History of Sakuting Folk Dance
Description
The sakuting dance, originally performed solely by boys, portrays a mock fight using sticks. A sakuting stick is striped or bamboo and is about 1½ feet long and tapered at the end, like a candle. Its original use was for combat training. During the playful folk dance, two teams, one representing each side, circle and clash bamboo sticks in a gentle imitation of martial arts sparring. Its dance form is the comedia (a theatrical dance, also called moro-moro) and features a battalla (choreographed skirmish).
History
Sakuting (pronounced seh-KOOH-tihng) comes from the province of Abra, home to the Ilocano people native to the lowlands and the Tingguian mountain tribes. The Spanish established a garrison to protect Ilocanos who converted to Christianity, and their capital city, Bangued, from raids by the mountain tribes. Introduced by Spanish missionaries as religious ritual, the sakuting dance portrays this struggle between the lowland Christians and the non-Christian mountain people. Sakuting’s origins, however, appear much older.
Origin
Arnis, the traditional Filipino art of stick fighting, employed readily available weapons by simple people seeking self-protection. The occupying Spanish banned the practice of Arnis, forcing it into secret. Filipinos found ways to openly retain the practice by making the Arnis movements part of folk dances. Sakuting is actually a two-stick Arnis exercise set to music.
The Music
The traditional music styles for sakuting portray the dual influences of China and Spain. Its staccato inflections and rhythmic tapping suggest a strong Chinese influence. The music itself is played by a rondalla, a native string ensemble of plectrum (plucked with tortoiseshell fingerpicks) instruments influenced by Spanish stringed instruments, that includes bandurria, laud, octavina, mandola, guitarra and bajo de uñas, or double bass.
The Dance
Dancers use one and two sticks throughout the performance to tap the floor and each other’s sticks. Dance steps are a combination of marching and small forward or sideways shuffle steps while circling and interchanging positions with other dancers. Some modern interpretations are more athletically demonstrative of the martial arts, while others add ballet movements. Dancers twirl the sticks, hitting them against opponents’ sticks, displaying a mock fight.
Performances
The Ilocano people customarily perform the sakuting dance as part of Christmas celebrations. Performed at the town plaza or from house to house, the dance allows the opportunity for spectators to give the dancers aguinaldos—gifts of money, drinks, fruits and refreshments prepared especially for Christmas much like the English custom of caroling.
Description
The sakuting dance, originally performed solely by boys, portrays a mock fight using sticks. A sakuting stick is striped or bamboo and is about 1½ feet long and tapered at the end, like a candle. Its original use was for combat training. During the playful folk dance, two teams, one representing each side, circle and clash bamboo sticks in a gentle imitation of martial arts sparring. Its dance form is the comedia (a theatrical dance, also called moro-moro) and features a battalla (choreographed skirmish).
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TumugonBurahinSakuting is a Philippine folk dance that interprets a fight between Ilocano Christians and
TumugonBurahinnon-Christians. This mock fight between rival folks is traditionally performed during
Christmas at the town plaza or performed house-to-house as a form of traditional carolling
show. Dancers perform the Sakuting to receive presents or the local money called
Aguinaldo.Most Filipino dances tell a story. In the Sakuting, it is a story of Ilocano Christians and nonChristians fighting during the Spanish colonial rule in the country. (Ilocanos are the people
living in the Ilocos region in Northern Philippines.) This regional ethnic dance celebrates
cultural heritage and national artistic pride by portraying Philippine fighting art as a ritual
dance. Sakuting came from the Abra province in the northern part of the island of Luzon. The
Ilocos Region officially includes Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan. Abra,
Mountain Province and Benguet were also parts of the region before separating as the
Cordillera Administrative Region. All these provinces are home to the Ilocanos who are
natives of the lowlands and the Tingguian tribes who are natives of the mountain areas.
During the Spanish colonisation (1520 to 1898), the garrison established to protect the
Ilocanos who converted to Christianity became a site for raids by the mountain tribes. And
the Sakuting dance interprets this struggle between the lowland natives who became
Christians and the non-Christian natives from the mountain region. Sakuting incorporates
the traditional Filipino martial arts called Arnis by using two sticks as extension of the arms
to fight the opponent. Before the Spanish era in the Philippines, Filipinos commonly used
Arnis for self-protection. The Spanish banned its practice, forcing Filipinos to utilise it in
other forms. They openly retained the practice by using Arnis movements as part of folk
dances like the Sakuting. While showing the story between the Christians and nonChristian natives, the stylised fight sequence revived the use of Arnis as this dance is
actually a two-stick Arnis exercise set to an upbeat music.