LIKHA-Pilipino Folk Ensemble Presents Banga, Salip at the 32nd Annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival.
LIKHA presents two dances from the Kalinga tribe of Northern Luzon, Philippines.
Banga (meaning "pot") shows the dexterity of the Kalinga women as they balance earthenware pots on their heads. They walk along mountain paths to fetch water for a wedding feast, and they meet other women carrying firewood and baskets of fruits, fish, and meat.
In Salip, a Kalinga bride-to-be balances a stack of pots in a courtship dance. With movements reminiscent of a rooster and hen, the couple gestures to each other in love, and the woman surrenders her skirt (a kain or tapis) to the man. These dances are often seen during the Canao Festival, a celebration of good harvest, birth, and wedding.
The women's skirt is hand woven in the distinctive reddish orange of the Kalinga, and hand-beaded with shells or buttons to make a distinct sound when walking. The women also adorn themselves with glass and amber beads. Before western influence, women were topless.
The Kalinga live in the Luzon Cordillera of the northern Philippines. They are known as the "Peacocks of the North" because of their elaborate and beautiful clothing. Historically, they marry only within their social groups and value group security over individual need. They also participate in peace pact trade alliances with other communities. They farm a variety of crops, raise livestock, and create beautiful basketry and pottery, along with wood and metal craftwork.
The musicians play the gansa, a handheld gong with a narrow rim, tuned to a specific note. (The number of gansa in a set is different for each Cordillera ethnic group.) The bamboo xylophone, called pattangok, rovides melody, chords, and a beat for the dance.
In 2007, Artistic Director Rudi C. Soriano traveled with a LIKHA research team to Lubuagan, Kalinga, Philippines to learn traditional dances from Cirilo Bawer, a Kalinga elder and educator. This piece was re-choreographed by Rudi Soriano for the ensemble.
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