Tinikling more specifically refers to the Slaty-breasted Rail ("Gallirallus striatus"), the Buff-banded Rail ("Gallirallus philippensis"), and the Barred Rail ("Gallirallus torquatus"). The term "tinikling" literally means "to perform it 'tikling"-like." The dance originated in Leyte, an island in the Visayas in the central Philippines. It imitates the movement of the "tikling" birds as they walk between grass stems, run over tree branches, or dodge bamboo traps set by rice farmers. Dancers imitate the tikling bird's legendary grace and speed by skillfully maneuvering between large bamboo poles. Today tinikling is taught throughout the United States. In grades K-12 the dance is used
Dance of the Seven Veils especially associated with such dances. In 1886, Fuller appeared at New York's Standard Theater in a show called "The Arabian Nights". According to Rhonda Garelick, this "featured fourteen different Oriental dance numbers, including the 'Veil of Vapor' dance, done with clouds of steam instead of fabric veils." The Hebrew word chuwl, meaning to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), is used in Judges 21:21-23, Judges 11.34, and I Samuel 18.6-7. In these instances it refers to a type of erotic dance done during biblical ceremonies, and performed by women. Most notably, in Canaan before 900 B.C, a