MUSIC OF MINDORO

• Mindoro is the home of indegenous people called as the mangya
• Among the many groups of mangyans in mindoro, the hanunuo-mangyans are the most prominent of them because of their poetic song called ambahan
• Ambahan is a tradition rhythmic poetry written on bamboo tubes
• Ambahan is composed of SEVEN SYLLABLES in a line that is chanted with undetermined pitch and accompanied by musical instruments
• Ambahan is written to express ideas or feelings in a creative and expressive manner
• Ambahan expresses to celebrate one's life like courtship home, marriage, old age, or even death
• Gitgit - 3 to 4 stringed fiddle with a bow using human's hair
• Batiwtiw - 40-cm bamboo instrument played by striking the end split with a hand
• Kudlong - is a bamboo zither with parallel strings
• Lantoy - nose flute
• Agung - a bossed bronzed gong