USC Dance Troupe: Karatong

USC Dance Troupe: Karatong Dance. The group performed during the Sinulog nightly show 2007 at Fuente Osmena Park.

Kalatong or Karatong have dancers use kalatong or bamboo tube about a yard long, tied horizontally below the waist and struck by two sticks to tap the rhythm of the dance. there are two dances - The Tobong Kalatong, from Pangasinan, which is a ceremonial dance performed to frighten the evil spirits away.

Bunga Mangga, from Cuyo, Palawan, is a part of the Karatong in which dancers collect flowers from the mango tree - thus the bunga mangga contraption.

VIDEO of the performance:

Thanks mistressnicey.