WESTERN-INFLUENCED

GROUPS

8-PALOSAPIS
 BALSE

Balse was a popular dance in Marikina, Rizal during

the Spanish times. Balse (valse in Spanish) means waltz.
This dance was performed after the lutrina ( a
religious procession) and the music that accompanied the
dancers was played by the musikong bungbong
(musicians using instruments made of bamboo).
 LA JOTA
LA JOTA IS ONE OF THE SPANISH-INSPIRED
DANCES THAT BECOME A TRADITIONAL FOLK
DANCE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
COSTUME: MARIA CLARA AND BARONG
TAGALOG
LA JOTA MANILEÑA= MANILA
LA JOTA MONCADEÑA= TARLAC
LA JOTA CAGAYANA= CAGAYAN
LA JOTA CAVITEÑA= TARNATE, CAVITE
 PANDANGGO
Pandanggo is a Philippine folk dance which has become
popular in the rural areas of the Philippines.
The dance evolved from Fandango, a Spanish folk dance,
which arrived in the Philippines during the Hispanic
period.
This dance, together with the Jota, became popular among
the illustrados or the upper class and later adapted among
the local communities.
In the early 18th century, any dance that is considered
jovial and lively was called Pandanggo.
 MAZURKA BOHOLANA
Mazurka Boholana is a Spanish-inspired ballroom dance
from the Bohol province of the Philippines.
 The country was under the rule of Spain for more than
three hundred years, during which time local culture was
markedly influenced.
Although the mazurka is the Polish national dance, it was
wildly popular  throughout Europe in the 19th century and
even in colonized lands overseas.
The Philippine dance is ordinarily performed by men and
women partners.
 PAYPAY DE MANILA
Paypay de Manila (Manila Folding Fan) is a dance of
Spanish influence. It displays the young ladies with
scented fans or paypay and flirt with young men with
canes and straw hats.
The dance music is a mixture of a slow habanera
alternated with a very fast polka accentuated with heavy
stamping of the men's heel-clicks.
 THANK YOU!
ELEISHA LORENZO
KAIRIN EBORA
KRIS GUYONG