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