MUSIC

Music of Cordillera

Hudhud: A Living Heritage of Humanity

Hudhud – is an oral epic chanted by the Ifugao community which tells about wealth, bravery and beauty
of women.

Munhaw-e – the lead chanter of the hudhud

Cultural values of Hudhud

1. Beauty and wealth
2. Close family relationship
3. Valor
4. Influential reputation

Ulalim- Kalingas epic song

Cordillera songs

Children songs
-Children’s Hunting Song
- Dokdokadok
- Bitin, Bitin

Family song
-Kanta ta Ulila

Funeral Songs
- Dayco
- Baya-o

Love and Courtship Songs

- Day-eng
- Maseg-sng ka Maseg-ang
- Shi Asolan
- Alayen

Friendship and Conviviality

- Salidummay
- kungkungan
- Salidommay
- Dangdang- ay

Cordillera Musical Instruments

1. Tongatong- is an idiophone made of various lengths of bamboo.
2. Saggeypo – is an aerophone made of bamboo pipes in a row.
3. Bungkaka – is a bamboo buzzer.
4. Kubing- is also known as the bamboo jaw harp
5. Patteteg or patatag- is a bamboo leg xylophone that is struck with a long stick.

Cordilleran Musical Style

1. Gangsa tapayya- is a way of playing the gangsa or bronze gongs.
2. Gangsa palook- also called pattung, is a style of playing the gangsa.

Music of Mindoro

Musical instrument used by the Mangyans

A. Chordophones
1. Gitara- is a homemade guitar.
2. Gitgit – is a three- stringed indigenous violin with human hair for strings.
3. Kudyapi- is a two-stringed lute.
4. Kudlung- is a parallel- stringed bamboo tube zither.

B. Aerophones
1. Lantoy- is a transverse nose flute.
2. Pituh- is a flute that has finger holes but has no thumb hole.
3. Bangsi – is an external duct flute.
4. Budyung- is a bamboo trumpet.
5. Palawta- is a transverse flute.

C. Idiophone
1. Kalutang- is a pair of percussion sticks.
2. Buray dipay- is a bean-pod rattle.
3. Agung- is a set of gongs made of bronze.

Music of Palawan

Musical instruments of the Batak tribe.

1. Patigunggung – is a chordophone and is a parallel-stringed tube zither.
2. Kalag- is a membranophone with a dried animal skin stretched over a piece of hallowed wood struck
by a coiled rattan string.
3. Tipano- is a bamboo aerophone similar to a flute with six finger holes.
4. Sabagan- is an idiophone made of a softwood played by hitting it with sticks.
5. Lampung- is an idiophone similar to the sabagan, which is suspended from house beams.
6. Lantoy – us a nose flute with two holes.
7. Kodian- is an almost two-meter long instrument with two barks of fiber.
8. Budlong- is a chordophone similar to a guitar with two strings.

Musical instrument of Tau’t Bato

1. Pagang- is a zither made of bamboo with 13 strings.
2. Kudlong- is a guitar made of wood that has two stings only.
3. Suling- is an aerophone made of small bamboo with four holes.
4. Aruding- is a jaw harp made of small piece of bamboo placed near the mouth and blown to produce
sound.

Musical instrument of Cayunons

1. Palakupakan- sticks with bamboo clappers
2. Subing- is a jaw harp
3. Batungtung- is a slit drum made of bamboo.
4. Lantoy- is a nose flute.
5. Tipanu- is a transverse flute.

Folk songs of Visayas

Ballad or Narrative Songs

- Kumpusu ni Susing
- Kanta Sang Pagsulod Sang Hapon

Nature Songs
- Kukok
- Kuratsa

Friendship and Conviviality Songs

- Uhay Tagay
- Bilang Handuman
Work or Occupational Songs
- Kabus nga Mangingisda
- An Lab-asiro

Lullabies
- Ili, Ili Tulog Anay
- Tingkatulog
- Katurog na Entoy

Love and Courtship Songs

- Sang Dyutay Pa Ako
- Ang Gugma Sang Mga Tigulang
- Pinalangga Mo Ako

Religious Songs
- Adyus, Reyna sa Langit
- Tagbalay nga Dungganon
- Panaret
- Sa Belen

Family Songs
- Hira Nanay, Tatay
- Pinalangga Ko

Children songs
- Pakitong kitong
- Pitu- Pitu
- An mga Bulan

ARTS

Personal ornaments of MIMAROPA and Visayas

Traditional Costume and Attire

Mangyan- one of the biggest ethnic groups found in Mindoro.

Subgroups of Mangyan
- Alangan
- Bangon
- Buhid
- Hanunoo
- Iraya
- Ratagnon
- Tadyawan
- Taubuhid

Hanunoo Mangyan – largest of the Mangyan subgroups and is arguably the most well- known. They can
be easily recognizes because of their indigo- colored garments

Balukas- top shirt of Hanunoo- Mangyan.

Ramit- skirt of a women in Hanunoo.
Lambung- blouse of a women in Hanunoo.
Hagkos- rattan belt of Hanunoo.
Pakudos- design pattern of Hanunoo.

Visayas
Kimona- loose blouse with loose fitting sleeves.
Patadyong- wraparound skirt that is tied or rolled around the waist.
Hablon- the fabric used to made the patadyong.
Ilo-ilo – Textile capital of the Philippines

The word “Hablon” is derived from the Hilagaynon term “habol” which means “ to weave”.

Philippines – La Isla de los Pintados

Pintados- tattooed indigenous people in the Visayas.
Tacloban City, Leyte- Pintados Festival

Colonial Churches

Santo Niño Basilica- 2nd oldest church in the Philippines located in Cebu.
Baclayon Church- oldest Romantic Catholic Church in the Philippines. Known as the Immaculate
Conception of the Virgin Mary Parish Church. It was included in UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.
Dauis Churhc- It is known as Church of Our Lady of Assumptio located in Bohol.
Miag-ao Church – one of the UNESCO- recognized Baroque Churches in the Philippines. Formally known
as the Church of Saint Tomas de Villanueva.

Traditional Sculptures

Manunggul Jar- found in Palawan is one of the most important archaeological finds in the Philippines.

Santo Niño- one of the most popular religious icons in the Philippines. 1 st Christian statue brought in the
country by Magellan in 1521

Mariones Mask- one of the most eye-catching props used in a festival.

Basey Mat- woven mats, locally known as “banig” made of pandan leaves that are stripped, boiled, dyed
and woven.

Capiz Shell- Province of Capiz is known as Capiz shells or windowpane oyster.

Tingkop- product of Tagbanua in Palawan. It is a woven harvest basket.