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The Museo ng Kaalamáng Katutubò in partnership with the University present Pansak Yakan: Dancing among the Yakan of Lamitan, Basilan by Earl Francis C. Pasilan.

The Yakan, the indigenous group from Basilan, and their frequent contacts with the Sama and the Tausug, led them to adopt the “Igal” or “Pangalay”, after witnessing in 1939, the regal dance called the “Gandingan,” performed by a Yakan princess, which evolved and referred now as “Pamansak.” With the Yakan’s constant adaptation to the changes in their physical environment and close affinity with the neighboring groups, as exemplified in the island’s proximity to Zamboanga City, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, as well as the influence of their customary practices, variations of the Yakan “Gandingan” emerged and became part of the cultural performances in the annual celebration of the “Lami-lamihan Festival” in Lamitan, and the “Tumahik Festival” in Isabela City.

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