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Published: January 13th 2015
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We were on our way to the
core area of the Philippines: Manila. Our plane lands at 4:00 pm. Luckily for us, the two official languages of the Philippines are Tagalog and English. We heard there would be a dance festival all over the streets. We took a cab to downtown Manila. We did some research on the dance so we wouldn’t look like complete fools. In the Philippines, there are many cultural dances. Some dances include candles and many Filipino dances include bamboo sticks. The most popular and traditional dance in Philippines is called Tinikling. To us, this was one of the most significant
culture traits .Tinikling incorporates the use of bamboo sticks in order to perform the dance by jumping between them as they open and close. The dance was named after the bird, tikling, and the dance represents how the bird quickly moved between the bamboo sticks. The dance was believed to have originated from the Visayan Islands. However, there is a legend that Tinikling began when the
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Flight from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Philippines Filipinos had to work in the fields and paddies in the Philippines. Filipinos had to work in the fields because the Spanish ruled the Philippines for about three hundred years. The independence of Spain has brought people together as a
centripetal force . Furthermore, the legend says that the dance began when the slow-working Filipinos would be punished by standing between two bamboo sticks that would have thorns on them. The dance began when they would try to avoid the punishment by jumping. However, Tinikling today is a dance, and in the dance the females wear colorful dresses while the males wore shorts and the traditional white shirt with a small, red scarf.
The dance is performed by using a set of bamboo sticks and then two people bang the sticks two times and then the bamboo sticks close in and hit each other. Between the time when the sticks bang, one person, or more, jump between the beats. Sometimes, there are two sets of bamboo sticks used and the dancers dance from one set of set of sticks to the other. Also, there are performances where the two sets of
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Where we stayed in Manila sticks come together to look like a number sign. When this happens, the dancers dance in the sides of the sticks but not in the center. There are usually three beats to the dance but sometimes there are four or five beats. To perform Tinkling, the dancers have to dance barefoot, and they continue dancing even if their feet get caught between the sticks. We found a group of lovely young ladies who were educated and spoke English. They were performing the dance in their own small group. They started telling us stories of how they started doing it when they were little girls about 5 years old. Then they asked us if we wanted to try it. This lead to a challenge: to see who would last longer without getting their feet stuck between the bamboo sticks. Advin cannot dance to save his life. However, I, Miguel, would be considered a semi-professional dancer as I’ve dance in a total of 3 Quinceneras. Also, my footwork is that of a boxer. Advin and I set our bags down and proceeded to take our shoes off. The people around us began to cheer us on. The very first moment that they
young women on the edges try and close the sticks, we both get stuck and fall. It was way faster than we thought. The second try, Advin gets one hop, and nearly falls on his face. I, myself, keep going and finally got the hang of it. I manage to jump off from in between the 2 sticks so I could help Advin get up. He got up and we saw a restaurant nearby. It was called The Aristocrat. We had done research before on the most common food that Filipinos eat. One of the most beloved meals is known in English as Crispy Pata. Crispy Pata is pork knuckle that is simmered, drained, and deep friend until it becomes crisp. It retains a crispy outside with a tender, juicy inside. After this tiring day of dancing, it was now 8:00 pm. we decided to head back to the hotel so we can be rested for our 10:00 am flight flight back home tomorrow to Chicago. Philippines was fun. Advin and I have friends who have origins from here. One of them was even born here. This was an exciting way to end our trip. It's so sad that our
trip had to end so quick. Although the flights felt as if though the were endless, it was fun.
COSTS:
Flight: $1,732.66
Hotel: $87
Taxi back from and to airport: 2 x $2 = $4
Taxi to Downtown Manila and back to hotel : 2 x $16.40 = $32.80
Meals: 2 x $10 = $20
Total: $1876.46
Bibliography:
"Philippines." Central Intelligence Agency. Central Intelligence Agency. Web. 13 Jan. 2015.. This was our main source for finding out the basic information about the Philippines. We found basic information like the official languages. We were relieved that English was one of them. WE also wanted to see what it was like in comparison to the United States. This way, we would not appear as normal tourists.
"Tinikling Bamboo Dance · Philippine Dances · Filipino Culture." Tinikling Bamboo Dance · Philippine Dances · Filipino Culture. Web. 13 Jan. 2015.. This was our background information on Tinkling. The video that
it showed helped us out. We did not want to seem as fools so we did our best to learn what we could before we went out and tried it. We knew we could not compare to the natives, but it was worth a try.
"50 Filipino Foods That Define the Philippines." CNN Travel. CNN, 6 Mar. 2012. Web. 13 Jan. 2015..
The Last thing that we would have wanted to do is eat McDonald's in a foreign country, especially in Asia. Even worse, we would not want to eat something that would make us sick. This website was a food blog by journalist who travel and eat these foods. This was helpful in so we do not ruin our trip from a bad dinner.
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