DLSU Chorale Performs Philippine Folk Music at UNESCO for Indigenous Peoples Month The Philippine Embassy in France and Permanent Mission to UNESCO proudly presented the performance of De La Salle University (DLSU) Chorale during the last day of the Executive Board session at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on 21 October 2024. The said performance brought Philippine folk music to the global stage as the country marks National Indigenous Peoples’ Month this October with the theme “Mga Katutubo a

TINIKLING : PHILIPPINE FOLK DANCE : KATUTUBONG SAYAW Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance which originated during the Spanish colonial era.[1] 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. It is traditionally danced to rondalla music, a sort of serenade played by an ensemble of stringed instruments which originated in Spain during