ESTUDIANTINA: Philippine Folk Dance from Samar

The most popular Abaknon (or Capuleño to "outsiders") dance is probably the "Dos Amigos" which is one big favorite among fiestas where its performance serves as a "pasakalyi" or intermissions between scenes in a local Abaknon "komidya". There are however, many folk and traditional dances from the small island: Mazurka Capuleña,Lavezares, Kuratsa (introduced by their Waray relatives) and the Estudiantina.

The Abaknon Estudiantina is one of the three available versions of Philippine Estudiantina dances, popular in its broken Spanish name, "Estudiantina de Capuleño". The proper term should have been "La Estudiantina Capuleña". This dance is simply called Estudiantina in the other towns in Samar where it is also popular.

The dance could have derived its name from "estudiantina" which is the all-string band that plays the dance music in the many 'baylihan' during the Spanish colonial period. The estudiantina is more popular as the 'rondalla'. It is also called 'tuna' and 'murga'. In fact, in the present day Spanish world, the term used is either tuna or estudiantina.

This dance is usually performed during occasions like baptismal and birthday parties, weddings and even town fiesta. It is very popular in the town of Capul as well as in the nearby towns of Allen, Lavezares and Victoria in Northern Samar.

A notation of this dance's music and the literature is found in the book VISAYAN FOLK DANCES volume 2 by Liberatd Fajardo.

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• Estudiantina
• Philippines
• Folk
• Traditional
• Dance
• Evolution
• Northern
• Samar
• Leyte
• Capul
• Allen
• Lavezares
• Victoria
• Abaknon

[alhixamei]

anu pu b title n2 Estudiantina lng pu b o Estudiantina Capuleno?

[Saiaopinoi]

This is an Estudiantina version of a dance from Capul, Northern Samar. Many dance researchers often "identify" further, their dance researchers to differentiate it from ones published earlier. Kindly read the video infos I have written for a little explanation on the name derivation.

[miciellubb04]

anu po bang title ng tugtog sa sayaw na ito?

kylangan ko po tlga mlamam?

kc po sasayawin nmen ito sa oct.3,2008 konti nlng po ang oras nmen

[Saiaopinoi]

The dance's music is also called "Estudiantina".

[rsandarino]

thank you for featuring our local dance in the island of capul. could please tell us where this happened and who the dancers were?

[Saiaopinoi]

Abaknon Ka?

[30vaggos]

It seems like Italian, but to be honest we have some familiar music in Corfu, Greece!

[SuperAlyssa1993]

..panu po ba maka-upload ng music nito??..

[syrosis18]

wow gagawin din manin to sa p.e. namin mahirap ba?

[moonyday1815]

kabado ako sa kasaysayawan namin..yan ang sayaw namin..hahahahahaha.....wed na

[akosirobb]

hahaha.. panis kayo sa pinoy!!:))

[acalor27]

i like how the girls dance but the boys are too queenies. i prefer to see the men acting like men and dancing as well. they dance like girls is not atractive. sorry...

[littleangelq]

wow! may i know who are these dancers?

this is great! i'm an abaknon and we used to dance this when we were in elementary and high school..

its a priviledge that CAPUL is already recognized!

i'm proud being an abaknon!

[emelyn828]

BraVOOOOOOOOOOOhh.!!!

[plattform5163]

Very nice! Thanks for sharaing the dance!

[beaulahHadassah]

the blurredness of the picture doesn't spoil the Filipino graceful spirit.