Aray is another Filipinized version of the famous Spanish Aragonese dance Jota. The name of the dance was derived from a final exclamation on the song that accompanies this dance. The lyrics of this song is in Chabacano Ermitense, a variant of Spanish that was spoken only in the Ermita district in the nineteenth century and is now nearly extinct. It is a flirtatious dance in which a pañuelo (triangular kerchief wrapped around the shoulder and tucked in front) and beribboned panderetas (jingled tambourines) are handled gracefully.

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