In Bicol, the dances are often associated
with rituals. The tarok step was originally a movement that belonged to the
ancient ritual.
The sinisiki (literally,
"feet") step of Albay is another typical dance movement. Formerly, a
"hop, step, close,step," in time it became a "brush, step,
close, step." Authentic paraphernalia is used in ethnic Bicol dances.
"Pabirik" means "to turn". The Pabirik dances of Camarines
Norte are named after the turning motion of the gold panner's container.
The dance component of Bicol
religious ritual was retained in colonial times. On the feast of San Felipe and
Santiago in May, in Minalabac, Camarines Sur, men carry the saints images and
estandertes of bamboo towers, while the children in costumes that change
annually, dance the tatarok ("rice planters").
Among the secular dances, the engano,
a graceful sway, and the waltz step are of Spanish origin. Boys and girls dance
Albay's inkoy-inkoy to three part music, sagurang being its oldest Bicol
version.
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