Filipino Folkdance Links

I'm truly grateful to have Pilipino folkdancing perpetuated on the Web. Check out these websites for a wealth of pictures and additional information.

Sites with a have a link to Noel's Pilipino Folkdance Glossary, or contain information from the Glossary.

Community Event Calendars
Dance Troupes & Cultural Organizations
Cultural Pages
Student Groups
Filipino & Dance Directories
Merchandise
Personal homepages

Community Event Calendars Top

• BARANGAY Community Events & Gatherings - Filipino events in Northern California.
• Calendar of Pilipino Cultural Nights - Southern California Pilipino-American Student Association
• Kabayan: Euro-Filipino Community Events - Filipino festivals in the UK and other European venues.
• Filipino Folkdance Event Calendar

Cultural pages Top

• Emailpinoy - Eductional page contains dance descriptions from the Glossary
• Mga Sayaw Pilipino - Philippine Dance descriptions (Northern Illinois University project)
• Music and Dance of the Bukidnons of Mindanao
• National Commision for Culture and The Arts - Philippine Dance pages under Arts section.
• Philippines: Travel and Vacaction- by Rogelio A. Santos; features MIDI and Audio samples from the Glossary.
• Pinoylife.com - for the young Filipino-American.
• Southeast Asia on the World Wide Web
• Virtual Tour of Hot Spots: Philippines - (Japanese language) by Noboru Suzuki; features MIDI's and descriptions from the Glossary, plus a MIDI for Tinolabong.
• Yakan Homepage - information on the Yakan tribe in Mindanao.

Student Groups Top

US - Pacific

• California State University-Fullerton Kaibigan
• California State University-Hayward PASA
• Iditarod Elemtary School's Tinikling exercise - Wasilla, AK
• James Logan High School - Filipino Youth Association - (Union City, CA) features Tinikling information from the Glossary.
• Long Beach City College - Today's Organization of Pilipino - Long Beach, CA - with additional folkdance descriptions.
• Northern California Pilipino American Student Organization
• San Francisco State University - Pilipino American College Endeavor featuring the club's Silayan dance troupe
• San Jose State University - Akbayan (San Jose, CA)
• Santa Clara University - Barkada (Santa Clara, CA)
• Stanford University - PASU
• Southern California Pilipino American Student Association
• UC Riverside - Katipunan
• UC Berkeley - Pilipino American Alliance
• UCLA Samahang's Best of PCN Musical Moments - now available on CD!
• UC Santa Barbara - Kapatirang Pilipino
• University of Southern California - Troy Philippines (Los Angeles, CA)
• Whitney High School - Club Kaibigan (Long Beach, CA)

US - Mountain/Central

• Saint Louis University - Filipino Student Association (St. Louis, MO)
• University of Texas - Filipino Student Association (Austin, TX)

US - Eastern

• Cornell Filipino Association (Ithaca, NY)
• Columbia University - Liga Filipina (New York City)
• Georgia Tech - Filipino Student Association  features dance suite descriptions from the Glossary.
• MIT Filipino Students Association
• University of Cincinnati - Filipino American Students Association featuring FASA's Dance Troop.
• University of Florida Filipino Student Association features a nice Dance section with additional folkdance descriptions.
• University of Rochester - Filipino American Student Association (Rochester, NY) features a photo gallery of the Muslim Suite.
• University of South Florida - Association of Filipino Students (Tampa, FL)

Canada

• Queen's University - Filipino Cultural Association (Kingston, Ontario, Canada)

Asia/Australia/Europe

• University of New England Filipino Students Association (Armidale, New South Wales, Australia)
• IPAG (Integrated Performing Arts Guild)- Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology, specializes in dances of southern Philippines.

Filipino & Dance Directories Top

• 2Learn 'Net's International Folkdance Links
• Southeast Asian dance links
• EDSA (Philippine Search Engine)
• Sapphire Swan Folk Dance Directory
• Tanikalang Ginto (Filipino dance pages)
• Yehey! (Philippine search engine)

Merchandise Top

• Arkipelago Books (San Francisco, CA) - folkdance books and videos, formerly Sulu Arts & Books.
• Bayan Co. (Santa Clara, CA)- Traditional and contemporary Pilipino clothing and folkdance costume rentals; run by Santa Clara University alumni.
• Made in the Philippines (Chicago, IL) - Costumes, instruments.
• Reflections of Asia (Citrus Heights, CA) - with a generous section on folkdance materials for sale.
• Tatak Pilipino (Los Angeles, CA) - with a selection of folkdance-related materials.

Personal homepages Top

• Rudy Alforque (Long Island, NY) features folkdance pictures.
• Lochinvar Bucane (Kentwood, MI)
• Noah Dacumos (CSU Hayward)
• Shellah Imperio (Cal State Long Beach) features dance pages.
• Milbert Mariano's MANO page (Pacific Union College)
• Joyce S. Narvaez (Stockton, CA)
• Gerard Piepenbrock (The Netherlands)
• Sandyluv (San Diego)
• Jertie Tabora (Quezon City, Philippines)
• Burt Veracruz (UC Irvine)