The portal was promoted by Bencherlite 00:39, 26 January 2012 [1].
The National Dance Tinikling, the national dance, is considered the oldest of the Philippine folk dances. The dance, which comes from the countryside, takes its name and movements from the "tinikling" bird as it roams between grass steams, crushes tree branches and avoids traps set by rice farmers. Dancers skip gracefully back and forth while trying to avoid getting their feet caught by two bamboo poles.
There are many tall tales about the dance's origins. According to one story, Filipino farm workers who displeased their Spanish masters had their feet smashed by two bamboo poles. When the poles were apart, the workers would jump to avoid getting hurt. Thus, this dance was born.
Legacy ===Portal:History=== So this is my contribution to what came about the whole shebang about the leading portals being underdeveloped. This portal gets ~5k vistors daily (literally 50 times the usual amount), so it's definitely out there in terms of visibility. Anyway North below listed all of the randomized sections, so I will too, here they are:
A large variety, and I submit it for your consideration for the Featured sticker. ResMar 00:14, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Closing as promoted. Congratulations to all involved. BencherliteTalk 00:38, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]