abstract:The Maglalatik is an indigenous dance from the Philippines in which coconut shell halves that are secured onto the dancers' hands and on vests upon which are hung four or six more coconut shell halves. The dancers - all male - perform the dance by hitting one coconut shell with the other - sometimes the ones on the hands, sometimes, the ones on the body, and sometimes the shells worn by another performer, all in time to a fast drumbeat.
During the first ChinaInternationalFolk Art Festival, dancers from the Center will perform Pandanggo, MaglalatikandTinikling etc., which are the typical dancesofPhilippines.