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PANDANG GITAB

​An annual festival, is a lively street dance, adapting the basic steps and music of the original Pandanggo sa Ilaw. It was coined from the words “pandango” or dance and “gitab” or flicker of flights. This folk dance was inspired by women carrying oil lamps as they send off their husbands to fish out to the sea at early dawn. 

MIMAROPA
REGION V

LAPAY BANTIGUE

It is a mimetic dance which refers to lapay or sea gulls in English that are abundant in the Bantigue area of Masbate city, like the itik-itik dance which copies the movement of the ducks, Lapay copies the movement of the gulls, which includes overly bending the dancer’s back untill the head is near the floor.

CORDILLERA
ADMINISTRATION REGION
(CAR)

MANMANOK

Is a dance that dramatizes three roosters from the Bago Tribe who compete against one another to be able to get the attention of a hen, Lady Lien. They try to attract her by making use of blankets that depict their feathers and wings. This dance is accompanied with music with the use of gongs.

NATIONAL
CAPITAL
REGION
(NCR)

LA JOTA MANILENA

The dance is an adaptation of the Castilian Jota where dancers use bamboo castanets and clack them to provide music and the costumes are inspired by Spanish culture.

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