Pandanggo sa Ilaw - Oasioas is a very popular folk dance in the Philippines. It is said to have originated from Mindoro, the seventh-largest island in the Philippines. This dance of lights simulates fireflies at dusk and at night. Pandanggo sa Ilaw, which translates as Dance of Lights, is a waltz-style, playful folk dance that showcases a unique fusion of local and western indigenous dance forms.
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| Credits to The Paulinian Link |
The light refers to three oil lamps that the women dancers balance on the head and at the back of each hand. Candles in clear glasses have long replaced the oil lamps. Pandanggo sa Ilaw is usually danced in couples, with both the women and men wearing traditional dresses. In Lingayen, Pangasinan, Pandanggo sa Ilaw is called "Oasiwas," or swinging. Colonel Antonio R. Buenaventura, a National Artist and a professor at the Conservatory of Music in the University of the Philippines, composed the music that accompanies the Pandanggo sa Ilaw dance.
This is how the dance is done...
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