Responsorial singing or leader-chores type - used in thanksgiving rituals
Peshit - on anniversary feasts or wedding
Du-udyeng or ta-tamiya - on ceremonies for the dead
Song debats or alternating response - this is done by male and female singers;the topics of the debate center or everyday life which are witty and humorous in nature
Epic songs - chanted at weddings,gathering, or at evening entertainment performances
Solo songs - performed unaccompied by onor or pabubayok in all kinds of accasions
life cycle - evenets depicted through songs such as lullabies,song related to birth,courtship,wedding rites,and lamentation for the dead
courtshipandmarriageceremonialsongs - love songs,like the Manobo courtship,songs sanyong-sanyong which are accompanied by saluray,kugot,o kitara
songs for the departed - songs for the dead
occupational songs - songs while farming,fishing,doing simple chores such as indowan which is to call people to plant rice in Mandaya
Songs for special rituals - performed for various purposes and important feasts