Taxonomy is something we usually learn in our Biology classes. Small animals, plants, fungus and all that has breath are sorted out according to their commonalities. It is with taxonomy that we came to know that we - human beings - are hmmm... distant relatives of apes, monkeys, gorillas, baboons, and yes, even the huggable tarsiers of Bohol, Leyte and Samar! Now look at yourself in a mirror and see for yourself whether taxonomy confirms it or not. Keep the answer to yourself, you only need to be honest with your finding. Taxonomy is such an appropriate term to borrow if the need to classify, group and arrange things according to their shared characteristics, arises. Philippine folk and traditional dances cover the far and wide and span colonial experiences. It gets constantly updated and breathed with new interpretations. Pervasive influences from near and far continues to reshape (or rather, re-choreograph) whatever is extant and vibrantly performed in many communities this da