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Tinikling is a traditional Philippine dance which originated during the Spanish colonial era. The dance involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance.istory [edit]. The name tinikling is a reference to birds locally known as tikling, which can be any of a number of rail species; the term tinikling literally means tikling-like..
Considered as one of the oldest dances from the Philippines, this dance was originated in the islands of Leyte in the Visayan Islands. People of Leyte describe the tikling bird as one of the most unique in its movements - walking around and between the tree branches and some grass stems. This bird was named tikling from which the Tinikling dance got its name. Because of the creativeness of the people, they imitate this bird by using bamboo poles.