Tinikling

The Tinikling is a Philippine indigenous folklore dance. In this case, one or more players move dancing between two bamboo poles that are doing following two other actors, a rhythm, alternately beaten to the ground and each other. According to the Philippine Information Agency ( Philippine Information Agency ) is the Tinikling the national dance of the Philippines.

Origin

The Tinikling is one of the oldest dances in the Philippine archipelago, whose origin is to be found on the island of Leyte. The name refers to a bird that is known within the island state as Tikling; a term that is commonly used for a whole range of Rail species. People of Leyte describe the Tikling as a bird that has a very distinctive gait when passing between grass, tree branches and obstacles.

There are different stories about the origin of this dance. One of the most famous tells that the dance had arisen under field workers. When the Spaniards dominated the Philippines, the locals worked on the vast plantations and haciendas of the colonial rulers. If someone was working too slow, so he had to fear severe punishment. A kind of punishment stipulated that you had to stand between two bamboo poles tipped with spines, which are then compared to each other and thus struck against the feet of the delinquents were being tried this by hopping to escape the painful blows. Returned to their communities trained the men to escape the blows of the bamboo poles. This should have been the basis of the Tinikling, from which first developed a competition, then a skill, and finally a dance. Later, the movements of the Tikling bird went into the dance with in and it created the specified step and Hüpffolgen that define the dance in its present form.

Description

The dancers imitate in this dance the movements of the Tikling after by their movements mimic the passage of this bird, as he struts his long stilts among the grasses, and the way he runs across branches or bamboo traps evades that drawn up by the rice farmers were. The bamboo poles in this case represent the hurdles that must be surmounted by the bird.

As a rule, in the dancing four people, mainly two male and two female actors involved. One pair takes the dance position, while the other pair takes over the handling of the bamboo canes. The rods are about 9 feet (about 2.75 meters ) long and are at the beginning of parallel horizontally next to each other on the floor. For their handling the a couple positioned at the ends of the rods and sets each facing the other with his face on his knees.

The Tinikling encompasses five fixed predetermined sequence of steps, which are determined by the clock strikes the bamboo. All dance steps consist of combinations of only three basic four-four steps. These three basic steps are referred to as Singles ( Easy steps ), doubles (double steps ) and hops ( Hüpfschritte ).

In the first four step sequences, the dancers are on opposite sides of the bamboo poles as they launch the last episode of the same side. The rods thereby forming an additional stroke imaging instrument by being beaten in parallel in a fixed pattern and the rhythm of the music in about hip width on the floor or on a piece of wood before they are again knocking against each other. As long as the bamboo poles are beaten on the ground, hopping about the dancers and the space between the bars. Before the bars are finally struck against each other, the players must have completed their movements so that their feet do not come in between. It is important to ensure that hollow stems of bamboo and rattan not be used. These see the bamboo poles very similar, but are massive, which would increase the risk of injury.

During the course of the dance beat rhythm is faster and harder, making the sound of beating each other rods louder and the dancers' movements to the same extent need to be faster. Once a couple makes a mistake, the players change places; the first pair takes over the handling of the rods and the other the dance. It is the challenge to follow the accelerating rhythm, makes up the fun with stakeholders and also for the viewer.

In America, this dance has been changed into a rhythm with four beats to match the music. In some cases, it will be demonstrated in conjunction with traditional Filipino martial arts in order to highlight the rapidity of the feet and the flow of movement.

Tinikling is translated in English is consistent with the term " bamboo dance ".

Traditional dress

In the dance the girls wear traditional indigenous clothing as the Balintawak ( a folk dress) and a Patadiong ( a skirt ). The boys wear a Barong Tagalog ( a traditional festival garb ) and long red pants, in which one leg is rolled up. This lead to both the men and the women dance usually barefoot before.

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• Culture ( Philippines)
• Folk dance form