Tinikling (National Dance of the Philippines)

[@ninam.1560]

Our Gym Teacher was from the Philippines and he taught us tinikling(1980's.) We would have a gym show in the spring and we all couldn't wait to show our parents,family and the community our dances we learned. We never knew that it was from another culture or it just didn't click. We just thought it was a really cool dance us 4th-5th grade kids could do! His Mother and Grandmother would come to the gym show every year and would be so tickled and happy and tell us how well we did! Now looking back they were so happy we enjoyed and embraced something that was important to their culture.

[@heart.and.soul.essence]

That’s beautiful 🥰

[@bryanjuan6639]

How did you find this video? I’m the guy dancing and this must have been over a decade ago. This is awesome to look back to so thank you!

[@Yang-qx5rr]

Are you really? if so that's amazing

[@bryanjuan6639]

@@Yang-qx5rr yeah this was when I was an undergraduate in college and I was part of a Philippine dance group through our instructor at the university of Hawaii….I miss learning all these dances and wished I had more videos of those times.

[@renthewizard]

Woah, that's amazing

[@aha9283]

Well, you’re quite famous now lol.

[@chad.antonio84]

@@bryanjuan6639 You and your partner were very good, very graceful, musical, and energetic. From what I can tell, the steps were adhering to the traditional way this was danced in the Philippines, or maybe with just some slight variations. I do wonder though about your dance steps from 0.57 to 1:04. From what I know, the steps there is sway balance. Your steps though were somewhat different, almost like running a version of a sway balance. Was that th intentional interpretation of your choreographer to 'modernize' the step?

[@jamesthompson3099]

I don't believe I found this video! I lived in the Philippines for several years when I was young and learned to do this dance there. I remember the parties and the fantastic food. I mostly miss the people. Warmest human beings I can recall. ❤️

[@redwater4778]

Did it hurt?

[@rendonchrisangelob.1680]

Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance which originated during the Spanish colonial era. 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.

[@merryannmorada7859]

All song

[@ren97x]

thanks

[@nenitatorres7490]

This is from wikipidia duds

[@peemaster-uu9qo]

i think the origin of the dance is when the spaniards would hit the ankles of the people who weren’t working as hard with bamboo

[@christinadone774]

Disney represent this type of dance if you look at Zombies 2 the song Call To The Wild.

[@jmymars8080]

I am from Sabah Malaysia, a region below the Phillipines. We also have bamboo dance and we call it Magunatip. It accompany with our traditional music instrument.

[@cheesy9448]

wow I love knowing other countries culture and thanks for sharing, I'm from the Philippines

[@gwessfr]

Thats awesome. Is the performance kinda like the vid too?

[@Military_Times]

Same With the Kuki Menashe Tribes!!..One of The Lost Tribe of IsraeL are you one of The Lost Tribe Of Israel??..cuz we have here in the Philippines!!..

[@GoreGahan]

@@Military_Times lost tribes of Israel. 😆

[@GoreGahan]

@@Military_Times Lol. You are so misguided, misinformed and confused that you conflated two different biblical stories. Shem, Ham and Japheth were the mythical sons of the equally mythical Noah from which we got Shemites/Semites, Hamites and Japhetites. They were not the lost tribes of Israel. The twelve tribes of Israel were Asher, Dan, Ephraim, Gad, Issachar, Manasseh, Naphtali, Reuben, Simeon, Zebulun, Judah and Benjamin. Of these twelve, only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin survived. The other ten were exiled from the Kingdom of Israel when it was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire approximately 722 BC and so supposedly became the ten lost tribes. I say supposedly because scholars believe they were not lost at all since they were assimilated into the local population. Semitic, Hamitic and Japhetic are outdated biblically-based "races" of man developed by Europeans to support the inhumane practices of colonialism and slavery. Since the 1960s racial groupings have been entirely discredited by science. The terms Semitic and Hamitic have survived to refer to language families. To reiterate, they were invented to support slavery and colonialism!!! And so, Filipinos could not be Semitic, Hamitic nor Japhetic. In reality, Filipinos are mostly Austronesians. Also, Philippine languages are not Semitic nor Hamitic; they are all Austronesian languages. Do some research on the Austronesian diaspora so you could be proud of your Austronesian heritage.

[@ajillianburrell-warfield2295]

I learned this dance when I was in 4th grade, my teacher was from the Philippines. Such a beautiful traditional dance, I’m proud to have learned it! Gratitude 💕

[@gabrieldelasalle4748]

If you want to see another version of Tinikling just search Singkil it's also a bamboo dance from the Philippines 🇵🇭✨

[@tubbiele2]

Knew about Tinikling existence right now, from a Krakatoa movie from 1969. Beautiful and compact, thx, God bless

[@lyndoncostiniano5926]

Singkil is different from tinikling not a version of it po

[@ellikasan]

Singkil is not a version of Tinikling, lmao. Singkil probably even predates Spanish arrival in the Philippines.

[@kynegel7581]

@@tubbiele2 ooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@kynegel7581]

@@tubbiele2 Ohoooooooooooooooooi

[@sp00kyg1rl]

My daughters father is from The Philippines and I’d love for her to learn more about the culture. It’s gorgeous!!

[@vasilyjeirgif7704]

My anxiety every time the bamboo hits 📈📈📈📈📈

[@kinyacat5919]

Im scared that it will hit my foot lol

[@kaikyle8243]

As someone who moves the bamboo, i'm also scared that the bamboo might hit the dancer

[@amateurmeteorologist7365]

Yep my grandma was a schoolteacher and was on bamboo duty, so to speak, and one time got one of her own students in the ankle

[@vivyddd]

lmao same

[@Andorra777]

@@kaikyle8243 same oml

[@Maideluludito]

if i was the one performing, I would have fallen over in the first 10 secs.

[@kens420.]

Agreed

[@kaikyle8243]

I would've fallen as soon as the bamboo closed for the first time

[@elizabethjimenez436]

Lukbi kasi kayo

[@elizabethjimenez436]

Uu

[@WatchDogMan69]

Keyword: practice

[@bbatjargal1549]

This must be a common dance for South East Asian Nations: I have seen this type of dancing among Vietnamese, Laos, and Cambodians many years ago! Interesting! If you make mistakes, it must be very very painful.

[@sitdownletsjusttalk4886]

my dad and his friends made a mistake whem they danced this yep he said it was very very painful

[@hoang-duongnguyen9933]

Actually it's the traditional dance of some minorities in Vietnam, whose cultures are pretty similar to the Laos. The Vietnamese seem not to have any traditional folk dance.

[@mariamelvasilva5701]

I am gonna watch this for 20 hours straight cause i forgot to practice tinikling and its on monday ;-;

[@kuya.travi.maddahfaka]

But music is different

[@mariamelvasilva5701]

@@kuya.travi.maddahfaka True

[@Lesevesel]

The Clappers are sensational! A tremendous version all around for just two dancers and they packed a lot of movements into it. Thanks for the look-see, DW!

[@sheesheney]

I didn't appreciate this dance back then since I only saw this as a requirement for school. But now as I'm watching this as someone who's interested behind the story of the dance and the dance itself, I find this entertaining to watch.

[@fehhh2972]

I love Philippines from Brazil 🇧🇷♥️🇵🇭

[@zenaidaelepano7801]

The dance originated in the Eastern Visayas, Philippines. The word Tinikling is derived from the name of a rice bird called Tikling, and the dance represents the efforts of the tikling to avoid the bamboo traps set by rice farmers to ensnare the tikling who love to eat the grains of rice plants ready for harvesting.

[@thefirstXYZ]

Pakyu

[@danielrumold5769]

This Feels like it has a lot of European influences somehow. It reminds me of some traditional Dances from the Netherlands, Germany and Britain. Musically too. Its absolutly Fantastic.

[@jermble]

originated during the spanish colonial era

[@danielrumold5769]

@@jermble Ahh that makes a lot of sense.

[@poppopken]

You are ALL awesome. I would be so proud that you can do this high energy, difficult, and.. er.. dangerous national dance. I remember 60 years ago I saw a demonstration of this dance- it brought back very exciting memories. Thank you so very much!

[@anitasworld2019]

In 🇮🇳India, we have also same bamboo dance culture in... In Northeast India.... Love from India🇮🇳

[@pinkberry1552]

BRAVO... .perfect costume, choreography and very Filipino. MABUHAY.

[@laxmineupane5054]

I am from nepal🇳🇵. beautiful culture and people ! Love the dance.

[@reyne8424]

It's crazy how much the music sound s like a German Polka.. Great Dance!

[@kirnpu]

Funny - that's the first thing that came to my mind too. We learned this back in middle school in CA in the 60s. I absolutely loved it. So much fun to watch these videos - just so much joy!

[@mychelzees1788]

En realidad es la influencia hispana en Filipinas, en América Latina pasa algo igual e incluso más fuerte

[@bestlovedChrist]

Im in love with the Philippines

[@chrissforza6405]

I LOVE this dance! Many years ago I learned this dance in Girl Scouts. We LOVED the .usic and appreciated the complexity. Just great!

[@shashisatyawan4961]

When I saw the video of this dance I felt that if I forgot the step by mistake then my feet can hurt by bamboo. Love for this dance from india 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@petsnaturetv1690]

😁😁😁😁😆😆😆😆

[@CharleneCTX]

We did this dance in school. Pain does teach you to learn the steps.

[@jenhernandez5450]

You will be limping if u miss a step 😁

[@NewZman23]

Wonderful Pinoy culture. Your beautiful smiles have melted my heart :-)

[@jenntruong6023]

Nice! I used to dance Tinikling as a kid and would love to try again as an adult to see if I could still keep up, lol. Might have to ask my uncle if that would be possible at the next Filam Christmas dance!

[@ThakimaKhiangte]

Have you seen Cheraw, a typical Mizo Traditional dance using bamboo too. Very similar in many sense.

[@omaigot8687]

Yes

[@Ohjieun-j1j]

Yes, it was indian

[@yeetah42025]

Mizo people look like Filipinos too. lol

[@patriciaana199]

Tiltlr of the song played??

[@alefff2265]

Mau/Rua an hmang ve a chu chu Cheraw nen a a in an ve na nimai, a step te leh an mau khawn dan te engkim khi a in ang lo vek

[@titacastillo7902]

Ang gagaling nilang sumayaw ng Tinikling , watching here in South Carolina USA

[@egyptcountryballofficial]

This is so nice!🇪🇬🇵🇭

[@sarangarajanranganathan1315]

I am from india. I love this dance. Keep rocking friends. Good job.

[@dragon67849]

Thank you @Axis Boise for getting me the information of the origin of this dance. It allowed me to find this amazement. I know it, like many others, from Malcolm in the middle. And I can safely say that something like this should be more well known. It is beautiful to see the passion of the people performing the dance itself as well as the immense focus of the entire group involved. This is beauty in it's most sincere form I believe. Tinikling, I will remember it well.

[@7lb9oz]

This is so fun to watch, us Mizo (One other ethnicity in India) also have somewhat similar cultural dance called 'cheraw'. You guys should check it out

[@wellpines6541]

Yes i watched your cheraw cultural dance on youtube. I was amazed the dress or costumes is similar to the upland tribe of northern Philippines and it is very interesting to know that you have also a similar culture like head hunting in those early days and you look more of a southeast asian people than a typical indian.

[@Israel-of-Yah]

@@wellpines6541 I have a feeling Mizos and Philipinos are related, if we search far back into the past 😊

[@fundamentos3439]

I love the ' Tinikling '. Thank you for sharing.

[@cglegionar3383]

i am maried with a filipina and i am romanian we romanians and filipino how GOD give our lands we are importnat for the world because in second war if the german dont have ours oil in asia if the usa dont have that land germany and japan win MABUHAY PH AND ROM AND ALL THE WORLD

[@agustinsantanachacopino8996]

Bellisima danza. Un abrazo al pueblo filipino desde España.

[@matusantander7042]

Devuelvan el oro

[@agustinsantanachacopino8996]

@@matusantander7042 ¿A quien le devolvemos el oro?.

[@novatorasintomatico4566]

@@matusantander7042 Vacúnese contra la ignorancia leyendo un poco, pero no la basura negrolegendaria, que de ésa ya muestra Vd. gran "conocimiento".

[@tumao_kaliwat_napulo]

​@@matusantander7042ahh my guy... You're so cringe... Blaming modern people for what happened 500 years ago like they're the one who took it themselves...😂😂😂

[@Cb_and_friends24]

I love the dance its amazing👍👍👍 this is one of my faves btw bryan juan ur dance is the best

[@Deedeedoesitnope]

I think theater can learn a thing or two about this kind of dance lol its beautiful ✌

[@cloudyxtears-219]

We doing dis in music class it’s hard asf

[@هاشمفخرالدين-ظ7ن]

Very nice I love it from iraq

[@ВалерийДонецк-з6ц]

Танцующим,большое уважение,за танец! И отдельно-удивление! И благодарочка,людям,которые раскладывали БАМБУК!!!!

[@pxtatoshxm5745]

Proud to be this talented🥺❤️

[@wlatronica21]

In 5th grade we had to do national dances across the world depending on the class you were in. Our class did this. Haha the amount of 5th graders getting bruised ankles was insane!

[@michelledillman6381]

Omg ! I learned this in 5th grade too!

[@tonyciasky759]

I used to dance Tinikling before. How I remember my sister here, Ate Lita. I still remember her yelling to her other dancers when they hop in a wrong way. We used to dance the fast one too.

[@depressedasalways5669]

Ahhh...namimiss ku tuloy mag tinikling😂

[@a3ptjify]

AMAZING !! Best regards from Madrid, Spain

[@rubyandfriendsgacha]

Wow how lucky is my best friend he is in Philippines it's so pretty 🦋 ✨

[@mformatt2524]

I miss doing this in school I loved learning about new cultures around the world with music and learning Philippine culture at a young age

[@darncarlin115]

Absolutely amazing, Thank you for this.. beautiful people and a beautiful country. God bless

[@kaylee2815]

My dad went on his mission to the Philippines and I learned this dance in a music class

[@Pualleng]

Wow just like one of our traditional dance Cheraw

[@akirah3747]

im here for a freaking project and the problem is I DONT KNOW HOW TO TINIKLING

[@michaeldaenielfilamor9002]

HAHAHAHAHA samee

[@nemu4677]

tinikling is simple just follow the rhythm of the bamboo hits and the song

[@SarukoKun]

Just imagine you're a moth and the two bamboo sticks is the mouth of a 🦎

[@random9849]

Haha me too I'm here for a project

[@rooshjuice]

I am too but I don't actually have to do the dance just do a whole project about it

[@Donavyn98]

Beautiful choreography and shoutout those clappers 😮‍💨 sheeeeesh 🔥

[@marcozipagan7497]

Umaga, Tanghali, Hapon, & Gabi, Tinikling!

[@luisbenas1665]

Wow ang pambansang sayaw NG pilipinas 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@kairah..meaning2]

tinkling is a popular dance that form as a bird that has long legs and some middle aged people danced that while Spanish Colony.

[@GeroldAtkins]

Awesome

[@jenniferpatton932]

I love it. I learned something new today.

[@Ramiz422]

We have very similar dance called cheraw dance of mizoram state. It's really cool.

[@stevenlindell3249]

We used to do this in junior high school gym class in the 1980s, in a unit along with "Double Dutch" jump rope and VERY simple ballroom dancing.

[@mkmnll7456]

this is so cute love from italy

[@forrest1216]

daje!!!

[@paulemboy6066]

Grazie tante amico vengo da la Filippine.

[@Mitsuri.Kanroji..]

love from the phillipines

[@PHJimY]

I recall dancing a much simpler version of Tinikling at a Boy Scout Jamboree in Colorado Springs in the sixties. The Filipino Scouts dumbed it down when they taught us. They did a fancier version themselves, but I don't recall it being as elaborate as this video. I love it. Is the music being played on bandurrias?

[@shahannagrey8427]

We were taught it in primary school in the early 70s. We loved it. But yes, a simpler version! Hi from Australia 👋🏻

[@geowallace9758]

Very special and not seen enough in this day and age.

[@aliceishere7626]

Wow I really like the dance 😩👍🏻

[@jeancarey8306]

I am quarter filipino and i could image my ancestors doing this

[@alvarocembellingutierrez2179]

Tinikling es un baile tradicional filipino que se originó durante la época colonial española.[1] El baile consiste en dos personas que deslizan y golpean dos cañas de bambú entre ellas y contra el suelo, coordinándose con uno o más bailarines que saltan entre las cañas. Tradicionalmente, se baila con la música de una rondalla, un tipo de serenata tocada por un conjunto de instrumentos de cuerda que se originó en España en la Edad Media.

[@ruelfrancisco6104]

I wish my woman can dance 💃 this 🕺 🤳®️🙌🙌🙌

[@victorli8074]

I miss dancing tinikling..ito yung sayaw ko nung highschool pa ako

[@michellesteimle9969]

I found this video when I was reading a book for my PE class and I saw the word tinikling and wanted to see an example.

[@foreverarmyhope]

A dance quite similar with this is done in India, northeastern state mizoram. But it may also performed in all the northeastern states arunachal,assam assam, manipur, mizoram, meghalaya, tripura.

[@auliarahmaseptiani2307]

Cool im from Indonesian

[@wireless2181]

in Indonesia we called this dance as Gaba-Gaba Dance (Tari Gaba-Gaba). and when I Look to comment section I can understand that Southeast Asean Country share the same Dance.

[@princeazcarrate3122]

Folk dancing wasnt a problem for me since i liked dancing since i was a kid

[@achmaddenny1979]

Probably this is originated from Austronesian roots, not the Spanish influenced. Cause we have this kind of dance in Indonesia called Gaba-Gaba or Saureka-reka dance, depends on the regions. And I see comments telling that it's available in Malaysia too.

[@tumao_kaliwat_napulo]

This is a Filipino(Waray-Waray) bamboo dance "WITH" Spanish influence. While Singkil is a Filipino(Maranao) bamboo dance "WITH" Indian influence... Different dances with different influences and different stories but both are Bamboo dances

[@kathrynmolesa1641]

Loved this dance. So happy.

[@rexrebosura9327]

Na alala ko galing kuyan sumayaw higskol ako

[@farfartom]

My son has just been doing it as part of their wedding day.

[@wiwonna737]

Sasayawin ko to kaya ako nandito for performance task sa school

[@the_eternal_traveler]

☝️🤓I love this. Big big thank you to all people in this video. Beautiful tradition beautiful dance. 🙏💚🍀🌳🌍☀️

[@HayleyAladano]

That was unbelievable😊😊😊

[@maricelobligacion189]

Kaibig-ibig Yong dalaga. D2 sa la union

[@snowbalL347]

I remember when we did something like this in our class,this one fat kid volunteered and fell down so hard that he broke the bamboo poles

[@Llo.ve333]

I remember doing that when I was grade 2

[@anissiaoumkalthoum]

Je veux apprendre cette danse 💃🏻💃🏻🥰🥰🥰

[@UhtredOfBamburgh]

never heard of this before. I thought i completed the internet lol

[@vienchiez3954]

Those smiles though 🤗

[@poorvi21]

Ohh my god this is crazy. I found out about this dance today but it's exactly the same as the traditional bamboo dance from Assam India

[@tinfoil7463]

Nanay (grandmother) ko magaling magtinikling dati.

[@wasabispoop924]

nanay means mother- just saying

[@tinfoil7463]

Angelina Eikamp Tawag ko kasi sa grandmother ko nanay..

[@wasabispoop924]

Oh, okay.

[@kirstendava8681]

@@tinfoil7463 SAMEEEEE

[@nikkigulayan3754]

Angelina Eikamp it’s used for grandma too. I use it for my grandma

[@anamiljevic5316]

Predivno Volim Vasu igru

[@sparklypee263]

This looks really fun!!

[@LeaningonJesuswithNanceBiswas]

So entertaining! Natuwa ang Bangladeshi-Pinoy kid ko. :D

[@blessedharvestfarm8840]

you are sooo great.

[@m4lswm]

This dance is very similar to Our North East Mizoram Dance, Called Cheraw, But In English, Its bamboo dance

[@PoseyRelihiyosa]

When I listen to this song I feel like my soul is dancing like them.

[@plizimonakit2777]

Like Murut dance in Sabah Malaysia..Angalang mangunatip tradisonal Murut dance

[@joesphschramm3754]

My gym teaching had us doing this for about 2 weeks in high school in the early 90's. Not co-ed! I took the F. I just wanted to do dodge ball. I was begging to do anything else.

[@jamest3188]

That was amazing

[@albertpang102]

Bravado !!!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Vibe101point5]

This dance is epic, unique!

[@helian2310]

Tinkling is one of my favourite dances it's so fascinating to watch 😍

[@saeedalkaabi7192]

I love it!