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CANAO
- cañao refers to a socio-religious ritual in the mountain regions of northern Luzon. This ancient
celebration is called such by the Kankanaey people and other tribes in Cordillera area.
Agung
-The last instruments of the ensemble are the agung (or agong). These are two very large gongs
that provide the bass register to the ensemble.
Palangay dance
-“Fingernail dance” is the sobriquet given to a South East Asian dance known as Pangalay. This
“traditional” dance is said to have originated from Sulu islands located in the Philippines, and is
said to have been created by the Tausug people.
Manmanok dance
-Manmanok is a dance that dramatizes three roosters from the Bago Tribe who compete
against one another to be able to get the attention of a hen, Lady Lien. Tachok is a Kalinga
Festival Dance that is performed by unmarried Kalinga women who imitate the movement of
the flight of birds as they move through the air.
Banog-banog dance
-Binanog is a courtship dance that portrays and imitates the movement of a “banog” or hawk
while flying originated by the Panay Suludnun / Bukidnon / Tumandok.
Talip dance
-Talip is a dance from Carasi. It is usually performed by natives during fiestas, weddings, a
mourning of the dead, and ceremony after burial. It has been a powerful symbol of harmony
and admiration within diverse populations, likewise depicting the devout faith and spiritual
values of the people of Carasi, shared to the rest of the Ilokano community.
Bul-ul
-The Bul-ul or anito figures are such the product of their spirit-figure representation. Bul-ul is
believed to be a certain bagol . generic name of an Ifugao God, that marked as guardian spirits
of rice granaries, forests etc.
Hagabi
-The Ifugao are the most well known of the people who live in the mountain provinces of
Northern Luzon. Long ago their ancestors built the rice terraces. Covering many kilometers of
mountain sides, the terraces-when they were first seen by outsidersamazed the world. Not only
were they so carefully made, they were probably the best way to plant on steep mountain
sides.
Panolong-okir
-Okir refers to curvilinear design usually of vine and leaf patterns employed by the Muslims in
the southern part of the Philippines, particularly among the Maranaw.
Manunggul jar
- The Manunggul jar was one of the numerous jars found in a cave believed to be a burial site
(Manunggul, was part of the archaeologically significant Tabon Cave Complex in Lipuun Point,
Quezon, Palawan) that was discovered on March 1964 by Victor Decalan, Hans Kasten and
other volunteer workers from the United States Peace Corps. The Manunggul burial jar was
unique in all respects.
Banga
-The “Banga” (ba-nga), is a round or spherical jar made of clay, used for fetching water and
mostly adopted by the northern region of the Philippines. Kalinga women place a women and
coiled piece “jikon” that is made from a straw plant “ligis,” or they use a rolled cloth on their
heads for support while carrying the banga.
Tapayan
- In the early years, the burnay, locally known as tapayan or banga, was used for storage of
water, rice grains, basi (sugarcane wine) and condiments like salt and bagoong (fish paste).
Burnay jars are also used in the fermentation of vinegar that comes from the sweet sap of the
Arenga Pinnata, a sugar palm tree more commonly known as “kaong.”
Pis siyabit
-Pis siyabit is the Tausug handwoven square piece of cloth with intricate and varied geometric
designs. Many believe that the pis siyabit design is the Tausug version of the Hindu mandala.
Pis siyabit | @natmuseumwsm
Malong
-The malong is a large, wrap-around skirt traditionally used by the Maranao and Maguindanao.
It can be worn by men and women as formal wear and as a dress. The malong is traditionally
woven by women using a backstrap loom.
Tepo mat
-In the Philippine agriculture setting back in the day, the banig, or a mat, tended to assorted
tasks. Grains and husked coconut halves were dried on an enormous mat laid outdoors. Mats
were sewn into giant bags for transporting unhusked rice (palay), coffee beans, and sugar.
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