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This dance is also called "Panderetas de Amor". Panderetas means "tambourines" in Spanish. This dance portrays a heavy Spanish influence. Of the two available versions of this dance, this one is more Hispanic in execution. The dance is from Manila.

Bayanihan researches in the early 1950s discovered this dance in the capital city and has been included in their Maria Clara Suite since then. The second version of the Panderetas is the Yuletide folk dance from Tanza, Ilo-ilo called "Las Panderetas". The music used in the later is a typical Visayan "daygon" similar to the pastores musics used in the pastores traditions in Bikol, Cebu, Leyte and Samar.

Ay dong lamat nalingaw kog tan-aw sa sayaw.

I can dance this to my heart's content.

The moves are similar if not almost identical to the Spanish Rancho version.

The moves requires one to have previous experience in Cha-Cha or Tango.

Another something interesting (an extra tidbit),

When this dance was performed in the mid to late 19th century, there were no records of Filipino men wearing such a pointed hat.

The addition of such a hat was for more exotic visual and flair.

In the realistic historical version, Filipino men wore a black vest over the Barong, and instead of the pointed hat, wore top hats.

But yes, this song is So very Hispanic.

It reminds us of the lost face of The Philippines. Hispanismo verdad!