2010 FIL-AM CULTURAL DANCE GROUP
THE
JUNE 12th PERFORMANCE
Last
year in April, the FIL-AM Cultural Dance Group of the association
was formed. The June 12th Fiesta is their second official
group performance in the Annual Filipino Cultural Day. This
year, three new dances, were introduced and performed for
the first time - Carinosa, Uya-Oy and T'boli.
They will be dancing in different occasions not only for
the association's events but also in other places upon invitation
to promote the association and the culture of the Philippines
as well, acting as ambassadors of goodwill.
Banga
Tribe: Kalinga
"Banga"
literally mean pots. The Banga or pot dance is a contemporary
performance of Kalinga of the Mountain Province in the Philippines.
This dance illustrates the languid grace of a tribe otherwise
known as fierce warriors. Heavy earthen pots, as many as seven
or eight at a time, are balanced on the heads of maidens as
they trudge to the beat of the "gangsa" or wind
chimes displaying their stamina and strength as they go about
their daily task of fetching water and balancing the banga.
DANCERS:
TATIANA ROBINSON as the princess
DEE
WEBBER
DULIA CANDELARIA
ANGEL TOLENTINO
CITA LIME
BELLE LIMOGE
ENRI FULMORE
DEJAH URBANOVITCH
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Pandanggo
sa ilaw
Origin: Lubang Island, Mindoro (Visayas)
This
popular dance of grace and balance comes from Lubang Island,
Mindoro in the Visayas region. The term pandanggo comes from
the Spanish word fandango, which is a dance characterized
by lively steps and clapping that varies in rhythm in 3/4
time. This particular pandanggo involves the presence of three
tinggoy, or oil lamps, balanced on the head and the back of
each hand.
After a good catch, fishermen of Lingayen would celebrate
by drinking wine and by dancing, swinging and circling a lighted
lamp. Hence, the name "Oasiwas" which in the Pangasinan
dialect means "swinging." This unique and colorful
dance calls for skill in balancing an oil lamp on the head
while circling in each hand a lighted lamp wrapped in a porous
cloth or fishnet. The waltz-style music is similar to that
of Pandanggo sa Ilaw.
DANCERS:
CITA LIME
BELLE LIMOGE
ANGEL TOLENTINO
ENRI FULMORE
TATIANA ROBINSON
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CARINOSA
Cariñosa
is a word that describes an affectionate, friendly and lovable
woman. This dance is performed in flirtatious manner with
fans and handkerchiefs to assist the dancers' hide-and-seek
movements. It depicts a man courting a woman with the restriction
of touching her. During the Spanish times, it was a grave
scandal for a man to touch even the fingertips of a woman
thus, in this dance it shows a demure lady protecting herself
from the man by using scented fan and and a handkerchief
as if playing hide-and-seek. This dance was originated in
the Panay Islands on the Visayan Islands and it was introduced
by the Spaniards during their colonization of the Philippines.
It is related to some of the Spanish dances like the bolero
and the Mexican dance Jarabe Tapatio or the Mexican Hat
Dance that resembles the courtship through the interpretation
of the dancers in the process of dancing. The dance before
was a Maria Clara dance but because of its popularity it
has so many versions around the Philippines
DANCERS:
BELLE
LIMOGE
MARC LIMOGE
MALOU HAMTO
JONATHAN ENERVA
DEJAH URBANOVITCH
ROBY TRIULZI
ENRI FULMORE
ANTHONY FULMORE
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Uyaoy/Uyauy
Tribe: Ifugao
The
Ifugao people are said to be the "children of the
earth." The term Ifugao is derived from the word
ipugao which literally means "coming from the earth."
The Spaniards, however, changed it to Ifugaw, a term presently
used in referring not only to these people but also to
their province. The Ifugaos of Mayaoyao in Cordillera
have hundreds of small and large feasts called canao.
Each canao has a different purpose: weddings, hope for
a good harvest, success in war, or the death of prominent
villagers. The grandest of all canao is the uayoy. The
uyaoy is mainly celebrated by a Kadangyan or chieftain
of the village in order to reaffirm his social status
in the community and his possible entry to the village's
council of elders. Men spread their arms to imitate the
sakpaya hawk's majestic glide and stamp their feet to
affirm their affinity with the cosmic earth. Uyaoy is
a display of various levels of composition, form, depth,
and perspective brought by inspiration and gansa-based
music.
DANCERS:
JONATHAN ENERVA
ANTHONY FULMORE
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ITIK-ITIK
The
Itik-Itik dance is popular among the Visayan settlers
of the province of Surigao del Norte. It has many variations
of steps from which the dancers choose and combine. Its
steps are similar to the movements of a duck (itik, in Filipino),
as it walks with short, choppy steps and splashes water
on its back while attracting its mate. The dance is believed
to have originated from the dance Sibay danced to the Dejado
music. The Sibay is a bird dance that came from neighboring
Visayan Islands.
DANCERS:
MICHELLE
PAGAYONAN
MELANIE PAGAYONAN
MINA GILES
GLORIA GILES
JANINE FERRER
BELLE LIMOGE
ENRI FULMORE
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Tinikling
This
'Visayan' dance was found in Leyte where this dance originated.
Dancers imitate the tikling bird's legendary grace and speed
as they skillfully play, chase each other, run over tree
branches, or dodge bamboo traps set by rice farmers. Hence
it is named after the bird, tikling. this version of the
dance is done between a pair of bamboo poles.
The
older people claim that the 'Tinikling Ha Bayo' from which
the tinikling dance evolved is more difficult to perform.
It was originally danced between 'bayuhan', two wooden pestles
used to pound the husks off the rice grain.
DANCERS:
ANTHONY FULMORE
BELLE LIMOGE
JONATHAN ENERVA
ENRI FULMORE
ANGEL TOLENTINO
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Tboli
The
T'boli, also known as the Tiboli or Tagabili, is one of the
tribes in Mindanao, the Philippines' southernmost island.
Some sources state that the term "T'boli" comes
from "Tau-bili"; "tau" meaning "small
human creature" and "bili" meaning "fruit
of the wild vine". Others state that Christian settlers
called the tribe "taga-bili" (buyers) in the course
of their barter trade. According to their folklore and traditions,
the T'boli are descendants of the survivors of a great flood,
who were saved by their deity Dwata. Two couples, warned by
Dwata to take precautions, took refuge in a huge bamboo and
rode out the flood. From the first couple descended the T'boli
and the other highland ethnic groups, or Lumads, of Mindanao,
as well as the Muslim tribes. The second couple were the ancestors
of the other Filipino ethnic groups who became Christianized.
Madal T'boli literally means "T'boli dance". It
is perhaps the most common of all T'boli festival dances.
It may be performed by a female dancer who executes bird-like
motions with her arms and manipulates her malong slung around
her neck in different positions as she goes through her dance.
Tiboli dances involve shuffling steps and swooping movements
of the arms and hands, usually incorporating a malong or kerchief.
DANCERS:
BELLE LIMOGE
ENRI FULMORE
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DRESS
REHEARSAL AT THE PARK
On
May 30, 2010 at noon at the Luiseno Park in Vandegrift Blvd.
corner Douglas Dr., Oceanside, California, the cultural fashion
show models arrived in their colorful traditional Filipino
costumes for pictorial and dress rehearsal. A sumptuous lunch
followed after the picture-taking and dress rehearsal.
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