La Jota Moncadeña - Moncada, Tarlac

La Jota Moncadeña was adapted from an old Spanish dance. It is a combination of Spanish and Ilocano dance set to Spanish music and castanets. A more solemn version of the dance is sometimes used to accompany a funeral procession, but it was also performed at the festival.

La Jota Moncadeña is one of the most famous interpretation and adaptation of the Aragonese Jota dance. People of Moncada, Tarlac, call it rather by a different name: Jota Florana. The Jota Folrana was danced to the Ilocano/Yogad bamboo musical instrument ensemble called tallelet. Dance anthropologist Ramon Obusan said that the Jota Florana was danced to accompany a bereaved family to the burial of a loved one. The high pitched clicking of the bamboo clickers are supposed to represent melancholy wails. The slow portion of the dance is in fact named patay (death) or desmayo (fainting) that is performed to a very slow marcha funebre. The same dance figure is found in another Ilocano dance, the Ti Liday (which in Ilocano means ‘sorrow’ or grief-stricken’)

The Jota Moncadeña similar to other Filipinized versions of the Spanish jota is literally mixe-up in flavor. The dance combines Spanish and Ilocano dance steps and music.

[CaitlinAssumptaGerardo]

hi i'm from maasin city and im in the 3 grade and this song was presented when it was our collage day in sjc bring back so much memories

[loudeguzman]

Napakasarap panoorin ang mga mga sayawang bahagi ng ating makulay na kultura at sadyang sariling atin.

[sherylcomeda]

La Jota Moncadena Ang Galing Naman Ito

[jorllima]

Preciosa fusión, alma española y belleza filipina.

[jcv.privado]

Una grata sorpresa por esta demostración de folclore hispano filipino a las puertas del santo español San Ramón Nonato
Saludos desde España.

[clarencebattulayan]

Wow beautiful folk dance and wonderful dance 🥰🥰🥰

[mylesgarcia]

Danced in front of St. Raymond Nonnatus Church -- which is the setting of the hit BBC show, CALL THE MIDWIFE!!

[danieldelfin]

The hard thing about this dance is using castanets without garter and I remember I kept on falling it while dancing until I learned the technique! Used this dance in a competition when I was in high school around 2007! 🇵🇭

[mar_csbu]

Que gente tan hermosa bailando la fusión de España y Filipinas de una manera tan elegante 😍

[rebeccamatro]

Brings back memories. Sinayaw ko ito! Thank you for posting. ❤️

[fetrumpo]

Dana manatili Ang mga kulturang ito. Maraming salamat da video.

[luisbenas]

354 +1added from ur subscribers wwow I love folk dance here's my full of support see u around fully watched still watching 2022

[LeahSanJose-oy]

Hi sir, Permission to use this video.thanks

[kuysyel]

By the way sir, do you have same quality of music for Pandanguiado Buraweño?

[mahalkita]

Sayaw nming nong highschool days..nkk miss

[Toni-zweq]

Saben los filipinos que esta musica y baile son de herencia española?

[eltoribio]

Thanks for sharing! Moncada was and ( I hope it still is) the cultural center of Tarlac.

[jhonlloydpidlaoan]

Hello po pwede po bah humingi ng dance literature po ng La jota Moncadena

[dorizganabol]

Permission to use some clips here po for our video presentation po in school. Thank you po 🙏💕

[theadventureofnujram]

The average folk dance from the Philipines