FESTIVAL DANCES Flashcards
are cultural dances performed to the strong beats of percussion
instruments by a community of people sharing the same culture usually done in honor of
a patron saint or thanksgiving of a bountiful harvest.
Festival dances
may be religious or
secular.
Festival dances
draw people’s culture by portraying the people’s ways of life through
movements, costumes, and implements inherent to their place of origin.
Festival dances
a reflection of the unity of the Filipino
community despite the economic, social, environmental, cultural, and political challenges
we face every day.
Festival dances
the Queen City
Cebu
one of the 10 examples of
religious festivals in the Philippines.
Sinulog
a week-long event that is done with
processions, parties, concerts, colorful and lively street dancing, irresistible drum beats,
Sinulog
fiesta in the Philippines that
celebrates Cebu’s patron saint— Santo Niño.
Sinulog
word “sinulog” means
“like the water current,”
is actually the name
of the step that the dancers perform in sinulog
saulog/“like the water current,”
masquerading as Negritos in colorful costumes, dancing, and chanting
“Hala Bira!” in Aklan
Ati-Atihan Festival.
festival in visit Boracay in January,
Ati-Atihan Festival.
Festival in Aklan is considered to be one of the best festivals in the Philippines. This
religious festivity is also one of the oldest Philippine celebrations
Ati-Atihan Festival.
is a Hiligaynon word that means “merrymaking.”
Dinagyang
is one of the religious festivals in the Philippines that
celebrates the feast of the Santo Niño and the pact between the Datus and locals.
Dinagyang
what festival in Every 4th Sunday of January, the festival transforms Iloilo City into a massive street party
with overflowing drinks and food.
Dinagyang
one of the most colorful and vibrant festivals in the Philippines.
Pahiyas Festival,
its history way back in the 15th century. Farmers then used to offer their harvests at the foot of Mount Banahaw.
Pahiyas Festival
this festival’s place of origin is Quezon
Province.
Pahiyas festival
an annual celebration to pay homage to San Isidro Labrador,
Pahiyas Festival
the patron saint of
farmers, for a bountiful harvest in town
San Isidro Labrador,
a traditional Filipino leaf-shaped wafer made from glutinous rice.
Kipings—
Houses are decorated with the town’s best agricultural products, mostly
colorful
Kipings—