Filipino Stick Dance | Sakuting

The Filipino Stick Dance (Sakuting) is a folk dance from the mountain provinces of northern Luzon. Each dancer holds two sticks (one in each hand) with which they produce rhythmic effects. The sticks are about one and half feet long and 5/8 inches in diameter. This regional dance celebrates cultural heritage and national artistic pride by portraying Philippine fighting art as a ritual dance.

Sources: Garcia, Jemuel (2020). Sway with the Sticks: Sakuting (Philippine Folk Dance). University of California Riverside, Glock Fellows Program of the Arts, Pedere, Bernardo. (1973). Sakuting Philippines. California State University San Diego Folk Dance Conference, and Reyes- Aquino, Francisca. (1946). Philippine National Dances. Silver Burdett.