Binislakan
Boys Costume
Camisa de Chino with traditional red pants
Girl Costume
Kimono and Diego with long sleeves and soft handkerchief or panuelo.
Binislakan Origin
Lingayen, Pangasinan
Binislakan Dance Classification
Social Dance
Binislakan Music
composed of two parts music 2/4 time in signature
Meaning of Binislakan
to look backward and forward
Nature and Background of Binislakan
Binislakan is a dance from Lingayen, Pangasinan. Lingayen literally means to look backward and upward which was derived from Chinese "Li-King-Tung". The folks in Pangasinan dance in commemoration of the Chinese pirate who lived with them named Limahong. This dance displays the movement of looking backward and upward with the use of the sticks to produce rhythm imitating the Chinese chop sticks. Literally in Pangasinan, the use of stick is called Binislakan.
Binislakan Dance Researcher
Francisca Reyes Aquino