Philippine Folk Dances

1. What is Folk Dance?

• It is a traditional dance that have been developed naturally and it is being passed down through generations.

• Native dances of any specific "folk" or common people.

• It is related to everyday lives of Filipinos before

• All of the above

2. This classification of the Philippine Folk dances are the dances from the people of the Southern Islands of the Philippines such as Mindanao and Sulu.

• Tribal dances

• Muslim dances

• Spanish Influence Dances

3.This is a dance for grace and balance.

• Tinikling

• Carinosa

• Pandanggo sa Ilaw

4. Folk dance of Visayas with a pair of dancers hopping between two bamboo poles held

• Tinikling

• Carinosa

• Pandanggo sa Ilaw

5. Itik-Itik is a dance imitating what animal?

• Flamingo

• Duck

• Swan

6.It is a Muslim-influenced dance.

• Maglalatik

• Singkil

• Kappa Malong-Malong

7. Oasiwas dancers make a number of flirtatious movements as they hide behind fans or handkerchiefs and peek out at one another.

• True

• False

8. Sayaw sa Bangko is performed on top of a narrow bench. Dancers need good balance as they go through a series of movements.

• True

• False

9. Philippine Folk dance is subdivided into 10 major classifications.

• True

• False

10. Rural dances reflects the simple life of the people in the barrios. It depicts common work, daily activities of the peasants

• True

• False