at the town plaza or
from house to house, the dance allows the
opportunity for spectators to give the dancers
aguinaldos—gifts of money, drinks, fruits and
refreshments prepared especially for Christmas
much like the English custom of caroling.
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