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Folk Dance
The Polkabal
The Polkabal shows some European influence in its steps. The dance is composed of nine
different steps which include various movements such as fluttering, stepping heel-to-toe, a
reenactment of a bull fight, and even a leisurely walk.
Atimonan, Quezon
The Surtido
Surtido literally means "assortment," and this square dance combines influences of French,
Spanish and Mexican dance. Traditionally the Surtido is performed by a head couple
accompanied by two other couples who lead all the dancers through various formations that
resemble an old-fashioned quadrille.
Bantayan, Cebu
The Pantomina
Also known as the Dance of the Doves, the Pantomina mimics the courtship between doves and
is often also a courtship dance between the couples that perform it. This dance is an important
part of the Sorsogon Kasanggayahan Festival held each October, where it is mainly performed
by the elders of the community.
Pangalay
Origin: Zamboanga del Sur
A pangalay native to the Badjao, sometimes known as the "Sea Gypsies." Pangalay is a dance
that emphasizes the agility of the upper body. The rhythmic bounce of the shoulder with
simultaneous alternating waving of arms are the basic movement of this dance. The pangalay is
commonly performed at weddings and other social gatherings.
Asik
Tribe: Maguindanao
Origin: Lanao del Sur
A solo slave dance performed by the umbrella-bearing attendant to win the favor of her sultan
master. The girl wears long metal fingernails and dances and poses in doll-like motions. Asik
usually precedes a performance of Singkil.
Ethnic Dance
Dugso
Bukidnon, Agusan and Misamis Oriental
Dugso (meaning 'dance') is a ceremonial dance among the Manobo people in

Bukidnon, Agusan and Misamis Oriental . The Dugso (also Dugsu) is usually performed during
important occasions like kaliga (feasts) or kaamulan (tribal gatherings). Other occasions that call
for the performance of Dugso are festivities connected to abundant harvest, the birth of a male
heir or victory in war. Brandeis however, claimed that the dugso has no specific occasion
underpinning aside from that of the kaliga-on festivities. He said that it is only performed to
"entertain their deities". The Dugso for a kaliga is usually performed on the third day which
usually the merriest being the culmination of the whole celebrations.
Anito Baylan
Davao
The Anito Baylan is a dance of the Mansaka, an ethnic group in Davao which relies mainly on

music and dancing for entertaiment. In the anito baylan, a male spirit leader and a female
medium supervise a healing ritual in which the sacrifice of a chicken, the waving of palm fronds,
and the rhythmic movements of flickering lights figure.
Anituan
Negrito of Luzon (Bataan, Zambales, Pampanga and Isabela)
Almost similar in every available version among the different Aeta groups is the Anituan curing
ritual or séance performed by the Aetas of Bataan, Zambales, Pampanga and Isabela. In the
Anituan, the Aeta mag-anito shaman cover the sick people with a red cloth symbolizing the
sickness or disease that plagued the people. In the manner of a dance, the shaman entices the
malevolent spirits to leave sick ones by offering them with food, gifts of beads and even
threatening them with harm. The ritual is ended when the red cloth is pulled over the heads of the
sick and the shaman-who supposedly absorbed all the sickness- falls to the ground unconscious.
Slowly, the convalescents try a step or two of their festival dances as an offering of thanksgiving
for the promised recovery.
Pagdiwata
Tagbanwa of Palawan
A dance for all participants of a pagdiwata, after they have drunk the ceremonial tabad (rice
wine); kalindapan, solo dance by the female babaylan and her attendants; runsay, ritual dances
performed by the villagers on the seashore, where bamboo rafts laden with food offering are
floated for the gods; sarungkay, a healing dance by the main babaylan as she balances a sword on
her head and waves ugsang or palm leaf strip; tugatak and tarindak, dances perform by the
villagers who attend an inim or pagdiwata; tamigan, performed by male combatants using round
winnowers or bilao to represent shields.
The dancing accompanying the runsay, performed about midnight and lasting until daybreak, is
possibly the most moving of all Tagbanwa dances, since it is a part of a sacred ritual that takes
place only once a year, and is performed on the beach from where the ritual raft has been
launched towards the sea world
Out in Bukidnon there are the hinaklaran (offering) festival and the ritual of the three datu. In the
first there is chanting and dancing around an altar. The women dance the well-known dugso
while a baylan ceremoniously chants her own invocation. The ritual can go on for some six hours
to assure the blessings of the spirits, a good harvest or good fortune. Also for everyone’s well-
being, the rite of the three Kaamulan datu (chieftain) enacts a regional unity where the datu offer
chicken of various colors, pouring their blood beside offertory water and coins. In the past, the
new datu Man Sicampo Man Langcayan of Tikala-an (formerly Pusod ha Dagat or Navel of the
Sea) invited Kapetan Pedro Tayabong, datu of Lambagowon (now Cagayan de Oro), the sultan
of Dodsaan, the sultan of Maguindanao, and the sultan of Tagolaan for a pact of friendship. They
sealed this over a dug hole where they placed a Quran, a Bible, a durian fruit, and chicken, and
over which they placed a balagun (rattan vine) which symbolized a would-be betrayer’s fate. A
feast of seven days followed.

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Folk Dance

Dugso (meaning 'dance') is a ceremonial dance among the Manobo people in

The Anito Baylan is a dance of the Mansaka, an ethnic group in Davao which relies mainly on

Negrito of Luzon (Bataan, Zambales, Pampanga and Isabela)

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