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a polkabal is a filipino folk dance
No need to compare. Both are unique in themselves with their own individual identity.
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The Filipinos have folk dances,fiesta, and bayanihan.
The main objectives of Filipino folk dance is to promote their culture. Ancient culture is celebrated through folk dances and other forms of cultural activities.
The objective of Philippine folk dances is to be able to develop physical, mental, socio-cultural, recreational, and emotional capacities of the individual. It is also to appreciate the Filipino culture through engaging in those folk dances.
Folk dancing primarily aims to let other people understand the Filipino culture though folk dancing. In order to appreciate more the Filipino music and dances, folk dance was created.
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folk dances in region 7
Foreign folk dances are dances that are passed down in a family a Foreign folk dance would just be a folk dance from another country.
It will be difficult to get a "complete" list of the folk dances of the Philippines. Although there are books out there that provided the dance instructions, there are still many dances that are not recorded for the public. They still remain in the possession of the scholars who have gone on research missions. To this day many new dances are being created amongs all the various Filipino ethnic cultures found throughout the Philippines