Embassy officials and staff, with FilCom leaders and winners of the contest
Filipinos in Chile were treated to a Filipino folk dance competition during the commemoration of the 119th Philippine Independence Day celebration held on 3 June 2017 at Parroquia Italiana in Santiago, Chile. Two categories were set for the competition, with one group competing under the traditional folk dance category and the other all dancing the tinikling. Each category had seven groups each vying for the top prize.
The tinikling category was won by the Jesus is Lord group, whose four members elicited massive cheers from the crowd with their mastery of the dance. The folk dance category, meanwhile, was dominated by dancers of the Binuyugan. Other performers under the folk dance category performed the Dayang-Dayang, Singkil, and Cariñosa. END
