Regatones | Philippine Folk Dance

REGATONES
Work Meaning : Traveling fish Vendors
Dance Culture : Lowland Christian
Place of Origin : Cadiz City, Negros Occidental
Ethno linguistic Group : Visayan
Classification : Occupational Dance
Background/Context:
Traditionally, the Regatones (traveling fish vendors), together with women fish buyers (labaceros) usedto wait for the arrival of fishermen in the long and bountiful shoreline in the town of Cadiz, now CadizCity, Negros Occidental. They hurriedly run towards the banca to select and purchase the fish they like to sell. The “regatones” sell the fish with the aid of two “paraka” (a shallow rounded basket made of bamboo) attached to both ends of long flat strip (tuwang-tuwangan) balanced on the shoulder . Untiltoday, this activity is still a practice in suburban area of Cadiz. While waiting for the fisherman to arrive, the “regatones” and women fish buyers tease each other by doing “tuwangan” and tricks in maneuvering their “tuwang - tuwang” with the “paraka” that eventually develop into a folk dance.
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