Talk:Singkil

message: Singkil is from Hindu tradition?? I'm not so sure about that... what I do know is that Singkil narrates the story of a princess (the one bearing fans) and her lady-in-waiting (holding an umbrella) in haste during an earthquake created by jealous fairies. The crossed bamboos recall the movement of rocks, and the princess retains her composure throughout the earthquake. I have never heard of the story of Singkil as an interpretation of the Ramayana. From where was this taken, and what sources did that author use?
I know the story of Singkil from story books, grade school textbooks, and televised stories as a child. As much as I love the Ramayana, I can honestly say that nowhere besides Wikipedia have I encountered a Singkil story that says anything about Rama, Sita, or Ravana. The story of the Ramayana doesn't even fit the Singkil-- the article itself states that. That it was modified to agree with monotheistic Islamic ideology is an unfounded presumption, and was not even explained to any level in the article. 
Further, if it is indeed a reenactment of a scene in the Ramayana, there should be aspects in the dance that are distinctly Hindu. The word 'Singkil' was not even shown in the article to have anything to do with a Hindu term. 
Can anybody do some research on Indian arts and tell whether there are Hindu folkdances that reenact scenes from the Ramayana, and if any of these are sufficiently similar to Singkil? It would make sense that if Singkil or an idea of it was brought to Southern Philippines by the Hindus, the Hindus already had a "proto-Singkil" dance before it. Doctorqui 23:11, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Singkil is Hindu?

message: This article should compare and contrast Singkil with the similar dance form Tinikling. Pete unseth (talk) 14:48, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  compare with "Tinikling" 

message: I've noticed that Singkil is directly linked to Ramayana but the statements have no sources whatsoever. I advice everyone here to add trustworthy references to such statements or I'll edit them out in the future. Thanks in advance for the cooperation. Stricnina (talk) 22:26, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Stricnina, as I said on my talk page (I'm repeating this here for the benefit of all the others who seem to be wondering how this page can claim that the Darangen has roots in the Ramayana), it seems that the writer has conflated the Darangen with a different M'ranao epic, the Maharadia Lawana, which actually is the M'ranao version of the Ramayana.  I've created the Maharadia Lawana page and will now remove the Wikiproject:Hinduism box from this talk page. Did you want to do the needed edits to correct the actual page? I will in a while if you like, but I'm loaded with things to do, plus working on something else  at the moment. :D - Alternativity (talk) 01:25, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Update: To avoid further confusion, I simply removed the inaccurate information from the main space. I'll leave it up to you and everyone else to provide better-sourced details about the Darangen? - Alternativity (talk) 01:54, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

text: Hi Alternativity, you may perform the edits if you wish to (since you seem to have more experience on Wikipedia editing than I am xD), but rest assured that I'll gladly do them instead if you have no time for the edits. Stricnina (talk) 09:35, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Any statement that relates Singkil and Darangen to Ramayana needs to be referenced