Essays on Folk

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 –…

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,…

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…

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…

A “punctuated equilibrium” is a term used by biologists in reference to a “theory that claims that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change” (“punctuated equilibrium”). The origin of Irish music seems to have occurred in a similar fashion. Music in general…

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 on Teaching Philippine Folk Dances Dance education involves teaching of the tradition, techniques, style and the methodologies of teaching the dance itself. Tradition is taught in and out of the school, making dance both as an academic discipline and a social practice or custom. The school teaches formally with syllabi and systems whereas the…

Considering I’ve been watching the television show Will & Grace since it first aired in 1998, I thought that this paper would be a no-brainer. It’s about two gay men and their incredibly annoying yet lovable straight female friends; like I said, it’s just oozing politics. However, I believe this show is much deeper than…

Tinikling: Tinikling is a pre-Spanish dance from Leyte that involves two people beating, 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: Maglalatik is an indigenous dance from Biñan, Laguna in which the…

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,…