What is the history of pandango oasiwas?

Answer 1

Pandanggo Sa Ilaw - Oasiwas *This popular dance of grace and balance comes from Lubang Island, Mindoro. The term pandanggocomes from the Spanish word fandango, which is a dance characterized by lively steps and clapping that varies in rhythm in 3/4 time. This particular pandanggo is one of the most difficult pandanggos, which involves the presence of three tinggoy, or oil lamps, balanced on the head and the back of each hand.

After a good catch, fishermen of Lingayen would celebrate by drinking wine and by dancing, swinging and circling a lighted lamp. Hence, the name "Oasiwas" which in the Pangasinan dialect means "swinging." This unique and colorful dance calls for skill in balancing an oil lamp on the head while circling in each hand a lighted lamp wrapped in a porous cloth or fishnet. The waltz-style music is similar to that of Pandanggo sa Ilaw.

Ang sayaw na Pandanggo sa Ilaw ay katutubo sa Lubang at Mindoro. May tatlong tinggoy ang nagsasayaw na babae. Maninimbang siya ng isang tinggoy sa ibabaw ng ulo at dalawang tinggoy sa mga kamay, pero Hindi humahawak ang daliri ng mananayaw. Para sayawin ang pandanggo sa ilaw ng mananayaw, kailangan niya ng magandang bikas at mahusay na pinambang.

(Mindoro & Lingayen, Pangasinan) Pandanggo Sa Ilaw, meaning dance with lights, comes from Mindoro. This is the most difficult of all pandanggos. It is colorful and unusual; the female dancer gracefully and skillfully dances with three "tinghoy" or oil lamps - one on the head and two on the back of each hand. Oasioas, meaning, "swinging" in Pangasinan, comes from Ligayen. After a good catch, the fisherman would celebrate by swinging and circling lighted lamps wrapped in fishnet.