Indigenous folk songs in Mindanao, Philippines are influenced by rituals and traditions and are performed in various contexts like weddings, courtship, and harvests. Vocal music of the Tausug people can be divided into narrative songs that tell stories and lyric songs that express ideas and feelings. Some common folk song types include lullabies, melancholic songs, and songs sung after work. Festivals in Mindanao celebrate the region's diverse cultures and harvests through music, dance, and activities showcasing local customs, including the Kaamulan Festival, Higalaay Festival, and Kadayawan Festival.

1. Philippine Folk Songs and Festivals
: Mindanao

2. Philippine Folk Songs
: Mindanao

3. Indigenous Philippine Folksongs are greatly
influenced by sacred rituals and practices.
Most Mindanao folk songs are sung in:
*wedding feast
*courtship songs
*war dance
*rice harvest

4. Kalangan or Tausug vocal music can be
divided into narrative and lyric songs,
and further into the lugu and the
paggabang traditions.

5. The luguh tradition denotes
unaccompanied religious songs, while
the paggabang tradition applies to
“more mundane” songs that are
accompanied by the gabbang and
biyula (Trimillos 1972).

6. Narrative songs tell a story and include
all the sung like the parang sabil. Lyric
songs express ideas and feelings and
consist of the langan batabata ,the
baat,the baat caallaw and pangantin,
the tarasul, the sindil ,the liangkit,and
the sangbay.

7.  Langan batabata are more
specifically lulla-bies. They have
a soft and relaxing melody:
Ex: Dundang ba Utu

8.  Baat and kalangan are the same,
the latter being the more
general term to refer to singing.
The baat taallaw have a
melancholic melody.
Ex: Tuwan ku Tuwan Nahoda

9. After a hard day’s work, the
farmers and the fishers sing
songs which have happy
melodies.
Ex. Manok-manok Iupad kaw

10. Baat pangantin are also known as
langan pangantin. With a soothing
melody, they are used to reassure a
bride and to console a friend.
Ex. Unu in hi langan

11. Sindil (sung verbal jousts) belong to
the gabbang tradition and are
performed by both sexes conducting
an extemporaneous battle of wits.
Teasing, jokes, and innuendos flow
into the verses, the better ones
applauded by the audience.

12. The lugu or sail tradition is associated
with religious rituals and rites of the
life cycle such as wed-dings, births,
paggunting, pagtammat, and funerals.
It is characterized by dahig or jugjug
(high vocal ten-sion).

13. The tempo is slow with long sustained
and stressed tones. Although usually
performed by women, the lugu can
also be sung by men.
Ex. Piyaganak

14. Ayaw Kang Magtangis - this song is
about a man requesting the woman to
stop crying because it also breaks his
heart. This song originated in
Mindanao specifically from the Tausug
people or the Sulu people.

15. Buyayang Buyayang is butuan folk
song. Buyayang buyayang folk song is
about a water strider that hardly
breaks the surface of the water as it
makes its way across it. this song is
about peace.

16. Festivals of : Mindanao

17. Kaamulan Festival “Kaamulan” is from the
Binukid word “amul” which means “to
gather”. It is a gathering of Bukidnon tribes
people for a purpose Kaamulan celebrates
the customs and traditions of the seven
tribal groups that originally inhabited the
Bukidnon region.

18. Higalaay Festival of Misamis Oriental ,
is a week-long festivity filled with a
series of colorful, culturally- rich and
fun-filled core events that culminate on
the 28th of August , the feast day of
the city's patron saint, St. Augustine.

19. Lanzones Festival of the town of
Mambajao in Camiguin Festival, an
annual event marked in the month of
October, is a four-day festival held to
celebrate bounty harvests of the
lanzones fruit.

20. Subayan Keg Subanon Festival of
Misamis Occidental a festivity marking
the feast of Nuestra Señora del Street
dancing which highlights the lifestyles
of the Subanons as depicted in songs,
dances, and other forms of simulated
social expression.

21. F’lomolok Festival in Polomolok the name
Polomolok was derived from the B’laan
term “FLOMLOK’ which means hunting
grounds. The people of Polomolok celebrate
this by showcasing the local products and a
mix of socio-cultural activities.

22. Bonok –Bonok Maradjao Karadjao
Festival celebrated on the occasion of
the feast of San Nicolas de Tolentino,
the Bonok Bonok shows the natives’
gratitude to their animistic gods for a
bountiful harvest and good health.

23. Tinalak Festival, is a festival held to
celebrate the anniversary of South
Cotabato. The festival’s unique name is
attributed to a popular piece of
colorful cloth woven by the local T’boli
women a tribe in the region.

24. Kadayawan Festival is derived from the
Mandaya word “madayaw,” meaning
treasured or valuable, as the locals use
this time to give thanks for the season’s
bountiful harvest.

25. Zamboanga La Hermosa Festival or
popularly known as Fiesta Pilar a month-
long festival held each year in the city of
Zamboanga,. The Festival is being held in
honor of the miraculous image of Our Lady
of the Pillar (Spanish and Chavacano:
Nuestra Señora del Pilar), the patroness of
Zamboanga City

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