Philippine Folk Dance, Visayan Mazurka

Visayan Mazurka

The mazurka was one of the ballroom dances introduced in the Philippines by the early European settlers and by the Filipinos who returned from abroad. It bacame popular as the ballroom polks, chotis, and valse during the Spanish time. According to the old people who danced the Visayan Mazurka, very few could perform the dance as it should be because of its lively, sprightly, and intricate movements.
It is a combination of folk and ballroom dance movements, that makes it fascinating to the dancers. Different regions have their own combinations of steps. This particular dance was found in Negros Occidental.

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