MUSIC OF PALAWAN

• Palawan is one of the tourist attractions in the Philippines. Not only it is known for its famous beaches and caves, but it is also known for its indigenous communities.
• Most of these tribes believe in spirits and deities (divine status) and they are known to be peaceful people as they live with nature. These communities include the: • CUYUNONS, MOLBOGS & AGUTAYNONS (Northern part) • BATAKS (Northeastern part) • TAGBANUAS (Central part) • TAU’T BATUS (Southern part)
• VOCAL MUSIC: The different indigenous communities in Palawan have various songs for every event in their lives.
• Kulial - a lyrical love poem that is accompanied by the kusyapi
• Tutul – a chant about epic herous usually done at night
• Sandaw – one well-known song of the Cuyunons, sung to sooth a child with promises
• Bactal – song used for funeral celebration, it is chanted from Tagbanua’s tribe.
• Tarinting – is a white, long-legged bird found in the seashore during low tide.
• INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC: Most of the musical instruments in Palawan are made from materials which are found in their environment such as bamboo, wood and strings.
• Kusyapi – a two-stringed lute. One string creates the drone while the other plays the melody.
• Basal – this is a gong ensemble which means a set of one or two big gongs also known as agung, and two small-ringed gongs known as sanang.
• Agung – a large brass bossed gong
• Pagang – it is also known as bamboo zither. It is played by plucking the strings and the slit allows the sound to vibrate.
• Suling – a banded flute. It is a long tube bamboo made which has a very thin surface
• Tipano – a small banded lip-valley notch flute. Smaller than the suling