3. The lyrics focus on everyday life of the common folk and serve as stories of the people. For this reason, music varies from region to region.
4. Kulintang is a music style popular in the Southern regions of the Philippines and serves as the music of the Maguindanao, Maranao, Tausug, and other indigenous groups. This style of music is based on gong instruments, with the main instruments for the Maguindanao and Maranao being the kulintang, the agung, the gandingan, the dabakan, and the babendil. Kulintang music is used primarily for entertainment and hospitality and is commonly played during special ceremonies such as weddings and healing ceremonies.
5. The Maguindanao use music as a form of communication, utilizing the gandingan to send messages such as danger warnings as well as messages to lovers.
6. The Tausug implement other instruments in their music such as xylophones and violins. They also add vocals known as sindils that use teasing, jokes, and innuendos in the verses and are usually used at festive events such as weddings.kulintang agung gandigan
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8. In the Northern regions, music is commonly accompanied by dance and drums. The music style is polyphonic and utilizes interlocking repeated patterns.
11. Idaw: This dance encompasses the hunting ritual performed prior to a tribal war. As in the ritual, the dancers are tribes men in search for the Idaw bird, which is thought to lead the tribe to victory. The costumes of the dancers also reflect the traditional clothing of the hunters. Minimal clothing was worn due to high temperatures and humidity in the Philippines.idaw
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13. Asik: This dance reflects the dance young girls would do in order to make up for a wrongdoing or to win the heart of her master. It is a dance that is performed wholeheartedly to encompass the girl’s dedication. It is performed by a single female wearing beads, make up, and a long head scarf.
15. Maglalatik: This dance encompasses the battle between the Moros and the Christians over coconut meat during the Spanish rule. It features men with coconut shells attached to their chests, backs, thighs, and hips, wearing either red or blue trousers to represent the Moros and the Christians. The dance demonstrates both the battle and reconciliation and the dancers use the coconut shells for rhythmic sounds.
17. Tinikling: This dance involves the use of bamboo poles that beat, tap, and slide on the ground and against each other. The dancers step over and in between the bamboo poles in dance as the sounds of the bamboo poles function as an instrument. As the dance progresses, the beats of the bamboo poles increase in speed and, consequently, so do the dancers’ movements and steps. This dance imitates the grace and speed of the skilled tikling bird dodging the bamboo traps set by rice farmers.asik maglalatik tinikling
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