CREATIVE

INDUSTRIES II:
PERFORMING ARTS -
DANCE
LUZON
 DINAKLISAN

The coastal town of Currimao celebrates Dinaklisan Festival on the

last week of April until the first week of May. “Dinaklisan” is an Iloko word
means “caught with a fish net”. The Currimaoenos are celebrating this festival to
showcase their way of living. This festival was called Dinaklisan Festival because
their primary source of living is fishing.
 This annual event is a thanksgiving celebration of the
residents and fishermen with the bountiful harvest and safe
voyage.
 The highlight of the celebration is the Fluvial Parade
held on May 1st. This is a tribute and thanksgiving to the
town’s patron saint, Nuestra Senora de la Paz or Our
Lady of Peace and Safe Voyage.
 'Dinaklisan' comes from the word 'Daklis,' which is a local
fishing instrument. It is a large rectangular fishing net with a
catch chamber at the center and mounted on a rope of more
or less 500 feet. It is widely used in Currimao as a main tool
for their source of livelihood.
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 BINATBATAN
FESTIVAL

This is a festival celebrated by the town of Paoay in Ilocos Norte. This town
is popularly known for weaving the Iloco textile called “abel.” The main raw
material for abel is the cotton. With the process of manufacturing this cloth,
they are required at the initial stage to employ the use of two 18-inch long
sturdy bamboo sticks called batbat to beat the cotton pods and later separate
the seeds from the fluff. Binatbatan is the beating process. This is the first method
of making the woven cloth abel.
 Binatbatan festival originally has its roots from this historic town of
Paoay and replicated by the City of Vigan because they also weave abel.
Binatbatan became another Ilocano folk dance or an occupational
dance. Performers of this dance maneuver in and out of the parallel
sticks and the resulting rhythm and speed of the beating of sticks
made a colorful and lively display.

The celebration of this

festival has the main
objective of promoting and
preserving the livelihood
or industry of the local
fabric.
 Binatbatan is an occupational dance from Paoay,
Ilocos Norte. It depicts the beating of cotton pods to
separate the seeds from the fibers with the use of two
18-inch-long sticks called batbat.
 Binatbatan is the
beating process. This is the
first method of making the
woven cloth
abel. Binatbatan festival
originally has its roots from
this historic town of Paoay
and replicated by the City
of Vigan because they also
weave
abel.Binatbatan became
another Ilocano folk
dance or an
occupational dance.
When the weavers wish to have
fun and marrymaking, they sing
and dance and use the
batbat (sticks) in the dance. They
dance between and out of parallel
sticks without stepping on them,
showing their ability, skill and good
timing. The speed of beating and
the rhythmic sounds produced by
the sticks make the dance very
lively, colourful and exciting.
EQUIPMENT:
Two pieces of
sticks preferably
rattan & 18
inches long and
about the size of
the finger, held at
the end, one in
each hand.
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