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The Binirayan Festival commemorates the legend of the arrival of the ten Bornean datus on the island of Aninipay now known as Panay. (See the legend of Maragtas.)As Governor Evelio B. Javier, the Father of Binirayan Festival, reminded the Antiqueños during the earlier celebrations, "let us gather the strands and memories of our past, as we look back with pride, that we may look ahead with ...
Layunan shares a festival with Barangays Calumpang, Libis and Libid. The barangay celebrates the annual town festival of Binangonan, Santa Ursula being its patron. The annual festival is usually celebrated with the Binalayan Festival wherein people would dance in the street representing the town's culture.
The origin of most early festivals, locally known as "fiestas", are rooted in Christianity, dating back to the Spanish colonial period when the many communities (such as barrios and towns) of the predominantly Catholic Philippines almost always had a patron saint assigned to each of them.
The Binalayan dance emulates movements of a hen, her baby chicks and a hawk. The hawk has always been seen and symbolized as that which has power over the welfare of the entire tribe. Although, one day, the hawk tried to get one of the baby chicks which led to the hawks death for it was killed by hunters. [5] Bagobo Rice Cycle Davao del Sur Bagobo
The binasuan is a Filipino folk dance in which the performer holds full wine glasses in each hand while performing balancing tricks. Wine may be used to fill the glasses, but other liquids may be substituted.
Batingan currently does not have any public elementary school, though it only has one public high school. Namely, Rizal National Science High School (RiSci). [5] Batingan also has several private schools such as D, Spring of Wisdom Learning Center, Binangonan Garden of Learners, Child Jesus of Prague School (Batingan Campus), and Shining Light Christian College Inc. [6]
The Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company is the oldest dance company in the Philippines. [1] A multi-awarded company, both nationally and internationally, [ 2 ] Guillermo Gomez Rivera has called it the "depository of almost all Filipino dances , dress and songs."
No national dance, swing and square dancing unofficially; see List of U.S. state dances; hoop dance, Grass dance, jingle dance, Fancy dance and Native American tribal dance styles dominate in areas populated by Native American tribes.