Performing Music From Mindanao With Own Accompaniment

It is a gong-based ensemble which is used by the Maguindanao and Maranao of western Mindanao, the Tausug, the Yakan, the Sama-Badjao of the Sulu Archipelago.

• Kulintangan

• Kulintang Ensemble

• Tahunggo

• Agung

It is a large, deep-rimmed gong, vertically suspended, and hanged in wooden frames

• Agung

• Lugu

• Bayok

• Sa-il/Lunsey

Bamboo is also considered among early Filipinos as a spiritual connection from our physical world to the _______.

• Instrument

• Kulintang

• Music

• Spiritual

It is a guitar-like made of bamboo, cut before one nod and after next.

• Serongagandi

• Kudyapi

• Suling

• Gong

It is a two-string plucked lute instrument made of wood which resembles an elongated guitar usually having two strings

• Gong

• Kudyapi

• Suling

• Serongagandi

It is made mainly of “tamiang” bamboo, a long, thin-walled bamboo tube.

• Suling

• Serongagandi

• Gong

• Kudyapi

It is a native xylophone in Sulu, a bamboo keyboard on, top constructed out of wood.

• Agung

• Kulintang Ensemble

• Gabbang

• Ensemble

It is a collective term for groups of indigenous people from Mindanao, which means “native.”

• Bagobo

• Lumad

• Migrants/Christians

• Yakal

The instrument of the ensemble is highly valued priceless heirloom that can command a high price as dowries.

• Agung

• Bamboo

• Kulintang

• Gabbang

___________________ have very rich in folk songs that they use in their everyday lives.

• Lumads

• Muslim

• Christians

• Bagobo