Tanauan, Leyte is a local holiday. "Tinikling" is the most popular and best known of Philippine dances and honored as the Philippine national dance. It is one of the oldest Philippine traditional dances and originated in Leyte Province. The people of Leyte describe the tikling bird as one of the most unique in its movements - walking around and between the tree branches and some grass stems. This bird was named "tikling" from which the Tinikling dance got its name. Because of the creativeness of the Leytenos, they imitate this bird by using bamboo poles. In 2006, the attention of the then
Dance Nation (dance group) Dance Nation (dance group) Dance Nation is a Dutch dance group. Dance Nation were discovered by their producers Bradski & Jenski (Brad Grobler & Rob Janssen) in 2001 when their first single "Sunshine" was released. This was followed by singles such as "Dance", "Words", and "You Take Me Away". In 2004, they switched to the name "Double Nation" due to legal proceedings. In 2003, they also collaborated with The Lovestern Galaktika Project for the single "My First Love". In this period, following the label crisis Noculan Music (after inglobed into Jamie Lewis by his Purple Eye Entertainment), that struck not