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“Philippine Cultural Dance: Reintroduction to it’s Importance Among Media

Students of UPHSD S.Y 2018-2019”
Awareness ng folk dance

A Research Proposal

Presented to

The Faculty of Senior High School Department

University of Perpetual Help System – DALTA

Las Pinas City

In Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirement for the Subject

Practical Research

AERIS LEI ARCEGA JOHN KENNETH DE LEON

JEHANA MARIE ED LORENCE MANGUBAT

SOLEIL ANGELINE CENA LUZLYN VASQUEZ

LYSSA MAE LAGANA JOVYLLINE CORTEZ

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CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

INTRODUCTION

While it is true that people today should acculturate themselves to the growing world

culture, all the more a global citizen must not sacrifice one’s own culture. It is in their own cultural

awareness that they learn moral and ethical dispositions, which can guide the understanding of

individuals or groups of local and global contexts, and remind them of their relative responsibilities

within various communities. (Bartle, 2010) To the call of globalization, the Philippines is

responding well, but in no time, efforts towards cultural awareness might be jeopardized because

of the tough competition from media and the technological landscape that surround the young

generations.

Carmela Meris, a principal said the public-school system is not helping matters. The

cafeteria-style curriculum, combined with educators’ unwillingness to place demands on the

students, has resulted in a steady decline of commonly shared information between generations,

and young people themselves. Dr. Remedios Taguba, former director of the Department of

Education of the Philippines said many students who have graduated from high school in the recent

past have been deprived of the cultural vocabulary that was common to educated persons in past

generations. (Bengwayan, 2008). In Davao City, the Kadayawan Festival takes place every year,

exposing the young and old to colorful festivities, usually characterized by street dancing

showcasing colorful to traditional apparel, and dance performances that depict the lives of people

(Kadayawan, 2011). But this event does not guarantee a good cultural awareness of the young

generation since the city’s festivities are only limited to tribal dances, which constitute only one

of the five types of Philippine dances (Meashan, et. al, 1998). Thus, it is imperative to assess how

literate the secondary students in Davao City are as regards Philippine folk dances as a whole. The

level of cultural awareness in terms of the general knowledge of Philippine folk dances should be

determined among the secondary students of Davao City because most of the youth of today are

evidently more engaged in pop dance and hip-hop dance (Lewis, 2012). Their engagement in these

kinds of dances is not at all an impediment to cultural awareness among them.

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On the contrary, this study could educate them regarding the different ways of

strengthening and preserving Philippine folk dances. Francisca Reyes-Aquino, a great researcher

of Philippine dances once expressed her concern that while the Philippine folk dances do not face

extinction, these are being threatened by distortion. She had no objection to innovations in the

presentation, but she felt that folk dances should be left as they are because they are of the folk.

Thus, the conduct of this study is seen as giving dance teachers and secondary students the chance

to contribute to strengthening and preserving cultural dances and to uphold mutual respect of the

old and the new ideas in staging a folk dance and ultimately to generate cultural development in

the face of the power of world cultures.

The purpose of this research is to give awareness of the Philippine Folk Dance towards the

media students as this is branded as one of our identities as a Filipino. Because of globalization

and all these international trends that the Filipinos are very fond of the said practice of Philippine

folk dance, is starting to be forgotten. The researcher’s aims to revive awareness of the traditional

dances or Philippine Folk Dance that the ancestors have passed onto us which trail blazed the

Filipino Identity as whole in the minds of our fellow media students.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

It is important for the media students to know the importance of strengthening and

preserving the Philippines culture up to this generation.

This study aims to answer the following question(s):

1. How often do the students patronage Mainstream and international dances

rather than Philippine Folk Dance?

2. What are the significant impact on the awareness of the students toward

Philippine Folk Dance?

 PE Subject

 Strengthening and Preserving Culture

 Filipino Identity
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3. What is the most important Philippine Folk dance for the students in terms of

the ff. criteria:

 Their culture

 Their individuality

HYPOTHESIS

The following hypotheses are drawn specifically for this study:

Ho1: The Philippine Folk dance is slowly descending as generation progress.

Ho2: The Philippine Folk dance is still preserve and carried out onto the next generation.

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

. The objective of the study is to know whether the preservation of Philippine folk

dance is slowly vanishing as generations have passed or not. It aims to know if our traditional

dances are continuously promoted to future generations in order for it to be kept alive.

Additionally, our goal is to know how the media students will be preserving these dances.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The results of this study will be a great benefit to the following:

Students

This study will help the students learn more about the importance of Philippine

Folk Dance and encourage them to value and preserve their Filipino Identity. They would be able

to spread its awareness by passing down their gained knowledge to younger generations.
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Parents
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To be able to expose their children to the Philippine Folk Dance and let their

children carry its importance to the next generation.

Teachers

For the teachers, especially those who teach the subject Physical Education under the

umbrella of dance, they would be able to increase the students’ cultural awareness by integrating

Philippine Folk Dances their classroom activities. Also, the teachers would be able to harness the

potentials of students in folk dancing by allowing the students to explore the use of folk dance

steps in their dance presentations.

Filipino Citizens

This study will help other Filipino citizens to realize the vital role that they should play in

order to preserve the culture of Philippine dance.

Researchers

The other researchers may be able to use this study as a reference not only on the awareness

of Philippine Folk Dance but may also use it as a guide in doing preferential case studies for future

researches.

SCOPE AND LIMITATION

The scope of study focuses on strengthening and preserving the Philippines Folk

dance by media students of UPHSD – Las Piñas Campus S.Y 2018-2019. The coverage of the

study is to aim whether it is still important for us to preserve the Philippines culture specifically to

those who are under the umbrella of the Media Courses.

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THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

The level of cultural awareness in terms of the general knowledge of the Philippine folk

dances should be determined because most of the youth of today are evidently more engaged in

pop dance and hip-hop dance (Lewis 2012)

The Constitution says that “ The State shall conserve, promote, and popularize the nation’s

historical and cultural heritage and resources, as well as artistic creations” (Section 15, Article

XIV). Philstar.com (2002)

Philippine Folk Dance helps keep the people connected to their ancestry and their

traditions. Folk dance helps to preserve the cultural unity of the people.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Intervening Variable/s:
Social Media

Media

Government

Independent Variable/s: Dependent Variable/s:

Chosen Strand

Age
Awareness
Gender

Socio – Economic Status

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DEFINITION OF TERMS
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Culture: It is the different combination of the Philippines. Filipino identity was created

primarily as a result of pre-colonial cultures.

Dance: Filipinos use the art of dancing to express feelings, interpret messages and to entertain
other people.

Preserving: Filipinos preserve the art of dancing by practicing it through the years. Although
Filipino dance has evolved through the years, still the art and its essence is preserved.

Strengthening: Filipinos strengthen the bond between people and the art of dancing by engaging
dance in plays, important events and competitions. Thus forming a strong bond between
Filipinos and the art of dancing.
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CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Local Studies

According to the legendary “Mother of Philippines dancing”, Francisca Reyes Aquino, she
has travelled into different places to record all the information she has gathered in order to
preserve the folk dances in our country. The Philippine folk dance society, whom she also
founded, leads people who are interested in folk dancing. As a result, various dance troupes has
performed the dance movements and there are are a lot of groups in the industry such as the
Bayanihan folk dance company, filipiniana dance company, barangay troupe, FEU troupe and
Ue dance.

Justified the ethnic Filipino society states that, today, a lot of folk dance performances are
conducted at the cultural center of the Philippines. It is a way to help it conserve and promote our
national treasure. Also, to nurture the culture and traditions that has been passed to many
generations up until to this present day. With this intention, the future generations will be able to
appreciate and remember the beauty of our wonderful heritage.

(Source: http://www.ethnicgroupsphilippines.com/2016/02/15/philippine-folk-dances/)

The study about strengthening and preserving practices of Philippine folk dances in relation
to cultural awareness of secondary students of Davao city, presents that the way to heightening
cultural experiences of students is by allowing them to participate in dance festivals in and
outside of the school based on their data for the level of preserving the Philippine folk dance in
Davao City through cultural development with a mean score of 3.53. Practices geared towards
preservation of Philippine folk dances, such as using the prescribed music and costume, reading
the dance literature before the dance presentation, and discoursing alteration of the dance figures
were implemented as well by the MAPEH teachers. Preservation of anything encourages keeping
its original form; thus, teachers are really enthusiastic about the protection of folk dances by not
changing or altering the dance choreography. Therefore, dances’ authenticity must be retained as
the literature specified. Both strengthening and preserving affirm what Phil Bartle (2010) says
about the characteristics of culture, “Since those traditional songs, dances and music are
important elements in the identity of those who perform and enjoy them, we strongly support the
idea of preserving them and adding to them, as well as increasing their presence and profile in all
societies, and in increasing and expanding their content. A strong sense of identity is a valuable
element in the strengthening of communities and their culture.”

True documentation of dance only came in the second quarter of the 20th century, by
Francisca Reyes Aquino in the late ’20s when she worked on her thesis and further went out to
the field with Ramon Tolentino and Antonio Buenaventura as a team under the auspices of
University of the Philippines president, Jorge Bocobo. Aquino further extended her research and
publication through the years, Emulating her example, others followed with their own regional
researchers: like Libertad V. Fajardo with three volumes on Visayan dances (1961 – 1975); Juan
C. Miel on Samar dances (1973); Jovita Sison Friese on Pangasinan dances (1980); Teresita
Pascua Ines on Ilocano dances; Petronila Suarez on Iloilo dances; Lourdes Buena and Leon Tuy
on Bicol songs and dances; Gloria Cabahug on Cebuano dances; and a coordinated research on
Antique dances led by Abelardo Villavert.

In the ’50s, the Bayanihan Folk Arts Center, preceded by the Philippine Women’s
University Filipiniana Folk Music and Dance Committee in the ’30s, was organized with some
provincial branches.
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The center also developed into the Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company. In its midst came
dancer-researcher Ramon A. Obusan who now heads his own Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group,
and research and archival center. Obusan has perhaps the largest collection of video-films on
Philippine dances, with several of them used in the Cultural Center of the Philippines-produced
Tuklas Sining series on the arts. The use of movement has largely been confined to Aquino’s
verbal and directional system, arranged into figures and fitted into counts and phrases. Larry
Gabao teaches Labanotation at the Philippine Normal University and Villaruz teaches the Benesh
system at the University of the Philippines. Use of these more developed systems have not been
widely accepted for lack of tutors and passivity among dance teachers. Two organizations in
folk dance that seek to safeguard dance traditions are the Philippine Folk Dance Society and the
Francisca Reyes Aquino Memorial Foundation.

Foreign Studies

According to Srcibd.com (ND), the Philippines is rich in different arts like painting,
sculpture,molding, and photography. Some ethnic people contributed some dances in our country
and one of this is the Folk dance. Folk dance tells us what personalities we have in
other countries. the differences of other countries to our country helps to know that the
Philippine Folk Dances has a unique and world class style than the others.

Benna Crawford (ND), stated that “The history of dancing incorporates influences from
immigrants and conquerors while at the same time maintaining distinctly Filipino roots.
Philippine folk dancing is a true reflection of daily life in past centuries while enchanting modern
audiences at the same time.”

Today’s generation may either feel these lessons too old- fashioned, others may get too intrigued.
At the end of the day, it is helpful that it is still incorporated in the MAPEH subject for today’s
generation to learn about and appreciate.
Our Philippine folk dances are not bad at all. In fact, they are endearing and can easily be fused
with dance steps from other countries. In this modern times when today’s generation are inf
using food, talents and skills from other cultures of the world, we can also incorporate other
forms with ours to make a whole new set of dance. The intention is to not forget our culture.
It is seen and believed that our folk dances have potentials. Globalization has made the doors of
other c ountries open f or one another. Gilda Buenafe (2017).

According to Emily Hubler Ramey (ND), Folk dances are unique to each country or region of
the world. They usually have evolved over centuries and are passed down from one generation to
the next through repetition at special holidays or events in the community and in practice to
prepare for such events such as weddings and funerals while modern dance is a genre of concert
dance that can be traced to early 20th century pioneers.

Cultural awareness is the foundation of literate national communication. It involves one’s ability
to stand back from where he or she is to become more aware of cultural values, beliefs and
perceptions. Strengthening and preserving these values, beliefs, and traditions can pose a great
challenge especially today when culture has become vulnerable because of globalization. It is on
this ground that this study was conducted to determine the levels of practices in strengthening
and preserving Philippine folk dances and general knowledge of folkdances as a measure of
cultural awareness.Researchgate.net (2014).
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their cultural values. Their arts include dances from aboriginals or first people (the original
people who inhabited the land since millennia ago) who migrated to these regions because of
war, famine, economic hardship, or other reasons. Countries all over the world have traditional
dances, but they are actually evolving products of history, migration, wars, and political and
societal changes of the people who perform them. Today, in one country you can encounter
many cultural dances. Humankinetics.com (ND).
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CHAPTER III

METHODOLOGY

Research Design

The researchers will use descriptive method in this study in order to thoroughly collect
data on Strengthening and Preserving Embodiment toward Media Students of UPHSD S.Y 2018-
2019. Although the data description is factual, accurate and systematic the research described
what caused a situation. Descriptive method refers to the method used to describe data and
characteristics used to describe the sample. The researchers will conduct a survey as the primary
instrument in gathering the data.

Research Respondent

The researchers will be giving out surveys to a total of 133 respondents both from Grade

11 and 12 Media Students to ensure the validity of our research. The respondents must be bona

fide students of UPHSD – Las Piñas Campus for S.Y 2018~2019 and must have enough

knowledge regarding on the history and state of Philippine Cultural Dance.

Sample Design

Data Gathering Procedure

The researchers will ask permission to conduct a survey to students if they can play the part as

a respondents of the study. After the survey the information that the researchers have gathered will

be used to interpretation and analysis. One-Hundred thirty-three (133) was taken as the

respondents of the study. The researchers asked personally the cooperation of the respondents to

answer the survey and explained the purpose of this study. Finally, the accomplished survey were

scored, organized and analyzed. Tables with interpretations were used in presentation of the

research findings for a clear visualization of the result.

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Data Gathering Tool

In this study, we have decided what tool to use to gather data for this research. The researchers

have chosen the survey gathering procedure which involves gathering the responses from the

selected subjects by distributing paper questionnaires for them to answer. We aim to identify the

respondents’ knowledge and opinions about the history and state of Philippine Cultural Dance.

Data Analysis Plan

This is how we summarized the planning of a quantitative research by analyzing,

describing and categorizing the data that we have gathered from this research study. This process
has considered analysis and effects on attempting to have an effective research process.

Statistical Treatment

Frequency

Percentage

Ranking

Mean

T-test

In order to present, organize, analyze and interpret the data gathered with accuracy and
scientifically, the following statistical tools were utilized:

Frequency and Percentage. These were utilized to present the profile of the respondents when
classified according to age, gender, civil status, religion, and experiences.

P= x 100

Weighted Mean. This was used to determine the teacher‟s personality preference
of the respondents
∑wf
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WM= N
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Where: WM: Weighted Mean
w : weight
f : frequency
N : number of cases

SET A

Scale value Mean range Verbal Interpretation

5 4.5 – 5.0 Always
4 3.5 – 4.49 Often
3 2.5 – 3.49 Sometimes
2 1.5 – 2.49 Seldom
1 1.0 – 1.49 Never

SET B

Scale value Mean range Verbal Interpretation

5 4.5 – 5.0 Strongly Agree
4 3.5 – 4.49 Agree
3 2.5 – 3.49 Neutral
2 1.5 – 2.49 Disagree
1 1.0 – 1.49 Strongly Disagree

Ranking

T-Test to Test the Significance of r-value

To test the significance of r-value, t-value is to be used.

Formula:

t-value = r x square root of (n-2)/1-r2.

To make the decision with the null hypothesis are calculated to t-value must be compared with
tabular t-value at certain level of the significance.
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