SG’s hold HariYaw
This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
It’s a dance showdown you have never seen before. Behold, Filipino folk dancers from Bread of Life Makati’s Small Groups performing for the King of all Dances in HariYaw. All for the benefit of Project Mosaic Phase 2, the dance event will be held on January 18, 2009, 2PM at the Mosaic Lounge Visionarium.
Grouped into seven teams, participants will each perform a 7-minute Filipino folk dance. The teams have been pre-selected and are the following Singkil, Pandango sa Ilaw, Tiklos, Sayaw sa Banga, Tinikling, Sagayan, and Banobo.
“The ongoing Brown Raise seminars open our eyes to the rich heritage that we have as a Filipino. This same pride is what we want to promote to all Filipinos, especially the young ones, as we finish the last hurdles of Project Mosaic Auditorium, that we Filipinos are able to do extraordinary things for God because our God is more than extraordinary,” Team Nehemiah said.
Native Dance
A Mindanao original, Singkil or Sayao sa Kasingkil, is a princess dance based on the Darangen, a Maranao epic which tells of a Princess Sita escaping her abductor in the forest of Alangka. This is translated into dance by performers gracefully stepping in and out of bamboo poles arranged in a criss-cross manner while swaying fans on their hands. The lead female dancer wears leg bracelets or anklets with chiming bells which depicts Princess Sita’s feet entangling in either vines or tall grass.
Pandango sa Ilaw is a dance which originated from the province of Mindoro. It entails great balancing skills as three tinggoys or oil lamps are placed on the head and at the back of dancers’ hands. It was said that the dance was inspired by fishermen who, after a good catch, would celebrate by dancing, swinging and circling a lighted lamp.
Tiklos, on the other hand, is about bayanihan or a group of people working for somebody without expecting anything in return – like clearing forests, digging the earth for wells, moving a nipa hut to a new location or even building a house. It is a Waray term which is also called pintakasi in Leyte. The dance is accompanied by a tambora, a drum made from a hollow tree trunk with a carabao hide head, then sounds of the subing or bamboo flutes and the guimbal, a small snare drum with a head of a parchment made from the skin of a wildcat.
Sayaw sa Banga, meanwhile is a dance from the province of Kalinga meant to entertain guests. It is performed during feasts and is derived from the earthen pot or banga, which are stacked and carried on the heads of the female dancers.
Tinikling is a dance following the movements of the tikling bird, hopping over trees, grass stems or over bamboo traps set by farmers. A pair of dancers hops between two bamboo poles held just above the ground and struck together in time to the music. It originated from Leyte and requires much agility and grace from the dancers.
Esteemed as the Philippine war dance by the Maguindanao and Maranao tribes, Sagayan depicts the tale of warrior Prince Bantugan. The dance is characterized by dancers carrying shields with shell noisemakers in one hand and a double-bladed sword on the other, rolling on the floor, defending against the enemy.
Lastly, Bagobo is a dance from the Mindanao tribe of the same name. It is a demonstration of footwork accompanied by the tagungguan which is a series of small gongs hung on ropes framed by a triangular rack. The dancers have bells around their legs who stomp their feet in any direction for a number of times.
Special Event
Aside from the dances, HariYaw will also feature localized booths about the place where the dance originated. All teams will feature food, clothing, and other interesting native finds from that province.
Video productions about the history of the featured dance are also in feature.
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