BANGA DANCE

( POT DANCE )
 BANGA DANCE
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THE WARRIOR CLAIMS

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A BRIDE. IN
CELEBRATION OF THE
FORTHCOMING WEDDING,
THE HIGHLAND
MAIDEN’S FRIENDS
PERFORM A DANCE
ABOUT FETCHING WATER
THE “banga”, AN
EARTHEN JAR.
 “BANGA”
"Banga" literally mean pots.
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The Banga or pot dance is a 

contemporary performance of
Kalinga of the Mountain
Province in the Philippines.
This dance illustrate the
languid grace of a tribe
otherwise known as fierce
warriors. Heavy earthen pots,
as many as seven or eight at
a time, are balanced on the
heads of maidens as they
trudge to the beat of the
"gangsa" or wind chimes
displaying their stamina and
strength as they go about
their daily task of fetching
water and balancing the
banga.
STEPS:
1. Dancers
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walk in a
small
bouncing
steps with
a banga on
their head
held by a
dikin
while the
right arm
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2. Dancers
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walk with
straight
bouncing
movements as
they turn
around and
move from
side to side.
Footwork
always begin
with the
right foot.
The arm
movements are
very slight
3.Take a
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step and
turn
right
with the
same arm
position,
walk to
the
center to
merge
4. Stand
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straight,
face the
audience
and
stretch
arms
sideward
with palm
facing
front and
5. Kneel
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on both
feet as
hands
move
downward
to the
lap. Stand
slowly
making
one
6. Stomp


to the
right
with the
ball of
the foot
and brush
to the
left
while in
7. Dancers


step and
turn to
form two
lines.
Continue
the
movement
as the
dancers
present
8. Repeat
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some of the
arm
movements
and stomping
movements
before the
dance ends.
Dancers walk
one after
the other,
then exit.
 SALIDSID

Kalinga wedding dance. Portrayed here is the courtship and marriage

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customs of the tribe. Female dances with layers of pots as male

dancer carries a blanket while imitating the movements of a
chicken.
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STEPS:
1: Girls enters
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walking to the
left side with a
banga on her head
while the man
enters from the
right side with
the blanket.
2. The girl’s palm
facing downward,
arms stretched out
to the
side while

continuously walking
to the left, goes to
the back and waves
ending on the left
side doing a step
turn to the right,
then, goes around
the man
3. Both pair
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goes to the
center as the
girl executes
slight brushing
movement, stops
and sits beside
the banga as she
prepare to
balance it on
her head.
4. Do the salidsid
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step. The man

manipulates the
blanket displaying
his footwork, while
the girl balances an
increasing number of
banga on her head.
5. The man gallops as he
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goes sideward and step

brush when backward. The
girl uses a variety of
walking and mincing steps
as heel and ball touch
step. Arms are in the
amplified palm position
facing downward. The
dance ends with the man
facing the girl while
moving the blanket from
left to right.