Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Most times, this dance is performed in social gatherings like weddings. [2] Burung Talo Sulu Tausug Burung Talo is a dance in the form of martial arts. Performers portray a battle between a hawk and a cat. This dance is accompanied with lively beats from gongs and drums as the performers do acrobatic movements. [3] Asik Cotabato Maguindanao
Folk music musical instruments. The music of the Philippines' many Indigenous peoples are associated with the various occasions that shape life in indigenous communities, including day-to-day activities as well as major life-events, which typically include "birth, initiation and graduation ceremonies; courtship and marriage; death and funeral rites; hunting, fishing, planting and harvest ...
The Philippines has had a long history of songs associated with associated with protest and social change, dating back to the days of the Philippine Revolution, during which important protest music included patriotic marches and the traditional Filipino kundiman. [39]
The Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group (ROFG) was founded in 1972, and started out as a fledgling folk dance company composed of some thirty performers. [1] Leaning on the vast amount of data and artifacts that he has accumulated while doing research over the years, Ramon Obusan [2] thought of starting a dance company that would mirror the traditional culture of the Philippines through dance and music.
Tinikling 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 zarzuela musical theatre is currently being pushed by the government to be declared as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage element. The performing art may be nominated together with Spain, Mexico, and Cuba. This is widely supported by various zarzuela dance, music, and theatre companies in the Philippines. Singkil Dance
Pandanggo is a Philippine folk dance which has become popular in the rural areas of the Philippines. The dance evolved from Fandango, a Spanish folk dance, which arrived in the Philippines during the Hispanic period. The dance is accompanied by castanets. [1] This dance, together with the Jota, became popular among the illustrados or the upper ...
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."