"Cariñosa (IPA: [ˌkariˈɲosa]) is a flirtatious Philippine group dance in the Maria Clara suite of Philippine folk dances ( http://home.netcom.com/~ntamayo/mariaclara.html ) where the fan or handkerchief plays an instrumental roll (sic: "role")
as it places the couple in a hard-to-get romance scenario. Despite popular belief, Cariñosa has always been the national dance
of the Philippines, whereas the Tinikling is just a worldwide favorite." ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cari%C3%B1osa )

Listen to the best version I could find of the "Cariñosa" song/music as sung by Asia's
"Queen of Song" Ms. Pilita Corales courtesy of youngchriis21's "You Tube" entry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdm74qZqurI&feature=related
(unfortunately the video - AND the choreography - is not as good!). :-)



Here is the same dance with the more appropriate Spanish-era type costumes.