GEOGRAPHICAL AND

CULTURAL
BACKGROUND OF THE
MUSIC OF LUZON

Lesson 1
1. Where is the picture set? Can you describe the environment in the
picture?

2. When is the picture set?

3. What are the materials in the picture? Can you describe the
clothing, the instruments, and the house?
 Imagine a world without music. What if there were no music
being played in malls or markets?

 What if there is no background music to movies? What if there

is no music to liven parties and events? Life would be boring,
right?
THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOWLAND
LUZON
 Lowland Luzon refers to the plains in Central and
Southern Luzon. The National Capital Region,
 Region IV-A (CALABARZON), and a portion of Region
III (Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, and some
 parts of Zambales and Tarlac), are part of Lowland
Luzon.
 The Lowland Luzon is home to natural and man-made land and water
formations:
• the Taal volcano is encompassed by Laguna de Bay in Laguna.
• the Pasig river which connects the Laguna de Bay and the
Manila Bay.
• the Angat Dam in Bulacan which supplies the National Capital Region
(NCR or Metropolitan Manila) with water.
 The urban center of the Philippines, which is the National Capital
Region (NCR) is part of the lowland Luzon area. In NCR is the
capital city of the country, which is Manila, surrounded by modern,
industrial, and commercial areas.
 Lowlands in Luzon are areas which practice fishing and
agriculture as the primary source of living. Products found in this
area of Luzon are rice, kakanin, coffee, tea, smoked or dried
fish, and many more.
 The history of the Tagalog culture dates from the pre-
Hispanic era. The petroglyphs found in Angono, Rizal and
Laguna Copperplate which dates back to 1000 AD are
proofs of the ancient Tagalog settling.
 The term "Tagalog" is derived from the Filipino prefix "-taga" which means coming from
and "ilog" (river) or "alog" (the shallow portion in a stream). This means that the Tagalog
people are men of the rivers having built their culture (fishing and agriculture) beside
streams of waterways.
 During the Spanish colonial rule, Manila became an
established capital and the trading center of the country.
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