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Kuratong Baleleng is an organized crime syndicate in the Philippines that was once an anti-communist, vigilante group. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Considered to be one of the largest syndicates in the country, Kuratong Baleleng received nationwide attention due to their alleged end in a shootout with the Philippine National Police in May 1995 in Quezon City .
Papuan tumbu tanah dance. Prior to their contact with the outer world the people of the Indonesian archipelago had already developed their own styles of dancing, still somewhat preserved by those who resist outside influences and choose tribal life in the interior of Sumatra (example: Batak, Nias, Mentawai), of Kalimantan/Borneo (example: Dayak, Punan, Iban), of Java (example: Baduy), of ...
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.
A physical education teacher got 400 students to bust a move together in unison. Zhang Guannan led the synchronized routine at Shaanxi Normal University Experimental Middle School in China.
Historical dance (or early dance) is a term covering a wide variety of Western European-based dance types from the past as they are danced in the present. Today historical dances are danced as performance , for pleasure at themed balls or dance clubs, as historical reenactment , or for musicological or historical research.
Set in the turbulent 1970s, the movie is about Ongkoy, a former leader of the reputable anti-communist vigilante group Kuratong Baleleng.Regarded as the “Robinhood” of Ozamiz in Mindanao, his strong views on family and patriotism remains to be the stuff of legend in Filipino culture up to the present times.
Dance may be performed in religious or shamanic rituals, for example in rain dance performed in times of drought. Shamans dancing for rain is mentioned in ancient Chinese texts. Dance is an important aspect of some religious rites in ancient Egypt, [6] similarly dance is also integral to many ceremonies and rites among African people. [7]
Cross-Cultural Dance Resources (CCDR) is a non-profit dance research organization in the United States, formed in 1981 and based in Tempe, Arizona. [1] It maintains a non-lending library devoted to the study of dance, with over 15,000 shelved items [ 2 ] plus the archives of Eleanor King , Gertrude Prokosch Kurath and Joann Kealiinohomoku .