Essays on Folk

Folk music originated from many cultures around the world. Each culture adopted rhythms and beats from family and cultural rituals. The family of string instruments applied the music with common harmonies. Other variations of instruments, from homemade to daily items were used in addition to create a more original beat. The region of Great Britain,…

The moral panic approach was established by Stan Cohen through his landmark study ‘Folks devils and Moral Panics’ which was established in the 1970s. Cohen used an interactionist perspective when looking at moral panics. He looked at how moral panics are presented through the mass media as well as the labelling theory to show how…

I think folk music is good because it represents one of the things that is characteristic for the Balkan, and I mean all the Balkan countries, and especially for Serbia. Many say we are still nothing but peasants, but I think that is not true. Because, just as they did, I can call all the…

SUBANON (The People of the River) The Subanon, also called the “Subanu,” “Subano,” “Subanen” are the biggest group of lumad or non Muslim indigenous cultural community on the island of Mindanao. The word is derived from word soba or suba, a word common in Sulu, Visayas, and Mindanao, which means “river,” and the suffix “-nun”…

Critique of Teaching Philippine Folk Dances Dance education involves the teaching of traditions, techniques, styles, and methodologies for teaching dance. Traditions are taught both in and out of school, making dance both an academic discipline and a social practice or custom. Schools teach formally with syllabi and systems while society teaches through communal activities ranging…

Since its premiere in 1998, I have been a dedicated viewer of the television series Will & Grace. Writing an essay about it was easy because it revolves around two gay men and their straight female friends who are both irritating and endearing. As mentioned earlier, this show is packed with political themes but it…

Subli: Subli is a dance devotion performed in honor of the Mahal na Poong Santa Cruz, a large crucifix of anubing wood with the face of the sun in silver at the center. Kuratsa: Kuratsa is a folk dance of Waray that portrays a young playful couple’s attempt to get each other’s attention. It is…

Tinikling is a pre-Spanish dance from Leyte that involves two people crushing, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance. Maglalatik is an autochthonous dance from Binan, Laguna in which the dancers –…

Most Filipino dances were originally patterned after European dances during the Spanish colonial period. Pandango Sa Ilaw, Carinosa, Rigodon, and Balitao are examples of these dances that Filipinos are known for. In addition to these western-influenced dances, ethnic-created dances such as Tinikling made their way to nationwide recognition. Despite their evident adaptation to western dances,…