At the end of the lesson students should be able to;
a. Describe the nature and background of Sakuting dance
b. Appreciate the importance of Sakuting dance.
c. Execute the basic steps in Sakuting dance.

BRIEF HISTORY
FOLK DANCE
SAKUTING
COSTUMES

Folk dancing is one of the human activities
which describes history and show the
culture of a group of people through forms
of dance.
FOLK DANCING

Folk dance is a form of
dance developed by a group
of people that reflects the
traditional life of the people
of a certain country or region
or community. These dances
have distinguished
movements, characteristics,
and forms of common people
belonging to the same
community or ethnicity.

This is a dance of the people of
Cordillera during the American regime. It
depicts a girl and boy dance where they
go to the lowlands in Abra and Ilocos
Norte during Christmas time to perform
the dance to ask for some gifts. This
dance uses sticks to make the dance
lively by striking both of them.
The rhythmic sticks that produce the
sound as serve as accompaniment of the
dance.

The girl wears native
kimono Ilokano style
with elbow-length
sleeves.
The boys wear native
hat and Camisa de
Chino with red
trousers.