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Tinikling (traditionally written tiniclín) is a traditional Philippine folk dance which originated prior to Spanish colonialism in the area. [1] The dance involves at least two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance.
The tinikling dance has evolved from what is called ‘Tinikling Ha Bayo’ which the older people claim to be a harder dance to perform. Originally, the said dance was done between bayuhan, wooden pestles used to pound husks off of rice grain. [30] Subli: Barrio of Dingin, Alitagtag, Batangas
The dance was subsequently named Singkil after the brass anklets worn by the original dancer, Princess Tarhata. [1] [2] Later, the Bayanihan folk dance group incorporated the Singkil dance into a storyline based on an episode from the Maranao epic, Darangen. The narrative revolves around Prince Bantugan's romantic pursuits of Princess Gandingan.
The following is a list with the most notable dances. Names of many Greek dances may be found spelt either ending with -o or with -os.This is due to the fact that the word for "dance" in Greek is a masculine noun, while the dance itself can also be referred to by a neuter adjective used substantively.
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The National Dance Tinikling, the national dance, is considered the oldest of the Philippine folk dances. The dance, which comes from the countryside, takes its name and movements from the "tinikling" bird as it roams between grass steams, crushes tree branches and avoids traps set by rice farmers.
None, Canadian stepdance unofficially; Red River Jig for Métis; jingle dance, Fancy dance and First Nations tribal dance styles dominate in areas populated by First Nations. Cape Verde: Coladeira, Batuque: Chile: Cueca; [4] Rapa Nui: Sau-sau and others China: Yangge, Lion dance, Dragon dance: Colombia: Vallenato and Cumbia [4] Cook Islands ...
Maybe the pre-hispanic side of the dance is the original dance of the Leyte natives and not the tinikling itself because pre-hispanic natives are almost half naked and some wear muslime like costumes. Unlike singkil, it has Asian music for its steps. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.54.125.50 11:41, 25 November 2013 (UTC)