Folk Dances - Folk Dance Number 8

Folk Dance No. 8

PALMERITO

During the old times, it is a custom practice by the people of Janiuay, Iloilo to sing and dance when celebrating an occasion. They are creating songs that is related or connected to the trees, flowers, birds and other things they see in their environment. One of them is the "Palmerito" that refers to a crab. They sing five stanzas of this song while dancing.

The first stanza states the lifting of seven burly men of the heavy claws of the crab. The men were paid twenty-five (25) cents each.

The third stanza states the hind legs of the crab that were made into flutes for the children of the dancers.

Folk Dances - Folk Dance Number 7

Folk Dance No. 7

HAPLIK

This upbeat dance is common in Iloilo and Antique. This dance is named after the dance step "haplik" which is used in the third part.

COSTUME. The girl is wearing a patadyong, camisa and a soft panuelo or handkerchief over her shoulder while the boy is wearing a barong tagalog and white trouser.

Folk Dances - Folk Dance Number 6

Folk Dance No. 6



The first version is shown on the link below. The owner of the video disabled embedding of the video on other sites but you can watch it on the link below:

Kuradang Folk Dance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAY9HCbJLfU

KURADANG

The Kuradang is an upbeat dance from Tuburan, Pototan, Iloilo. The people in this barrio are lighthearted and has an intense passion for singing and dancing. The social gathering is not complete without dancing. One of the dance performed during the fiesta or a celebration is the Kuradang. The name of the dance was probably taken from the word "Kudangdang" which means posh, extravagant, lavish or luxuriously epicurean. 

COSTUME. The girl is wearing a camisa or a kimona with a soft panuelo on its shoulder. The boy is wearing a barong tagalog and colorful trousers. The dancers are all barefooted. 

Folk Dances - Folk Dance Number 5

Folk Dance No. 5

KATALANA

The dance is probably brought by the Spanish migrants from Catalonia, Spain during the first half of 17th century. This is an upbeat, festive and artistic dance which is popular in Iloilo.

COSTUME. The girl wears patadyong and kimona. The boys wear trousers and barong tagalog.

Folk Dances - Folk Dance Number 4

Folk Dance No. 4

BUCASOY

 The Bucasoy is a favorite dance of the old people of Alimodian, Iloilo. 

COSTUME: The girl wears patadyong (native hand woven garment made of hemp used in this case as a skirt) and camisa with soft panuelo over the L shoulder. The boy wears barong tagalog and trousers of any desired color.

Folk Dances - Folk Dance Number 3

Folk Dance No. 3

BINADYONG 

The Binadyong is an upbeat and lively dance from the province of Iloilo. The term "badyong" refers to the unstable cadence footsteps of the tipsy or the inebriated. This kind of movement is found in the second part of the dance where the dancers is swinging back and forth in performing the "cut step". 

COSTUME: The girl is wearing a patadyong and camisa while the boy is wearing a barong tagalog and trousers or pants of any color.

Folk Dances - Folk Dance Number 2

Folk Dance No. 2

BALITAW

This is a dance about courtship in different places in the Philippines most especially to the Tagalogs and Visayans. The word "balitaw" is coined from a combined two Tagalog words, "balita raw". Balita is Tagalog for news and "raw" is Filipino for "it is said" or "rumored". The balita raw consequently means a rumor or it is rumored. 

In the interpretation or version in the Visayas, the dancers are singing however among the Tagalogs the dancers are not singing. It is shown by the dancers through action the courtship, the flower is used as an expression of their feelings. The giving wholeheartedly of the flower by the lady to the young man symbolizes his acceptance of the young man as a suitor.  There is a folk song included in the balitaw music however the words or lyrics has no connection with the dance.

COSTUME: The girl wears a balintawak while the boy wears barong tagalog and white trousers or pants. There is a rose or any kinds of flower pinned to the camisa of the girl.

Song

Inday, Inday sa Balitaw 

Kahoy nakahapay,

Sandok nakasuksok

Palayok nakataob.

Siyansi nabaluktot

Sinigang na matabang

Kulang sa sampalok.

Inday, Inday sa Balintang

Batang nabalian

Kahoy na sariwa 

Saging na nilaga

Kinuha sa lungga

Binabad sa suka

Gamot sa sikmura.

English Translation

Inday, Inday in the Balitaw

Wood bent low, inclined or flattened to the ground

Ladle worn 

Pot overturned.

Food turner or spatula bent

Bland or tasteless Sinigang stew 

Lacking of Tamarind. (as a sour base)

Inday, Inday sa Balintang

Fractured child

Fresh logs or wood

Hard boiled bananas

Taken from the burrows

Soaked in vinegar 

Medicine for stomach.