maria clara suite |
After almost four hundred years of Spanish colonial rule, foreign rule has had a great impact on Filipino culture. While Christianity was being taught, Filipinos began to develop their own versions of the dances they saw being performed by the Spaniards. Maria Clara, the name of a character in José Rizal's literary masterpiece Noli Me Tangere, was used to call the beautiful dresses worn by the women as they were being courted by men who wore the traditional barong Tagalog. |
2006 unofficial roster |
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