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• • Pala Buni Bunyan Maguindanao ensemble consisted of five instruments the kulintang, agung, gandingan, dabakan and babendil/ babandir
• Ensemble - small groups of instrument played simultaneously.
• . Sinda-ay-wedding chant sung before inviting the grooms party to enter the brides house
• Balow - song for a dead husband of Matigsalug
• . Iring Iring - Manobo song sung on wakes
• Ulag Ing - lament song of Manobo
• Salathul Juma - Friday prayer chant
• Tarawe - chant during the Ramadan Folk Epic Rajah
• Indarapatra - Maguindanao
• . Darangen - Maranao
• Langan Bata Bata - Lullabye of Tausug
• Tarasul - Tausug song of advice to wedded couple
• Dekir - death song of Maranao
• Dekil - Maguindanao dirge in vigil
• Lumad is a Visayan word for "NATIVE" or "INDIGENOUS" It refers to the non-Christian and non-Muslim ethnic groups of Mindanao.
• The miminsad is a dance song and is also chanted as people walk before the altar. The wedding feast is another celebration where music plays an important role. Most of the Muslim groups play music using small and large kettledrums as their accompaniment to dancing.
• Darangen is an epic song which includes a wealth of knowledge about the Maranao people living in the Lake Lanao region of Mindanao. The elders refer to the time-honored text in the administration of customary law meaning: to narrate a song in the Maranao language. It is infrequently performed because of the present lifestyle of the people of Mindanao.
• Ulaging is the most important type of vocal music. It recalls the adventure of the main hero Agyu and his brother and sisters. This is sung at nighttime for at least some hours, in some cases up to several nights.
• Okir - Okir or okkil is the term for geometric and flowing designs (often based on an elaborate leaf and vine pattern) and folk motifs that can be usually found in Maranao and Muslim-influenced artwork, especially in the southern Philippines, and in some parts of Southeast Asia.
• Maranao Okir designs (Okir or Ukkil in Tausug) means “carved”. They implement primarily decorative patterns of floral and animal forms in houseboats, grave markers, on beams of houses, and objects like the kulintang holders, kudyapi, kampilan (sword), and pairaan, malong, and bamboo flutes.
• Sarimanok - The Sarimanok is a legendary bird of Maranao people who originate Mindanao, a major island in the Philippines. It comes from the words “sari” and “manok”. “Sari” means cloth or garment, which is generally of assorted colors. Manok means “chicken”.
• Torogan - The Torogan is a traditional residence of the reigning Sultan of the Maranaw people and his family. It is where the community traditionally gathers for wedding, thanksgiving rites, enthronement, and vigils for the dead. Torogan is no ordinary home especially to a regular Maranaw family because it was a symbol of high social status.
• Panolong - Is a wing like design of a vernacular house in Maranao called Torogan. These are ends of the floor beams that projects and splay out like triangular butterfly wings on the façade and side elevations.
• Vinta - The vinta (locally known as lepa-lepa or sakayan) is a traditional boat from the Philippine island of Mindanao. The boats are made by Sama-Bajau and Moros living in the Sulu Archipelago, Zamboanga peninsula, and southern Mindanao. It has a sail with assorted vertical colors that represents the colorful culture and history of the Muslim
• Panolong - Is a wing like design of a vernacular house in Maranao called Torogan. These are ends of the floor beams that projects and splay out like triangular butterfly wings on the façade and side elevations.
• Indigenous

  -relating to the earliest known inhabitants of a place that was colonized by a now-dominant group
• Ethnic

  -relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
• Traditional

  -Customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior (such as a religious practice or a social custom)
• Dinagyang

  -This festival celebration is one of the biggest festivities held every January in Iloilo City

  -The famous religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City
• Sinunulog

  -Sinulog Means graceful dance

  -Sinulog (Santo Niño Festival) an annual cultural and religious festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City
•  Ati-Atihan

  -Ati-Atihan meaning is “to be like Aetas”

  -“Viva Pit Señor!” This shout of joy is what can be heard in the Ati-atihan festivity in Kalibo Aklan
• Kaamulan

  -One of the most authentic ethnic festivities in the country

  -Kaamulan is gathering for a purpose a datuship ritual, a wedding ceremony, a thanksgiving festival during harvest time, a peace pact, or all of these together.

  -This fiesta is a celebration of the culture and tradition of the 7 tribal ethnic groups who are the original inhabitants in the Province of Bukidnon.
• Babavian

  -It is a unique celebration that depicts the rituals and ceremonies performed by Babaylans
• Babaylan

  (Shaman) specialized in communicating, appeasing, or hamessing the spirits of the dead and the spirits of nature