Pangalay

[10] The original concept of the Pangalay is based on the pre-Islamic and Buddhist[11] concept of male and female celestial angels (Sanskrit: Vidhyadhari, Tausug: Biddadari) common as characters in other Southeast Asian dances.

[citation needed] Neighbouring Sama-Bajau peoples in the Philippines call this type of dance, Umaral or Igal, and they sometimes use bamboo castanets as substitutes for long fingernails.

[9] A variant of the dance called Pakiring is practiced by the people of Mindanao, Sulu and Sabah.

A song based on the dance became widely popular nationwide in the Philippines when it was released in 1998 by Filipino cover band Gaya Band under the title Dayang Dayang (literally "princess of the first degree") after the song's chorus.

But in 2024, the singer-songwriter of the original version was finally identified as Nur-Ainun Pangilan, known by her stage name Hainun and is a Sama Dilaut singer from the island municipality of Sitangkai in Tawi-Tawi.