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“Philippine Cultural Dance: Strengthening and Preserving its Embodiment

towards Media Students of UPHSD S.Y 2018-2019”

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

SOLEIL ANGELINE CENA ED MANGUBAT

LYSSA MAE LAGANA

JOVYLLINE CORTEZ LUZLYN VASQUEZ

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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.

On the contrary, this study could educate them regarding the different ways of strengthening and
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preserving Philippine folk dances. Francisca Reyes-Aquino, a great researcher of Philippine

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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 researchers 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. Does the patronage of mainstream dances give a significant impact/alteration

on the awareness of the students toward Philippine Folk Dance?

3. How important is Philippine Folk dance for the students in terms of the ff.

criteria:

1. Their culture

2. Their individuality
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HYPOTHESIS
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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 this study is to identify the possible solutions or ways that media

students could do in order to prevent Philippine Folk dance from withering. In addition, this study

aims to help media students to find the value and importance of Philippine Folk dance.

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.

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

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)

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
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Intervening Variable/s:
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Independent Variable/s: Dependent Variable/s:

DEFINITION OF TERMS

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 it’s 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.

JustifiedThe 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.”

(Source:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/293801656_Strengthening_and_Preserving_Pr
actices_of_Philippine_Folk_Dances_in_Relation_to_Cultural_Awareness_of_Secondary_Studen
ts_of_Davao_City)

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.
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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 9
branches. 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.

(source: http://ncca.gov.ph/subcommissions/subcommission-on-the-arts-sca/dance/philippine-
dance-research-and-documentation/)

Foreign Studies

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
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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