The AlunAlun Dance Circle seeks to preserve Pangalay, a living link to traditional dance cultures in the Asian region where sensitivity is the key to learning and mastery of the many nuances of traditional dances. Pangalay has closest affinity to the Indian, Javanese, Thai, Burmese and Cambodian styles of classical dancing.

First Quarter Salvo

We have wished that 2014 would give us more energy, blessings and pleasant surprises. Indeed, the first quarter of 2014 became a hectic time for the AlunAlun Dance Circle. These activities include film showings with dance demonstrations at UP Diliman College of Anthropology and UP Institute of Islamic Studies, FEU Diliman and FEU Manila, and the Ateneo de Manila Univesity; pangalay dance workshops at UP Diliman; radio guestings and dicussions about pangalay; and performancee at the the Holy Angel University in Angeles, Pampang and at the National Museum. We are looking forward to the rest of 2014 to be a fruitful and meaningful period as we begin to prepare for our new project in partnership with NCCA. to conduct more workshops, to initiate new projects, and to mount beautiful performances.
We have wished that 2014 would give us more energy, blessings and pleasant surprises. Indeed, the first quarter of 2014 became a hectic time for the AlunAlun Dance Circle.

These activities include film showings with dance demonstrations at UP Diliman College of Anthropology and UP Institute of Islamic Studies, FEU Diliman and FEU Manila, and the Ateneo de Manila Univesity; pangalay dance workshops at UP Diliman; radio guestings and dicussions about pangalay; and performancee at the the Holy Angel University in Angeles, Pampang and at the National Museum.

We are looking forward to the rest of 2014 to be a fruitful and meaningful period as we begin to prepare for our new project in partnership with NCCA. to conduct more workshops, to initiate new projects, and to mount beautiful performances.

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ADC Participates in the Launch of the Department of Tourism’s  EID’L FITR Food Festival, 8 May 2023, DOT Building in Makati, Metro Manila by Temay Padero

ADC performance DOT Makati 8 May 2023 Eidl Fitr Food Festival
ADC performance DOT Makati 8 May 2023 Eidl Fitr Food Festival

           The Department of Tourism (DOT), in observance of the month of Ramadan, organized the Food Festival at its building along Buendia Avenue. Through the courtesy of the National Commission of Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the AlunAlun Dance Circle (ADC) was invited to perform at the Opening of the DOT Food Festival on 8 May 2023 at the DOT office in Makati.  The ADC dancers were Jimo Angeles [in-charge] and members, Lyndie Literal, Mannex Siapno, and Temay Padero.    

Langka silat, a martial art of Southern Philippines, was performed by Jimo Angeles as opening dance.

DOT Undersecretary Myra Paz Valderrosa-Abubakar introduced the special guest of honor, DOT Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco. The Secretary emphasized the vital role of Mindanao in defining the Filipino identity: “Mindanao has been very close to my heart and I recognize that, in the people of Mindanao, you hold the key to the Filipino identify.  You are the gatekeepers of our body and soul of the Filipino  and that is why it is very important for us in DOT to honor our heritage, promote our culture and allow the Filipino people to remember our past and to give them a way to the future, a future that includes Mindanao, a future that includes to allow tourism and a future that includes the rich, beautiful and diverse culture of the people of Mindanao and to herald the best of the best of the Filipino identity to the world.”

Special guests at first row: DOT ASec Christopher V. Morales, DOT ASec Reynaldo L Ching, DOT USec Ferdinand C. Jumapao,  DOT Sec Christina Garcia-Frasco, DOT USec Myra Pax Valderrosa-Abubakar, DTI ASec Glenn G. Penaranda. Second row: Chef Jam Melchor, Chairman Khalil Pundoma [Brgy. 384 Quiapo, Manila ], Halal Board Member Hon Sultan Faizal Coyogan B. Bansao , Director DTI export marketing bureau Jhino B. Ilano;

Dr. Anas Mohammad Sarker of Hijama PH delivered the invocation (not in photo).

Usec Abubakar watches Sec Frasco strike the ceremonial gong.

At the strike of the gong, DOT Secretary Frasco formally opened the Food Festival.

The Pangalay (aka Igal) Presentation of ADC

What is Pangalay [Dancers: Lyndie Literal, Mannex Siapno and Temay Padero]:

Pangalay dance at DOT Eidl Fitr Food Fest 8 May'23
ADC dancers perform the annotated dance demonstration about pangalay movement vocabulary.
Mannex Siapno and Lyndie Literal performing the Eringan, a courtship dance

Left: Temay Padero performing Igal Kabkab or Fan Dance

DOT Usec Abubakar poses with ADC at the end of the performance.

ADC dancers and DOT Officers with pangalay dancing poses after the show
DOT Staff in a happy souvenir photo after the show.
ADC dancers (Mannex, Temay–left and Jimo, Lyn–right) with USEC Myra V. Abubakar and Director Ronald Conopio, Office of the DOT Secretary (middle of the photo).

–Photos courtesy of Department of Tourism, May 2023

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