12.06.2007

Ragragsakan- Mountain-Igorot Dances

Ragragsakan



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(rahg-rahg-SAH-kahn)
This is classified under Mountain-Igorot Dances. It is an adaptation of a tradition in which Kalinga women gather and prepare for a budong, or peace pact.

The Kalingga borrowed the beautiful word ragragsakan from the Ilocano, which means "merriment." The two biggest occassions for a ragragsakan in a Kalinga village are for the homecoming of successful head takers and the culmination of peace-pact between warring tribes. In this dance, Kalinga maidens balance labba baskets on thier heads, wave colorful tribal blankets, and sing short salidumay songs as they snake through the terrace dikes and skip through breaks in the path.

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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:30 AM

    Ragragsakan dance is the dance that me and my co-girlz groupm8s will be dancing on intramurals literary,, and after that we will have our concert tour but only here on rinconada.. this a beautiful dace,, the song was very nice and i remember the song begins in the word inda-kuh...its wonderful

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  2. Anonymous7:25 AM

    wala bang lyrics.,?

    hanap ako ng hanap.,!

    la ako mkita.,!

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  3. Anonymous2:47 AM

    CHANT FOR RAGRAGSAKAN


    INTAKO MANSASAKDU (2x) (LET US FETCH WATER)

    DONG DONG AY SI DONG ILAY

    INSINALIDUM - AY

    INTAKO MANG U - UMUS (2x) (LET US BATHE)

    DONG DONG AY SI DONG ILAY

    INSINALIDUM - AY

    INTAKO MANGRURUGRUG (2x) (LET US WASH)

    DONG DONG AY SI DONG ILAY

    INSINALIDUM - AY

    YANAG NAS JA ANG – ANG - NEN

    JA ET NAR – OS NAN TAWEN

    ADI KAN ALIWEN - WEN

    SUM – ED KAS WALO Y TAWEN

    YA YA YAYANNA, YAYANNA YAYANNA
    YAYANNA AY AY, YAYANNA AY AY

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