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Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance that originated during the Spanish colonial era. Dancers step over and between two bamboo poles that are tapped on the ground and crossed in coordination with the music. The dance imitates the movement of the tikling bird as it walks between grass stems or dodges traps, with dancers mimicking the bird's grace and speed. Today tinikling is taught in schools in the U.S. and the Philippines as an aerobic exercise that promotes hand coordination, foot speed, and rhythm.

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Tinikling

Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance that originated during the Spanish colonial era. Dancers step over and between two bamboo poles that are tapped on the ground and crossed in coordination with the music. The dance imitates the movement of the tikling bird as it walks between grass stems or dodges traps, with dancers mimicking the bird's grace and speed. Today tinikling is taught in schools in the U.S. and the Philippines as an aerobic exercise that promotes hand coordination, foot speed, and rhythm.

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Tinikling

Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance which originated during the Spanish colonial era.[1] The
dance involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each
other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance. It is
traditionally danced to rondalla music, a sort of serenade played by an ensemble of stringed instruments
which originated in Spain during the Middle Ages.

The name "tinikling" is a reference to birds locally known as tikling, which can be any of a number of rail
species, but more specifically refers to the Slaty-breasted Rail (Gallirallus striatus), the Buff-banded Rail
(Gallirallus philippensis), and the Barred Rail (Gallirallus torquatus).[2] The term tinikling literally means
"to perform it 'tikling-like."[3]

The dance originated in Palo, Leyte, a small town in the Visayas in the central Philippines. It imitates the
movement of the tikling birds as they walk between grass stems, run over tree branches, or dodge
bamboo traps set by rice farmers. Dancers imitate the tikling bird's legendary grace and speed by
skillfully maneuvering between large bamboo poles.[4]

Today tinikling is taught throughout the United States. In grades K-12 the dance is used as an aerobic
exercise for physical education classes, to help expand physical movements such as hand coordination,
foot speed, and also rhythm. Tinikling is commonly performed at schools and on special occasions, such
as the Filipino Independence Day, as a celebration of Filipino culture and Filipino pride.[5]

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