For Centuries Tiklos (Tee-KLOHS) has been a very important factor in the social life of the peasant in Leyte, Philippines. Tiklos refers to a group of peasants who agree to work for each other one day each week to clear the forest, prepare for soil for planting, or to do any odd job on the farm, including the building of a house. At noontime the people gather to eat lunch together and to rest. During this rest period Tiklos music is played and the peasants then dance the Tiklos. Tiklos was introduced at the 1967 University of the Pacific Folk Dance Camp by Bernardo T. Pedere, who was the lead male dancer and dance consultant of the Leyte Filipiniana Folk Dance Group which in 1966 toured the United States
Research Committee: Miriam Lidster and Dorothy Tamburini
2 окт 2019
