music

• moro and lumads, pioneer inhabitants
• elements and principles used in the arts of mindanao - bagobo , manobo, mandaya, lumad, t'boli
• bagobo - southeastern mindanao, metal artworks of the moros, weaponry , abaca cloth and basket
• manobo -live in many provinces , manuvu , elaborately dressed
• mandayas - southeastern mindanao , beautiful clothing decorations , dagmay cloth , dagum
• dagmay - brown and reddish in color , women's skirt
• dagum - cotton blouses for women
• lumad - strongly influenced by the malayo-Polynesian arts , provincial extensions
• t'boli - t'nalak ,long houses, 6ft stilts bamboo , " lake sebu "
• t'nalak - hand woven cloth , woven in order to celebrate and pay tribute to major life events
• Vocal music - oldest form of music , long phrases " melisma " , tremolo
• Chanting - making melodic sounds only using the voice
• Miminsad - chanted as people walked down the altar
• Darangen - to narrate a song
• Ulaging - recalls the adventure of the agya and his siblings
• Kulintang - considered as womens instrument, graceful and slow
• Gandingan - set of 4 hanging gongs
• Agung - one or two suspended gongs
• Dabakan - a single headed philippine drum
• Kubing - jews harp , bamboo instrument