Festival Dances in the Philippines PDF

FESTIVAL AND STREET DANCES  Festival Dances These are the cultural dances that are performed by a group of people that share the same culture. These dances are performed either to honor a patron saint (Sinulog in Cebu) or to show gratitude for a bountiful harvest (Kadayaw...

FESTIVAL AND STREET DANCES  Festival Dances These are the cultural dances that are performed by a group of people that share the same culture. These dances are performed either to honor a patron saint (Sinulog in Cebu) or to show gratitude for a bountiful harvest (Kadayawan in Davao City)  Festival Dances It can help in the strengthening of the people’s culture as they artfully represent a group of people’s way of life through costumes and dance movements. EXAMPLES OF FESTIVAL DANCE  The Philippines observes different festivals all year round. Every region, province, and city has a variety of festivities and events. Festival dances serve as the highlights in festivals. PHILIPPINE FESTIVAL DANCES ATI-ATIHAN  ATI-ATIHAN A religious festival celebrated in Kalibo, Aklan annually in the the third Sunday of January.  ATI-ATIHAN Participants of festival dance covered their body and face with charcoal or black paint depicting the Aetas and dance enthusiastically while holding the image of patron Sto. Nino. SINULOG  SINULOG This dance festival is so famous that there is even a tagline for this festival, “One Beat, One Dance, One Vision.”  SINULOG It is an indigenous dance which begins from the Hispanic period of the natives of Cebu or the Cebuanos  SINULOG The dance is in honor of Child Jesus or Sto. Nino as it is celebrated in the third Sunday of January.  SINULOG Participants dance to the beat of the drums and spoken prayer like praises, thanksgiving, penance, and petitions or personal prayers. KADAYAWAN KADAYAWAN This festival celebrates the region’s bountiful harvest and marks the survival of their native people.  KADAYAWAN The celebration includes a parade of flowers and float parades and people dancing on the street known as “Indak-indak sa Dalan.”  KADAYAWAN It is celebrated by Davaoenos every third week of August annually. MASSKARA  MASSKARA It is done with the performers wearing a colorful masks and costume while dancing on the streets.  MASSKARA The festival features a street dance competition where people from all walks of life troop to the streets to see masked dancers gyrating to the rhythm of Latin musical beats in a display of mastery, gaiety, coordination and stamina.  MASSKARA Masskara is a portmanteau, coined by the late artist Ely Santiago from mass, “multitude of people” and the Spanish word cara, “face.”  MASSKARA Annually celebrated in Bacolod City in every 4 th Sunday of October. PANAGBENG A  PANAGBENGA The dances showcased in the Panagbenga festival are very diverse. It is mostly comprised of Cordillera inspired dances from neighboring towns in Northern Luzon.  PANAGBENGA The festival also includes street dancing, presented by dancers clad in flower-inspired costumes, that is inspired by the Bendian, an Ibaloi dance of celebration that came from the Cordilleras.  PANAGBENGA Panagbenga is an annual flower festival celebrated every February which takes place in Baguio City. The term “Panagbenga” comes from a Kankanaey term meaning “season of blooming”. DINAGYANG  DINAGYANG The first Ati-atihan festival in Iloilo City in 1969. In 1977, Ilonggos changed its name from Ati-atihan to Dinagyang, which came from the Hiligaynon word dagyang meaning merrymaking.  DINAGYANG Celebrated on annually on the 4th Sunday of January in honor of patron Sto. Niño in Iloilo City. The dancers move their feet accompanied with the movements of their hands in a fast beat tempo.