Mindanao (Music)

• Mindanao - reflects the natural and spiritual life of the various people in the area: Lumad, Christian, Muslim Filipinos.

  ● Many forms show the creative expressions used to express the emotions, events, and word view.

  ● It is regarded as one with the richest artistic and technical excellence
• 2 Types of Song:

  Religious Chants - are sung during the Friday noon service; the celebration of the Molud or Mawlid; the Puwasa or Ramadan, and the periodic commemoration of the dead.

  Secular Songs - include love songs, legend chants, and lullabies.
• Lugu - This is a chant done by women which is used in reading Qur’an and other books used in Islam.
• Kalangan - These songs are used to serenade his/her loved ones.
• Sa-il/Lunsey - It is an important chant sung by the wifeto-be during the ceremony that talks about married life.
• Dikker - These are sacred songs highlighted by quotations from Qur’an.
• Bayok-Maranao wedding - It is traditionally performed during wedding rites, wherein singers are extemporizing allusions and double meanings as they vie with each other.
• Ya-ya - It is a song of the Yakans to put the baby to sleep, sung in soft soothing manner.
• Dekir/Dekil - It is a song of lamentations from the death of a loved one.
• Tarawe - It is derived from an Arabic word which means rest and relax. It is a night prayer chant during the Ramadan
• Salathul Juma - It is a congregational Friday prayer chant Muslims are required to take a bath, dress in their best clean clothes, wear perfume and assemble in the mosque for Friday Prayer
• Melismatic – There are many tones in one syllable.