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    Cebu/Wellness

    How Filipinos are nurturing the traditional bamboo dance of tinikling

    Our editor journeys to Cebu to give it a try
    By Megan C. Hills / 06 Dec 2024 / 5 minute(s) read
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    A man and a woman dance the tinikling between two colourful poles held by two crouching women in the daytime in Cebu.
    Credit: AlamyStockPhoto
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    A blindfolded performer dances between poles as three other dancers clap onstage at White Note Pavilion in Cebu.
    Closeup of tinikling dancers’ legs crossing bamboo poles in the daytime.

    Credit: AlamyStockPhoto

    Two male performers at the Shangri-La Mactan’s Kasadya Night in Cebu hold a pair of bamboo poles on their shoulders. A female performer stands on the poles.
    Tinikling performers at the Shangri-La Mactan’s Kasadya Night in Cebu.
    Female performers in long dresses dancing at the Shangri-La Mactan’s Kasadya Night.

    Credit: Madkon Productions

    Tinikling dancers in red patterned dresses onstage at the White Note Pavilion.
    A woman in a white headdress leads a procession of men in yellow costumes during the Sinulog Festival.

    Credit: bortnikau/Getty Images

    Aerial view of a boat on the Loboc River in the daytime.

    Credit: Holger Leue/Getty Images

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