For the "Dances of the World" opening ceremony of Miss World 2025 in India on May 10, Gravidez wore a Simeon Cayetano creation deeply inspired by the UNESCO-recognized Maranao epic Darangen.

Singkil is an Asian dance that has been blowing up on the internet. The style originated with the Maranao people of the Philippines, and involves dancers stepping in and out of bamboo poles.

The Singkil, with dancers gracefully navigating their pointe work across clapping bamboo poles, proved a crowd pleaser. Act 1 culminated in a mesmerizing lake scene, a Maranao reimagining of ...

Filipino Muslims to Showcase Traditional Dance on National Day. DUBAI - 'Singkil' known as the Filipino Muslim royalty dance and six other native dances and songs will be showcased in the Maranao ...

MANILA, Philippines - Filipino Muslims will showcase the "Singkil" Muslim royalty dance and six other native dances and songs at the 37th United Arab Emirates (UAE) National Day on December 2. Online ...

The culture and tourism councils of the Municipality of Taraka in Lanao del Sur mounted another gathering of the Maranao Women Performers and Entrepreneurs after holding the 2015 Women’s Day ...

In the Philippines, many of the archives of the Maranao, or the “people of the lake,” were destroyed when Islamic State-affiliated insurgents occupied the city of Marawi in 2017 on Mindanao.

I recently attended the first of two openings of Singkil at Factory Theatre. The show, which originally had its workshop production two years ago, wa… ...