Collection of Daling daling dances

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4M52ag2C4E

 

 

I just realised how poor Malaysian journalism is.

They just read articles from Filipinoes that assume everything comes from Spain.

If you just understand the words in the song and the dance movements, let alone the music, they are far from any spanish influence.

In fact they are so similar to other Borneo natives. I noticed this when I start watching Mengiluk. I just realised how my late aunty, who was a dancer in her time, had described the latest dances as too hindustan. Mengiluk looks like Sumazau and other local tribes like the Longbawang as well. And Daling daling has some elements of Mengiluk but have added varieties to the dance movements.

It is just more commercialised and most probably influenced by Hindustan movies than any european influence.

Furthermore, don't they realise Daling daling is an English word which means Darling, my loved one. It is a love story.

It was actually invented in Sandakan, the largest British outpost in Borneo in those days, being the capital of Chartered Company that ruled over North Borneo.

And to say that they are from Mindanao is also completely wrong. All the Filipino tribes in Sabah do not come from Mindanao, but from Tawi tawi, the closest, and Sulu islands.

I realised this when I discovered that the Marawi rebels are of different tribes that I have never met in Sabah. All the tribes in Sabah identify themselves from Islands in Tawi tawi and Sulu islands, not Mindanao.

Although many Filipinoes have settled in Mandanao because of the large city of Zamboanga, but they do not necessaril originate from there. In fact, many also settled in Manila, because it is the capital of the Philippines.

Many of the dance songs are also recent songs which were created in Sabah by these recent Filipino migrants. In fact these songs and dances are not danced in the Phiippines. They are widely danced in Sabah only.

But recently I noticed that the Filipinoes have started to follow their relatives in Sabah, but the way they dance are so awkward.