Spotlight Dances
Tinikling
Tagalog / Visayan
The Tinikling is considered the national folk dance of the Philippines. It involves two people beating, tappin…
Singkil
Maranao
Singkil is a royal dance from the Maranao people of Lanao. The dance takes its name from the bells worn on the…
Pandanggo sa Ilaw
Tagalog
Pandanggo sa Ilaw is a graceful dance of lights from Lubang Island, Occidental Mindoro. The word pandanggo com…
Maglalatik
Tagalog / Kapampangan
Maglalatik is a mock war dance from Binan, Laguna that dramatizes the fight over coconut meat (latik). Male da…
Itik-Itik
Cebuano / Visayan
Itik-Itik is a mimetic folk dance from Surigao, Mindanao. The dance imitates the movements of a duck (itik) — …
Kappa Malong-Malong
Maranao / Maguindanao
Kappa Malong-Malong is a Muslim dance that demonstrates the many uses of the malong — a tubular cloth used as …
