POKPOK ALIMPAKO Pokookalinpaka pak! Pound our hands: impakopiko maliiago isi daling Dali will run daonsiBoroboro Boro-boro is not around bk kasaciea Open that hand under the other oikpok alimpako! Pound your hands! okpok Alimpako ig a piece based on 2 motif of a Maranao (Southern Philippines) melody and the words of Muslin childrens chant. The Maranao language i spoken by the Marana, pple, one ofthe Targest Islami groupe in the Philippines, ving in the southern part of Mindanao, the Philippines cecond largest island: "The text comes from a childres's circle game in'which the children make fists and place Uni liernately ae on top ofthe other, The tape fist makes a pruning ration onthe other ts a the fame is pleved, Then the lowermost fis released sts are opened one a a ie, plas up andthe wate Frayed agats. Still na circle, the children sing another verse ofchant and bring thelr hands upward with & Jerky movement as they ruffle one another’ hase ‘The interlocking rhythms are characteristic of a compositional practice found in music of the Kulintang, a traditional Filipino ensemble consisting of seven or eight knobbed gongs which enter one at a time in special rhythmic patterns to create a layered sound similar to that found in the Indonesian gamelan. 2. cx 08.176 Francisco F, Feliciano 81.2 AL = mp Des ong dung mung dung ning dang mong A = 7 a Dung nung dung mun dung nung dung_nong apf, f « mung T : 7 Dung mung dung mung ung ng dung meng Dung nung dung nang dung nung dung nung mp~ mf - B Dung nung dung mang dong nung dung nung Dung nung dungnung dung» mung ong)_nung 7 poco cresc. mp S12 Pok-pok a-lim-pa - ko ok! lim-pako-picko ma a lalimpako-pi - ko Al = oe 7. 7. 7. Dung Tung dang Mang dung ning dung Rene Dung Tang dung Ming ng ning dng mag Az = dong mong tung nung dung ning Dang ng ung nung dong mung dung mang T == Dung mung dung nung ng mang dang mung | Dang nung dong mane ng oungdung non e : Dung none tang nung dong nang dung mung Dung nung ung mong ung. nung dung. nung (© 2002 by earthsongs