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| The Mission dancers spice up the show with their colorful costumes and energetic dancing |
Volunteers at the Mission for Migrant Workers are not only adept at assisting their fellow workers with queries about their rights and welfare under Hong Kong law, they can also dance!
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Last October 20, a group of Mission volunteers from the Philippine Kalinga Pattong Players performed a traditional dance at the Cultural Mela (or fair) held at Lee Tung Avenue in Wanchai and organized by Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service.
The Kalinga dance is usually performed during weddings among dwellers of the Philippines’ Cordillera region.
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The Kalingas are renowned for their pride in their ancestry, their intricate hand-woven textiles and colorful beaded jewelry, as well as their way of incorporating dance and traditional music as a form of thanksgiving and cultural preservation.
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| A number of people in the audience tried to keep in step with the dancers |
Their widely-applauded number at the mela included an on-the-spot tutorial on simple traditional dance poses and the use of the gongs, and ended with them inviting the audience to join them in a community dance.
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