1.
LESSON 2:
MUSIC OF
MINDORO

2.
ALL ABOUT MINDORO
Formerly called Mait
Named Mina de Oro
(Mine of Gold) by the
Spaniards
7th largest island in
the country

3.
ETHNOLINGUISTIC
GROUPS
Mangyan
- Is the collective term of
uncertain origin for the
different ethno linguistic
groups inhabiting the
highlands of Mindoro and
its foothills.

4.
MANGYAN GROUPS
Iraya or Pula
Alangan or
Tadianan
Tadyawan or
Balaban

5.
-are the mangyan
indigenous groups
inhabiting the
northern part of
the highlands.

6.
MANGYAN GROUPS
Hanunuo
Buhid
Tau-buhid or
Bangon or
Batangan

7.
-are the mangyan
indigenous groups
inhabiting the
southern part of
the highlands.

8.
Ratagnon or Latagnon or
Datagnon
Is the 7th
indigenous
group in Mindoro

9.
AMBAHAN
 Is a traditional poetic expression
of the Southern Mangyans of
Mindoro with a meter of 7 syllable
lines.
 It came from the word amba
meaning “invocation to the spirit.”
 Most often performed as a chant
without a determined tonality or
instrumental accompaniment

10.
AMBAHAN
They wrote and carved their
chants in bamboo laths using
any pointed and sharp objects.
Themes are: Birth, Childhood,
Adolescence, Courtship,
Work, Illness, Wedding,
Home, Problems, Adulthood
and Death

11.
AMBAHAN
Luka – is a portion
of the bamboo pole
where then
Mangyans carve or
engrave their
ambahans

12.
MANGYAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Chordophones-
stringed instruments
played either by
plucking, strumming
or bowing

13.
MANGYAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Gitara- a home
made guitar

14.
MANGYAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Gitgit- is a three stringed
indigenous violin with human
hair for strings

15.
MANGYAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Kudyapi- is a two stringed lute

16.
MANGYAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Kudlung- is a parallel-stringed
bamboo zither

17.
MANGYAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Aerophones-
instruments that
produce sound
when air is blown
through them

18.
MANGYAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Lantoy- is a transverse nose
flute

19.
MANGYAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Pituh- is a flute
that has finger
holes butb has
no thumb hole

20.
MANGYAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Bangsi- Is an external duct
flute

21.
MANGYAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Budyung- is a
bamboo
trumpet

22.
MANGYAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Palawta- is a
transverse flute

23.
MANGYAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Idiophones- pitched
instruments whose
sounds can be
produced by
shaking, striking or
rubbing

24.
MANGYAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Kalutang- is a pair of
percussion sticks

25.
MANGYAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Agung- is a set of gongs made
of bronze