1.08.2008

Lapay Bantigue Music

Lapay Bantigue Music





Dinuyya



(dih-NOOH-yah)
A festival dance from Lagawe, it is performed by the Ifugao men and women during a major feast. Accompanying the dance are three gangsa or gongs: the tobtob, a brass gong about ten inches in diameter and played by beating with open palms, and the various hibat or gongs played by beating the inner surface with a stick of softwood.

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12.30.2007

MATUD NILA LYRICS IN ENGLISH

MATUD NILA -ACCORDING TO THEM

They say that I shouldn't
Wish for your love
They say you will not be happy
For I have no treasure to give you

Pure love is all that I pledge
A treasure more precious than gold
They say that your love and caresses
Would only be wasted on me

This feeling won't fade
Even though that would be justice
Because what else is this life worth
If your love isn't there

Tell me that you won't believe
The insults that they tell about me
Tell me that you won't deny
My dream and faith in your love

Tell me that you won't believe
The insults that they tell about me
Tell me that you won't deny
My dream and faith in your love.

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12.29.2007

USAHAY lyrics in English version

USAHAY -SOMETIMES

Sometimes I am dreaming
That you and I love each other
Why are you the one I dream of
Always dream of my loneliness

Sometimes I'm disappointed
Why still live in this world
Why jest about it
My love is for you, only you

That you and I love each other
Always dream of my loneliness
Sometimes I'm disappointed
Why still live in this world

Why jest about it
My love is for you, only you
Why jest about it
My love is for you, only you.


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12.13.2007

DIWA NG PASKO lyrics

DIWA NG PASKO




[zum-zum (4x)]

Masdan natin ang sinag ng tala
Sa tapat ng belen
Bayan ng ating Birheng dangal
At sumilang doon ang sanggol na mahal
Mananakop ng buong katauhan

Magsaya tayo kapatirang banal
Ipagdiwang lugod sa puso
Si Hesus natin syang tanging maykapal
Lumuhod tayo sa harap niya

Magsimba tayo siyam na simbanggabi
Uwian ay bukang-liwayway
Ang buong bayan ligid-ligiran
Mga tindahan, kakainan

[lalala]

Masdan natin ang sinag ng tala
Sa tapat ng belen
Bayan ng ating Birheng dangal
At sumilang doon ang sanggol na mahal
Mananakop ng buong katauhan

Ang durungawan puspos ng ilaw
Luntian at pulang kulay na masaya
At ang pintuan pinagsabitan
Parol na tunay sa paskuhan

Ang maganda nating bihisan
Ay isuot kahit na minsan
At ang gintong hikaw at singsing
Ay linisin bago gamitin

[papapapam]

Masdan natin ang sinag ng tala
Sa tapat ng belen
Bayan ng ating Birheng dangal
At sumilang doon ang sanggol na mahal
Mananakop ng buong katauhan

Mano po lolo, mano po ninong
Ang sadya po sana'y mamasko
Kung wala ma'y salamat din po
Sa tatlong-hari na'ng balik ko

[lalalala lalalala]
Buong tao'y muling nagdaan
At sa bawat ninyong tahanan
Diwa ng pasko nawa'y makamtan

At sa bawat ninyong tahanan
Diwa ng pasko nawa'y makamtan!
[lalalala lalalala]

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12.12.2007

Basic Dance Steps for Philippine Folk Dance

Basic Dance Steps of Philippine Folk Dance

Dance steps among primitive Philippine people include a variety of hopping, leaping,dancing, pivoting , shuffling and brushing steps.

Description of dance steps

Hopping- Springing into the air from one foot and landing on the same foot

jumping- Movement without a point of support or Spring into the air off both feet and land on both feet

leaping-A transfer of weight from one foot to the other. Push off with a spring and land on the ball of the other foot, letting the heel come down Bend knee to absorb the shock

pivoting-A traveling turn executed with thighs locked and feet apart in extended fifth position

shuffling-A triple step similar to a Polka step with no lilt for example step forward left and bring the right foot up yo the heel of the left foot.


brushing-To brush, sweep or scuff the foot against the floor

Kumintang, a simple, classic gesture of rotating the hand and wrist and movement of arms which was believed to have been inspired by arnis.

Sarok or salok is an elaborate bow which must have been inspired by the woman acitivity of fetching water from a well.

The western influence brought the sway balance, waltz and tap dance steps.

sway-A tilt of the chest to the side, without lowering the torso Stretching from the side upwards

Waltz steps=A ballroom dance in 3/4 time which first developed in Vienna as a fast paced dance to the Strauss music of the time, and eventually evolved into the slower version we now know as Waltz (or Slow Waltz).