BINISLAKAN

GROUP 1

HISTORY

Binislakan is a Filipino folk dance

performed with stick known as bislak.
Binislakan folk dance came to the
Philippines with Chinese immigrants. The
dance is was used to commemorate the
Chinese pirate, Limahong, who built a
kingdom
in
Lingayen.
Binislakan,
meaning the use of sticks, imitates two
chopsticks used by the Chines for eating.

COSTUME &
PROPS
Female: Siesgo and Kimono with loose long sleeves
and soft panuelo
Male: Camisa de Chino and red pants
Props: two chopstick (known as 'bislak') used by
Chinese for eating. They use two sticks to produce
rhythms imitating the chopsticks used by the
Chinese in eating. In Pangasinan , binislakan means
"with the use of sticks"

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FEMALE

PROPERTIES

Dance Culture: Christian

Place of Origin: Pangasinan
Country of Influence: China
Classification: Social Dance,
Dance

Folk

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