Mum dancing at one of the hospital social evenings, the Filipina nurses were entertaining the staff and guests with some folk dances from home.
This dance is called the PANDANGGO SA ILAW – Dance of Lights.
I think it originated in Mindoro during the Spanish colonial era. Some say the candles were to mimic fireflies in the evening… others say it was to guide the fisherman home depending on which area you come from – mountains or sea.
Mum’s wearing her pink Mestiza/ Terno dress, it’s so beautiful
it’s covered in pearls.
Pearls of the NHS 