Philippine dance groups grow, so too does the need to create and recreate Philippine dance forms. Among these contemporary issues are the ideas of bringing the village dance into the stage, the connections among the various Philippine dances, the ownership of world-influence, and the dances of Filipinos from the diaspora. Philippine dance As varied are the people of the Philippines, so too are the dances. There are many dances performed in the Philippine Islands such as the popular "Tinikling", to the exoticized "Pangalay", to the skill-based interpretation of the "Bangka" and Spanish-tinged "Jota". Dance categorizations range from geographic localization, to socialization functions,
Traditional games in the Philippines begins with the garters at ankle-height and progresses to higher positions, with the players jumping nimbly on the garters while doing their routines. A game variant of the tinikling dance, with the same goal—for the players to dance nimbly over the clapping bamboo "maw" without having their ankles caught. Once the players ankle got caught, they will replace the players who hold the bamboo. The game will just continue until players decided to stop. Tsato (lit. "stick game", "better be good at it"): Two players, one flat stick (usually ) and one short flat piece of wood ( usually a