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Where is the Tinikling dance from?
COUNTRY
The dance of Tinikling is from Philippines.
Where is Philippines in the world??
Why we say that the Tinikling dance is traditional?
Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance because is 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.
Tinikling relationship with spain
History
The Philippines was the lone colony of the Spanish Empire in Asia for more than three centuries. Spain has an embassy in Manila, and the Philippines has an embassy in Madrid. As of 2007, there are 115,362 Filipinos with dual citizenship. There are also 40,000 Filipinos residing in Spain who do not hold Spanish citizenship and an estimated of 4,000 Spanish citizens residing in the Philippines.
Events
Spain and the Philippines have signed agreements aimed for boosting the two countries relations in sports, culture, and education, one of this events is the promotion, teaching and learning of the Spanish language in the Philippines.
Lenguages
There are some 120 to 175 languages in the Philippines, depending on the method of classification. Four others are no longer spoken. Almost all are Malayo-Polynesian languages, whereas one, Chavacano, is a creole derived from a Romance language. Two are official (English and Filipino), while (as of 2015) nineteen are official auxiliary languages. Including second-language speakers, there are more speakers of Filipino than English in the Philippines.
The languages of Spain, or Spanish languages, are the languages spoken or once spoken in Spain. Romance languages are the most widely spoken in Spain; of which Spanish, or Castilian, is the only language which has official status for the whole country.[4] Various other languages have co-official or recognised status in specific territories, and a number of unofficial languages and dialects are spoken in certain localities.
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The legend of tinikling
Legend says that Tinikling originated during the time when the Spaniards took over thePhilippines. Natives worked on large plantations under the control of the King of Spain. Thosewho didn't work productively were punished by standing between two bamboo poles.