Answer the questions base on the background of the dance Maglalatik
1.Why is the dance called Maglalatik?
2.Who is the patron saint of the farmers?
3.Whose those Maglalatik originate?
4.Who did fight over latik?
5.How many coconut shells attached on the dancer's body?
1.Why is the dance called Maglalatik?
2.Who is the patron saint of the farmers?
3.Whose those Maglalatik originate?
4.Who did fight over latik?
5.How many coconut shells attached on the dancer's body?
Answers & Comments
Answer:
1. The dance's name comes from the word latik, which refers to a coconut product used in Filipino cookery. The dance also functions as a war dance, symbolizing a battle between Moros and Christians over the latik.
2. The patron saint of farmers and rural communities is St. Isidore the Farmer.
3. Maglalatik was originally performed in Binan, Laguna as a mock war dance.
4. Maglalatik depicts a fight between the Moros and the Christians over the latik. The first two parts of the dance, the Palipasan, and the Baligtaran, show the heated encounter between the two groups.
5. Coconut shell halves are secured onto the dancers' hands and on vests upon which are hung four or six more coconut shell halves.