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FAMOUS PHILIPPINE FOLK DANCES
LUZON:
ABARURAY
"Abaruray" is a contraction of the words "Aba" and "Ruray". "Aba!" is an exclamationwhich is equivalent to "Hey!", "Hi!", or "Hail!" in English. "Ruray" is a nicname for Aurora.his dance is nown in the hili##ines be several names, such as "Ha#ayan", "agayan","andango sa $aso", and "Abaroray".
CARI %&'A
(ari)osa *+A - ari osa/ is a flirtatious hili##ine grou# dance in the 0aria (lara suiteˌ ˈɲof hili##ine fol dances where the fan or handerchief #lays an instrumental roll as it #lacesthe cou#le in a hard1to1get romance scenario.
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he dance 2ala#ati originated from from (abugao, +locos 'ur #rovince.+t symboli4es #eace and is re#resented by imitating the movements of a graceful dove.
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0aglalati1 his a moc war dance between the 0uslims and the (hristians thatoriginated from $inan, 3aguna, hili##ines.he dance is about a fight for the lati or coconut meat during the '#anish era.
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alu1#alo, is a war dance that shows how the community 7oins forces as one to defendthemselves. +t is a dance showing how the +vatans defended themselves against the (hristianintruders and how they learned to acce#t (hristianity and live a virtuous life.
VISAYAS:
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his is a dance that originated from $ohol, 8isayas but it is also #o#ular at +loanofestivals.
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iniling is a :ili#ino fol dance. he dance originated in 3eyte as an imitation of thelegendarily fast and graceful movements of the tiling birds as they dodged bamboo tra#s set byrice farmers.
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andanggo sa ilaw originated from 3ubang +sland, 0indorohe term #andanggo comes from the '#anish word fandango, which is a dance characteri4edby lively ste#s and cla##ing that varies in rhythm in =>? time.
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MINDANAO:
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he dance must have originated from $uidnon, northeastern 0indanao since they are
#erformed as an entertainment for the deities in fiestas organi4ed for them.
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he dance originated from 'urigao del 9orte, 0indanao, hili##ines. According to the story, a young woman named 2anang *short for (ayetana/ was the bestdancer in that #rovince.
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'A5AA9 is a hili##ine war dance #erformed by both the 0aguindanao and 0aranaode#icting in dramatic fashion the ste#s their hero, rince $antugan, too u#on wearing his
armaments, the war he fought in and his subsequent victory afterwards.
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'ingil *or 'ayao sa 2asingil/ is a famous hili##ine dance of the 0aguindanao #eo#le,but was #o#ulari4ed by the nearby 0aranao #eo#les of 3ae 3anao and later the $ayanihanhili##ine 9ational :ol ;ance (om#any.
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he dance is classified under ribal dance. it originated from 3ae 'ebu, 'outh(otabato. B2arasaguyonC of the Dboli #ortrays a #olygamous male in the #rocess of #icing his
next wife from among four sisters vying for his attention.
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hili##ine fol dance has a long and diverse history. Each region in the hili##inesfeatures its own fol dances, originating from the #recolonial era to the time of the '#anishoccu#ation from the FGGs until the late GGs. 0ost of these :ili#ino fol dances tell storiesabout historical ha##enings, ways of life, cultural influences and religious customs.
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2. LOCAL DANCES found in specific locli!". #e.$. %ini&lin$'Le"!e( Su)li'
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