Inkoy-Inkoy is a rustic festival dance known in the Eastern Visayan and Bicol regions. The dance could have derived its name from "Ingkoy" the Visayan nickname for Francisco. In the Visayan language, words are repeated to form its diminutive. Bata-bata would be a small child or a doll. Ingkoy-ingkoy then would mean "little Francisco".
Adult performers often start with the ballroom dance position doing a series of native waltzes in any directions. Bicolano "old-timers" prefer the version named "Inkoy-inkoy Sagurang" because the dance is a bit slower than the Inkoy-ingkoy of the youngsters. Young partners stand in front of each other with both hands joined and arms stretched sideward. The Waray Ingkoy-ingkoy is a festival dance that is performed almost similar to the Kuratsa. An excerpt of the Surtido Samareño is an Ingkoy-ingkoy version from Catbalogan, Western Samar.
Adult performers often start with the ballroom dance position doing a series of native waltzes in any directions. Bicolano "old-timers" prefer the version named "Inkoy-inkoy Sagurang" because the dance is a bit slower than the Inkoy-ingkoy of the youngsters. Young partners stand in front of each other with both hands joined and arms stretched sideward. The Waray Ingkoy-ingkoy is a festival dance that is performed almost similar to the Kuratsa. An excerpt of the Surtido Samareño is an Ingkoy-ingkoy version from Catbalogan, Western Samar.
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