Physical Education 9
PHILIPPINE
FESTIVAL DANCES
Ms. Trisha Aguanta
INTRODUCTION
Filipinos love to celebrate and get together. It
is no surprise that the Philippines has a lot of
festivals. Philippine festivals are major
cultural and religious celebrations and are
used as forms of thanksgiving.
INTRODUCTION
Festivals are celebrations that offer a sense
of belongingness to community. Festivals
focus on both cultural and historical subjects
that seek to inform the community members
of their beautiful tradition. Festivals attract
local and foreign tourists; hence, the tourism
prospers.
Instructions: Carefully examine the images displayed below and
quickly jot down on the board your initial thoughts or impressions
in response to the pictures.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
How do these dances differ?
Why do you need to partake in such
dances?
FILIPINO FESTIVALS
Mabuhay means “welcome” in Filipino.
This is the greeting we give to our guests in
fiestas and other social gatherings.
Fiestas are part of Filipino culture, and these
occasions are opportunity to celebrate.
Fiestas already existed prior to Spanish
colonization.
Our fiestas before show animalistic rituals,
merrymaking, and thanksgiving for a bountiful
harvest, marriage, or birth of a child.
Fiestas are part of Filipino culture, and these
occasions are opportunity to celebrate.
Upon colonization, Spanish religious practices
influenced us, and some fiestas became
celebration in honor of patron saints and/or
major events of the lives of Jesus Christ and
Virgin Mary.
From these evolved the festival dances that are
actually cultural dances in nature.
Amidst the merrymaking, and festivities of the
city or place of origin, these festival dances are
performed in the streets, showcasing the culture
and life of the community.
This mirrors the unity and diversity of the
culture of the regions.
Today, each province of the country has at least
one festival of its own and has been constantly
fascinating to guests and tourists.
Festivals help the tourism industry and
entertainment value of the place.
Among the famous festivals are Panagbenga,
Sinulog, Dinagyang, Ati-atihan, Bangus ang
others.
Philippine festivals are classified into religious
and non-religious or secular.
CLASSIFICATION OF PHILIPPINE FESTIVAL
1. Religious festivals
CLASSIFICATION OF PHILIPPINE FESTIVAL
1. Religious festivals
CLASSIFICATION OF PHILIPPINE FESTIVAL
2. Nonreligious or secular festivals
CLASSIFICATION OF PHILIPPINE FESTIVAL
2. Nonreligious or secular festivals
BASIC OF FESTIVAL DANCES
With festival dances, the street becomes
your stage.
Festival dancers perform in the street in
synchronized motion.
Movements and steps are simple and basic, yet
repetitive movements become strenuous due to
long hours of performance.
The dynamics of the steps and movements must
be exaggerated to capture the spirit of the
festivity and the audience.
A. BASIC NATURAL MOVEMENTS
Locomotor movements are movements
that move the body in space in any
direction with the feet as the moving
base. Examples are walking, running,
jumping, hopping, skipping, leaping,
galloping, and sliding.
A. BASIC NATURAL MOVEMENTS
Non-locomotor movements are
movements in which various parts of the
body move in space with a fixed base. The
base may be standing, kneeling, sitting or
lying.
B. COMMON DANCE TERMS
Arms in lateral position - Place both arms
at one side (either right or left), shoulder, or
chest, or waist level.
B. COMMON DANCE TERMS
Brush - Place weight on one foot , hit the
floor with the ball or heel of the other foot,
and lift that foot from the floor to any
direction.
B. COMMON DANCE TERMS
Crossed arms - Face each other or stand
side by side, then join left hands together
and right hands together, either right over
left or left over right hands.
B. COMMON DANCE TERMS
Cut - Displace quickly one foot with the
other.
B. COMMON DANCE TERMS
Do-si-do - Advance forward with partner,
pass each other’s right side, step across the
right, move backward without turning
around, and pass each other’s left side to
proper place.
B. COMMON DANCE TERMS
Hayon-hayon - Place one forearm in front
and the other at the back of the waist.
B. COMMON DANCE TERMS
Jaleo - Turn around together clockwise
(with right elbows almost touching) or
counterclockwise (with left elbows almost
touching), using walking or any kind of
dance step.
B. COMMON DANCE TERMS
Kumintang - Move the hand from the wrist,
either in a clockwise or counterclockwise
direction.
B. COMMON DANCE TERMS
Pivot - Turn with the ball, heel or whole
foot on a fixed place or point.
B. COMMON DANCE TERMS
Panadyak - Stamp in front or at the side
with the right foot and tap with the same
foot close to the left foot.
B. COMMON DANCE TERMS
Saludo - Bow to each other, to the
audience, to opposite dancers, or to the
neighbors with feet together.
B. COMMON DANCE TERMS
Whirl - Make fast turns by executing small
steps in place to right or left.
TIME TO REFLECT
Engaging in street dancing or festival dances has a
lot of beneficial effects to oneself, the community, and
society. It promotes cultural preservation and active
physical involvement. The youth are highly
encouraged to partake in festival dances to develop
not only their skills and talents but most especially the
values of respect, appreciation, and fellowship.
SEATWORK 3.1-FILIPINO FESTIVAL DANCES
Write AGREE in your activity notebook if you believe
in the statement and DISAGREE if you do not. Justify
your answer. (8 pts.)
1. Prior to Spanish colonization, Filipinos did not have
any dance form.
2. Festival dances are classified into religious and
nonreligious or secular festivals.
Write AGREE if you believe in the statement and
DISAGREE if you do not. Justify your answer.
3. Festival dances have complicated steps.
4. Festival dances are performed on a big state-of-the-
art stage to accommodate 50 dancers at a time.
