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    Aray is a Filipino dance derived from the Spanish Jota dance. The name comes from an exclamation in the accompanying song's lyrics, which are in the nearly extinct Chabacano Ermitense language. Dancers gracefully handle tambourines as they perform joyful, lively steps depicting social interactions between young men and women, making use of basic folk dance movements and positioning changes.

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    Aray is a Filipino dance derived from the Spanish Jota dance. The name comes from an exclamation in the accompanying song's lyrics, which are in the nearly extinct Chabacano Ermitense language. Dancers gracefully handle tambourines as they perform joyful, lively steps depicting social interactions between young men and women, making use of basic folk dance movements and positioning changes.

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    The Dance Is Composed of Jubilant and Sprightly Steps

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    Aray is a Filipino dance derived from the Spanish Jota dance. The name comes from an exclamation in the accompanying song's lyrics, which are in the nearly extinct Chabacano Ermitense language. Dancers gracefully handle tambourines as they perform joyful, lively steps depicting social interactions between young men and women, making use of basic folk dance movements and positioning changes.

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    DANCE LITERATURE Aray is a Filipinized version of the famous Spanish Aragonese dance Jota.

    The name of the dance was derived from a final exclamation on the song that accompanies this dance. The lyrics of this song is in Chabacano Ermitense, a variant of Spanish that was spoken only in the Ermita district in the nineteenth century and is now nearly extinct. It is a flirtatious dance in which a beribboned panderetas (jingled tambourines) are handled gracefully. The dance is composed of jubilant and sprightly steps.This dance depicts the social life of young men and women who usually gather in the park for an afternoon walk. In this dance we made use of basic folkdance steps like sarok, step crossing, marching, pivoting and clapping accentuated with the use of tambourine. The changing of positions highlights the interactions of lovely seoritas and handsome caballeros.

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