Bayanihan dance troupe wins in South Korea festival

Ina Feleo (center), soloist of the Philippines' Bayanihan Dance Group, shows off her best female performer award at the Cheonan World Dance Festival.

Bayanihan, the national dance company of the Philippines, on Monday won over 100 other participants in this year’s Cheonan World Dance Festival in South Korea. The best female performer award went to Bayanihan’s solist, Ina Feleo.

The festival is held annually in Cheonan, in Chungcheong province, in celebration of Korea’s traditional dances, songs and costumes.

Included in the Cheonan World Dance Festival program were street parades, local dance contests, dance classes, dance parties, Korean traditional dances and plays – with the international traditional dance contest highlighting the whole event.

Feleo, a daughter of film director Laurice Guillen and the late Johnny Delgado, is also a stage and film actress.

South Korea is divided into eight provinces, one special autonomous province , six metropolitan cities , and one special city.