- The Philippines has many popular folk dances which have evolved and changed as they have been passed down from generation to generation. - Although a particular dance might be performed slightly differently from one region to the next, its remains true to its roots. One of the popular dance in the Philippine is Itik-itik .
Itik-itik - The dance that imitates the short and choppy movements of ducks and their flapping wings is called Itik - itik .
Itik-itik - Itik-itik is a mimetic folk dance in the Philippines. Itik-itik was discovered in this town by National Artist for Dance Francisca Reyes-Aquino .
- According to stories, it originated from a young lady from Surigao who was asked to dance Sibay during a baptismal party. During the dance, she improvised movements and steps similar to the movements of ducks. - The people who saw her dance imitated her. Since then, the dance has been called Itik-itik from the word itik or duck .
Itik-itik - The music used in the dance is in triple time. It has two parts, A and B. Count one, two, three in each measure.
Itik-itik - For the costume, the girls wear the patadyong or balintawak and boys wear camisa de chino and white trousers .