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CULTURE AND ARTS
Tattoo as artwork.
Left,
16th century Chinese artwork on the "Pintados". Leyte Island and the
rest of Eastern Visayas was then inhabited by people with
tattoo-covered bodies. Right, modern-day Leytenos dress up for the
annual Pintados Festival.
Dance imitates life.
The Tinikling Dance, which originated
from Leyte, used to be the Philippine National Dance.
The dance imitates the movements of the
"Tikling" bird. Tinikling is the most famous Philippine dance in the
world.
Right photo features the Leyte Dance
Theater. The group's Dance Director is Jess de Paz.
(Photo courtesy of David
Carpentier.)
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