La Jota

Moncadena
Dance researcher: Ed Lapiz

Resource Person: Kaloob Philippine Music and Dance

Ministry

Meaning: Jota honoring Moncada

Dance Culture: Lowland Christian.

Place of Origin: Moncada,Tarlac

Ethnolinguistic Group: Ilocano

Classification: Social Performers

Background:

la Jota Moncadeña : Is adapted by the Filipinos from an

old Spanish dance. It's a combination of Spanish and
Ilocano dance steps set to Spanish music and castanets.
A more solemn version of this dance is sometimes used
to accompany a funeral procession, but it is also
performed at celebrations.

Movements/ steps particular to Dance:

Waltz, series of steps, point, cross-step, brush step,

stamp and step-hop. As to hands, arms, and body
movement, arms in second position, arms in fourth
position, girls holding their skirt while boys' hands
on waist and arms down at sides were used.

Dance properties:

Costume:

Female: Maria Clara style

 Camisa :The camisa is a collarless blouse whose hem is
at the waist, and is made from flimsy, translucent
fabrics such as pineapple fiber and jusi. The sleeves
of the camisa are similar to the so-called "angel
wings", or shaped like bells. The correct term for the
sleeves of the camisa during the mid to late 1800s is a
"pagoda" - derived from early Western silhouettes of
the Victorian period

Pañuelo: The pañuelo is a piece of starched square

cloth (either opaque or made from the same material as
of the camisa) folded several times, and placed over
the shoulders. The purpose of the pañuelo has been
related to modesty, used to cover the nape and the
upper body due to the camisa's low neckline as well as
its sheer translucency; and also doubles as an accent
piece because of embellishments added to it, usually
embroideries and the pin securing it in place.

Saya: The saya is a skirt shaped like a "cupola" with a

length that begins from the waist reaching the floor.
These are usually comprised either of single or double
sheets, called "panels" or dos paños (Spanish for "two
cloths"); some examples are made out of seven gores or
siete cuchillos (Spanish for "seven knives").

Tapis: The tapis is a knee-length over-skirt that hugs

the hips. Tapis designs may be plain, and is usually
made of opaque fabrics such as muslin and the madras
cloth, and also is used for the purposes of modesty as
it keeps the lower body from showing due to the
thinness of the saya and the absence of underwear.

Male: Barong Tagalog

Top: a light loose long-sleeved man's shirt, the
national dress shirt of the Philippines, that is
frequently made of piña, ramie, or similar fiber, often
embroidered on the collar and facing, and worn with the
tails not tucked in.

Hand Props: Bamboo Catanets

Music:

Count: ¾ time signature

Formation: partners face each other about six feet

apart. When facing the audience, the girl stands at
partners right side. One or more pairs may take part in
this dance.