MASINO INTARAY (+ 2013)

Musician and Storyteller

Pala’wan
Brookes Point, Palawan
1993

Masino Intaray was a Filipino

poet, bard artist, and musician
who is a Palawan native
known for his performance

of
the local traditions of basal,
kulilal and bagit

The kulilal is a highly lyrical poem expressing passionate

love sang with the accompaniment of the kudyapi (two-
stringed lute), played by a man, and pagang (bamboo
zither), played by a woman.
The bagit, also played on the kudyapi, is strictly
instrumental music depicting the rhythms, movements
and sounds of nature, birds, monkeys, snakes, chirping of
insects, rustling of leaves, the elements and the like.

The said lyrical poems are his most famous,

versatile art performances that is true to
his Palawan indigenous roots which reflect
nature at its purest state through sounds,
rhythms and sometimes, with lyrics. After
all, he is a prolific and pre-eminent epic
chanter and story teller.

An outstanding master of the basal, kulilal and bagit

is Masino, a gifted poet, bard artist, and musician
who was born near the head of the river in Makagwa
valley on the foothill of Mantalingayan mountain.
Masino is not only well-versed in the instruments
and traditions of the basal, kulilal and bagit but also
plays the aroding (mouth harp) and babarak (ring
flute) and above all is a prolific and pre-eminent
epic chanter and story teller.