Students put a modern spotlight on traditional Filipino folk dancing called tinikling

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A group of Georgia Tech students went viral when they performed the dance to a popular American rap song.

It's a traditional Filipino cultural dance where you dance across bamboo poles that slam together on beat — the trick is to not get your feet caught.Betina Siopongco — the founder and president of the Georgia Tech Filipino Student Association — says the club was formed a year ago to support Filipino-American students and celebrate their culture.

Not only did the dancing go viral — with more than 1.4 million views — but it also caught the eye of Lil Nas X, who even tweeted back support for the group. It's not clear exactly how Tinikling came about, but dancer and educator Gerald Casel has some ideas. "Once the kids start having some success with it, they'll start personalizing it a little bit," he said.

From California, to Louisiana, to New Jersey, students are dancing Tinikling. But it's important to know where it comes from too.

 

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