04/10/2025
𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓢𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓵 𝓞𝓯 𝓟𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓶𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓴
𝓘𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓷𝓱𝓪𝔂 𝓕𝓸𝓵𝓴𝓵𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓬 𝓔𝓷𝓼𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮
Performing 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒀𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈 - The Ybanag, one of the many ethnolinguistic groups of the Cagayan valley readily accepted the newly introduced music and dance that came along with the Spanish inroads via the missionaries. Among the newly acquired musical instrument was the harp as quickly as it be came part of the Ybanag musical tradition, so did the European dance steps that made headway into the valley's dance tradition. The valse or waltz which came with other steps like the jota, fandango, chotis and mazurka, first gained popularity among the rich and exclusive Ybanag elite but later filtered down to the masses, Though the steps are simple, Valse Ybanag is an exquisite hybrid of the European waltz and popular llocano steps.
It has been a month since the championship was won in the 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥-𝐖𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐅'𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐥𝐨𝐤 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥, still, it feels like cloud-nine.
