La verde

Where the dance originated

- La Berde is a dance from the mountain settlement of Bacayan, Cebu City. The dance combines two
dances – the Kuratsa and Valse hence its name La Berde which refers to a non-stop succession.

In a series of quick steps and quick changes, the dance celebrates what is lush and full of life. The
dance is performed by an interesting cast of two girls and a boy, instead of the usual pair of dancers

- The dance combines two dances – the Kuratsa and Valse hence its name La Berde which refers to a
non-stop succession.

- La Berde (literally, green) which may refer to the lush greenery of Bacayan, the dance’s place of origin.
La Berde also refers to a “non-stop succession” much like vehicles when the green traffic light is on.

Costumes

Significance nung dance sa lugar nila

- La Berde folk dance is one of those Visayan folk dances that can represent the Visayas region.

- La Berde Folk dance is considered as a courtship dance by the locals.

- performed during a festival in the Visayas region by the Visayas locals

This is a courtship dance that portrays acts of flirtation between a man and a woman. Whatever dance
notation for this dance found in contemporary books or manuscripts never mentioned the origin of the
dance to be samar or even visayas. The philippines enjoys a rich cultural heritage which includes a
diverse collection of traditional dances.

Description

-Costume

Girl: Baro’t Saya Ensemble 1930s consisting of a camisa with bell or stiff butterfly sleeves, saya with
moderate train and stiff panuelo

Leather shoes/sandals

Boy: Barong Tagalog/camisa chino

Panyu worn as a neckerchief

Dark colored pants

Dark leather shoes

Props:

paypay or abanico The original dance had no use of any prop but the fan was added as suggested by Mr.
Ramon A. Obusan to the dancers of Ms. Franceta Pacana of USC
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- Video (optional)

Cebu is a popular province in the Philippines because of its rich culture and beautiful places. We can say
Cebu is one of the popular places in the Visayas region and many tourists come to the Philippines and go
directly to Cebu and experience a beautiful and fun vacation. But aside from the scenery. tourist can also
witness beautiful dances being performed by the locals.

Philippine folk dances is being performed during festivals to entertain the visitors and to show the
visitors especially the tourists their rich culture. All dances have their own stories and each dance
represents the way of living of a specific ethnic group. La Berde folk dance is one of those Visayan folk
dances that can represent the Visayas region.

THE LA BERDE FOLK DANCE

La Berde Folk dance is considered as a courtship dance by the locals. It is originated from Talamban,
Cebu located in the Visayas region of the Philippines. This dance is composed of two female dancers and
one male dancer doing quick steps and quick changes dance steps.

La Berde folk dance is being performed during a festival in the Visayas region by the Visayas locals
particularly locals from Cebu. La Berde folk dance is usually presented during cultural programs and
school programs particularly during Linggo ng Wika. It is also included in school curriculum. By
presenting it to the public. it became more popular and exposed. increasing the awareness of the people
about the folk dance particularly to La Berde folk dance.

Title ng dance

- Where the dance originated

- Costumes

- Significance nung dance sa lugar nila

- Pictures

- Video (optional)

LA BERDE

ORIGIN:

- La Berde is a dance from the mountain settlement of Bacayan, Cebu City

- combines two dances – the Kuratsa and Valse hence its name La Berde – non-stop succession.
- La Berde (literally, green) which may refer to the lush greenery of Bacayan

SIGNIFICANCE:

- Visayan folk dances that can represent the Visayas region.

 - considered as a courtship dance by the locals.
- composed of two female dancers and one male dancer doing quick steps and quick changes
dance steps.

COSTUME:

- Girl:
 Baro’t Saya Ensemble 1930s consisting of a camisa with bell or stiff butterfly sleeves, saya
with moderate train and stiff panuelo
 Leather shoes/sandals
- Boy:
 Barong Tagalog/camisa chino
 Panyu worn as a neckerchief
 Dark colored pants
 Dark leather shoes
- Props
 paypay or abanico (folding fan)

PICTURES
 KURADANG

Kuradang,  also known as curacha,   is a lively wedding dance popular in

Bohol,  where it  is performed to the accompaniment of a rondalla, an
ensemble of string instruments. 

The dance is performed in three parts, with three

different rhythms.  The dancing couple starts the
performance with a ballroom waltz.  Then the music
shifts to a faster beat for the "chasing" scene, in which
the female dancer flees and the male pursues her all
across the dance floor.

      The tempo picks

  
Vera-Reyes Inc. Philippines, 1978 up even more for the final part, in which the chase
ends with a furiously flirtatious scene.  The female is
won over, and the male imitates a flamboyant bird in a
mating dance.

Visayan Folk Dance

Kuradang is a lively dance from Tuburan, Pototan, Iloilo. It is also known as Curacha, it is a dance
originated from Bohol. It is dance during social gatherings such as wedding and fiesta. It is dance
with the accompaniment of the rondalla. Rondalla is an orchestra composed of string
instruments. Kuradang dance has three parts and it has three different rhythms. The first part of
the dance is when the female and the male dancer performed the waltz then music shift into a
faster beat, the female dancer run away while the male dancer chase the female dancer, it was
like chasing scene. Then the music shift again, the final part wherein the chasing part ended and
the dancers dance as if they are flirting with each other then the female dance finally won over
then the male dancer will imitate a bird in a mating scene. The female dancer wears patadyong,
camisa or kimona with soft panuelo over one shoulder. The men wears barong tagalog and
colored trousers. No footwear is needed by both dancers.
Importance of Kuradang
DanceKuradang dance is being dance during weddings, fiestas and other social gatherings
because people from Bohol beliefs that without the performance of this dance the occasion will
be dull and will look like a wake. Bohol people even make kuradang dance their unofficial
dancebecause of its lively moves and the life it gives to the gatherings.
 Kuradang is a lively dance from Tuburan, Pototan, Iloilo. The people from this barrio are gay and
extremely fond of singing and dancing. No social gathering in Tuburan is complete without
dancing. One of the dances performed during fiestas or celebrations is the Kuradang. The name
of the dance must have been derived from the word Kudangdang meaning showy and
overdressed.
This dance, with variations, is also found in the Eastern Visayas.
COSTUME. Girl wears patadyong, camisa or kimona with soft panuelo over one shoulder. Boy
wears barong tagalog and colored trousers. No footwear is needed by both dancers.
MUSIC is composed of two parts : A and B.

HISTORY

In this research, the origin of the Kuradang has been associated with another dance calledKuratsa, the
counterpart of the dance in the Eastern Visayas regions especially of those of theWarays. The origin of
the dance was influenced by a similar Mexican courtship dance called LaCacuracha which translates to
“The Little Cockroach” in Mexican. Like the Kuratsa, Accordingto Adams, the foreign dance was also
performed during social gatherings that involves imitatingthe movements of animals, specifically a
cockroach that cannot walk, in this case (2001). In fact,C. Andin and B.E.S Villaruz write that the dance
was introduced by the Mexican soldiers andtraders at the time when Mexico and Philippines had trade
and administrative relations (1994).However, a closer comparison of both dances revealed that they the
Kuratsa and the La Cucarachaare of not the same kind as observed in its dance positions, rhythm, and
music- In Kuratsa, thedancers imitate the movements of fowl birds like the hen whereas the La
Cucaracha mimics thatof a cockroach. Even the "basic" Kuratsa music is not based on Mexican or even
Spanish melodies but just bolero-inspired lilting music.Philippine dance researchers, however, point
either to the "Kigal" and the "Bikal" as theascendant of the Kuratsa. Their observations of the
aforementioned terms are stated below:

The Kigal (spelled "Quigal" in early Spanish writings on Samar culture andlifeways) is a sort battle-of-
sexes couple dance that imitate mating birds. The Kigal is in factcalled by another name: Binanug or
Kiglun (Kigalun?) that's according to a 17th centurySamarnon dictionary by Jesuit missionary to Samar,
Fr. Alcazar. It is interesting that Banuguis the Waray word for the hawk. Meanwhile, the Bikal is rather
believed to be the forerunner of the Waray Balitaw because of the strict emphasis on "joust" of
impromptu songsinterspersed with dancing. The bikal is survived by the Ismaylingay and many versions
ofthis art is preserved by aging "magsiriday" in Samar and to a lesser extent Leyte.The Kigal dance step
called 'sabay' is in fact very similar to the Kuratsa dance step called 'dagit' or when more daring the
'sagparak'. Dagit means swoop while sagparakis descriptive of a heated 'bulang' (cockfight). The block
and chase portion of the Kuratsa(called 'palanat') is never seen in the Mexican social dance La Cucaracha
but is verycommon among Samar 'amenudo' (or couple dances) like the Ismaylingay, Amoracion,
Alimukon, Kuradang and Pantomina.

Going back to its Bohol roots, the Kuradang , according to historian and former Bohol Arts andCultural
Heritage Council chair Marianito Luspo, is a native Visayan dance practiced in Bohol,Cebu, Leyte and
Panay, which he theorized as sinu’og or Sinulog in its purest form. What’s unique about Bohol is that
kuradang is widely practiced there and has become part of daily celebrations,from house blessings to
weddings, the historian said. Luspo also explained the adoption of thedance is part of Bohol’s “self
-discovery” as a people. “This is the true ancestral dance of the Visayans, performed to the
accompaniment of such percussion instruments as the drum and thegong, and set to the 2/2 time
signature th at is truly reflective of ethnic music,” Luspo said. “It does not have a fixed pattern of
movement, thus, makes rooms for improvisations, the same way FVisayan poetry unravels verses.”

LA BERDE

ORIGIN:

- a native Visayan dance practiced in Bohol,Cebu, Leyte and Panay, but originated in Bohol.
- derived from the word Kudangdang meaning showy and overdressed.
- has become part of daily celebrations,from house blessings, weddings, fiestas and other social
gatherings.
- performed to the accompaniment of a rondalla, an ensemble of string instruments.

SIGNIFICANCE:

- being dance during weddings, fiestas and other social gatherings because people from Bohol
beliefs that without the performance of this dance the occasion will be dull and will look like a
wake.
- lively wedding dance, performed to the accompaniment of a rondalla, an ensemble of string
instruments.
- The dance is performed in three parts, with three different rhythms.

COSTUME:

- Girl:
 patadyong
 camisa or kimona
 soft panuelo over one shoulder.
 No footwear
- Boy:
 barong tagalog
 colored trousers.
 No footwear

PICTURES