#Pinoy: Dubai dance troupe preserves Filipino heritage

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Filipino dance troupe in Dubai preserves Filipino heritage. #Pinoy catches up with a Dubai-based group creating awareness about Filipino folk dance  Read the full Gulf News article: https://gulfnews.com/news/uae/pinoy/filipino-dance-troupe-in-dubai-preserves-filipino-heritage-1.2228979  See more at: http://gulfnews.com/videos

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00:00Hi, we are the Lunao International Performing Arts Dubai.

00:12The Philippine Folk Dance is the Philippine traditional dances which has its own origin

00:19and its own characteristics when it comes to a certain place in the Philippines.

00:23When you say folk dance, this is a dance which represents the different tribes and groups

00:30in the Philippines.

00:31There's a lot of folk dances because it's divided into like four categories, like we

00:37have the rural suites, the Maria Clara suites, we have also the Cordillera suites, and the

00:44Muslim suites.

00:45I created Lunao to, of course, to showcase what are the cultural dances in the Philippines.

00:52And I want to bring Philippines here in Dubai.

00:55Because we believe that folk art dance needs to be revived and to be seen again by the

01:01public, not just like the Filipino, but the rest of the world.

01:05We also want the kids, our kids personally, and the next generations to know about the

01:11folk dance, the beautiful Philippine cultural dance.

01:14I think by showcasing this dance, we are helping in preserving our traditional dances in the Philippines.

01:24We don't have any qualifications if you want to be part of the Lunao.

01:28As long as you have determination, the passion to dance, as well as as long as you have the

01:40determination to know your culture and learn from it, I guess you will have the idea how to dance.

01:46I'm proud to say that one benefit is friendship.

01:49We created a family here in Dubai through this organization.

01:56We created one family.

02:10I'm proud to say that one benefit is friendship.

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