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Tinikling

Also known as bamboo pole hop

Tinikling: photograph by U.S. Air Force / Senior Airman Nestor Cruz
Photo: U.S. Air Force / Senior Airman Nestor Cruz, Public domain, source on Wikimedia Commons

Two bamboo poles are clapped together and apart to a beat while the dancer hops in and out between them.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Philippines.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Southeast Asia and the Islands.

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