Filipino Children’s Games

Piko is a game very similar to hopscotch. You can set it up with chalk, masking tape, or even sticks!

 

Tapatan is a fun and simple Filipino game that is similar to tic tac toe!

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Filipino Traditional Dance

Tinikling: National Dance of the Philippines

Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance which originated during the Spanish colonial era. The dance involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance.” (Source)

 

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Sampling of Traditional Filipino Music
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