Filipino Tribal Dance History
Filipino Agriculture Dance
Filipino Dancing: Hand Movements
Filipino Dancing: Seedling Moves
Filipino Dance Musical Instruments
Filipino Dancing: Jewelry
Filipino Hunting Dance
Filipino Dancing: Hunting Moves
Filipino Butterfly Dance
Filipino Dancing: Butterfly Moves
Filipino Dancing: Dragon Moves
Filipino Dance Costumes
Filipino Dancing: Hairstyles
Filipino Dancing: Scarves
Filipino Dancing with Costumes
Filipino Dancing: Fingernail Prop
Filipino Dancing: Water Moves
Filipino Dancing: Floating Moves
Filipino Dancing: Chants
Filipino Dancing: Woman Chant
Filipino Dancing: Reincarnation Moves
Filipino Dance Demonstration
Summary: The Filipino dance was used to bless the harvest. Learn more about the Filipino agriculture dance in this free video from an award-winning Filipino dancer.
Potri Ranka Manis is an instructor at Lotus Music and Dance in New York City. Ms. Manis is the daughter of a sultan from the southern Philippines. She performs the classical and...read more
"The Tiboli people is mainly agricultural. So the dance that you're going to see today is a ritual for planting. Before the planting season for the rice, the Tiboli people have the ritual called Madal Tanom, where the community actually dances this at the rice padis, in the muddy area were asking the help of Diwata, the highest consciousness the bless the bounty of the harvest and save the rice plants from infestation. So, this is the way this Madal Tanom is dance. The dancer is not a Tiboli but she's going to show to you how this dance is represented on stage. She's wearing Tinalak, this a hand woven textile of the Tiboli people from Abaca fiber. And she has a basket and she's wearing mataljifi which is a beauty spot and she's wearing suwat, which is a handmade."
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