...Music of the Maranao KOLINTANG The popular kolintang (gong melody) is played in different instrumental combinations, but the Maguindanao ensemble is said to have the most developed melodic permutation. The ensemble is composed of a set of eight gongs of graduated sizes arranged in a row (kolintang), a suspended gong with a thin sound (babendir), a drum (debakan), one or two suspended gongs (agong), and a pair of gongs with narrow rims (gandingan). The kolintang is a counterpart of the Malaysian or Indonesian gamelan, except that it is an ensemble strictly of percussion instruments. No wind or string instrument is played to accompany it. The principal eight-gong series (kolintang) is used to play a variety of meaningful compositions; the other gongs and the drum follow its beat. n Maranao the musical or poetical compositions played on the kolintang usually have dual meanings: literal and "cultural." Here are some examples: | KaseladengPalagoy kaseladeng Ka kerarab a kalasan. | DeerRun, run away, deer For the forest is burning. | TAGONGKO and KAPANIRONG Besides the kolintang, other musical ensembles popular among the Maranao are the tagongko and the kapanirong. Tagongko is parade or entourage music played by male musicians dressed in their festive fineries. It is outdoor music, while kolintang is indoor music. The instrumental ensemble consists of a number of medium-sized gongs called mamalala; a number of small, high pitched, and shallow gongs called pong; one...
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...1 (This paper was presented during the SEACSN Conference 2004: “Issues and Challenges for Peace and Conflict Resolution in Southeast Asia”, at Shangri-La Hotel, Penang, Malaysia on 12-15 January 2004) Muslim Minority in the Philippines By Abhoud Syed M. Lingga Executive Director, Institute of Bangsamoro Studies How the Muslims as a minority situate themselves within the Philippine national community is the subject of discussion in this paper. A look into their views on their relations with the national community is helpful in understanding the conflict in Mindanao for this is the impetus in their assertion for their right to self-determination. Minority Communities We find minority communities within the borders of many countries today. These minority communities can be classified broadly into three major categories (Che Man 1990:1). The minority migrant populations are in the first category. During the colonial period, workers were recruited from other colonies to work in plantations, mining and other industries. In recent years, migration of peoples who are induced by pull factors like economic opportunities and liberal policies of countries of destination and the push factors in their own countries like violent conflicts, lack of economic opportunities and repressive government policies are observable. The migrant populations have no attachment to any portion of the territory of the host country. Their concerns are the acceptability by and equal rights with the dominant majority...
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...Sunday of January Butuan City- A colorful street dancing competition in honor of Sr. Sto. Niño participated in by different religious organizations and other Sectors/groups. .First Official and Formal Hoisting of Philippine Flag in Mindanao January 17-Butuan City- A re-enactment of the Phil. Flag Official Hoisting in Mindanao done in Butuan City by Wenceslao Gonzales, Governor of Surigao under the Aguinaldo Regime. .Musikainan Festival-January 29 City of Cabadbaran .A festival of food and music that features local artists and native delicacies of Cabadbaran. A celebration of the creation of Caraga as an administrative Region. Among the activities are the motorcade, fashion show, photo exhibit, TRECON (Tourism Related Extablishment Convention), etc. .First Mass Anniversary Celebration March 31-Butuan City- A commemoration of Magellan’s landing and planting of the cross on March 31, 1521 at Mazau, butuan, signifying the celebration of the 1st Easter Mass in the Philippine soil. 2nd Siargao Invitational Game Fishing Tournament-April 17-19 Pilar, Siargao Island-Surigao del Norte .Renowned anglers from all over the world converge to join the biggest ever game-fishing in the country. This game-fishing tournament is the first ever in Mindanao. .4th Surigao del Norte National Flatland Skimboarding Challenge April 18-20-Tranquility Bay, Municipality of Bacuag, Surigao del Norte .A yearly competition on Flatland Skimboarding with participants from all over the country. .Balangay...
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...describe from another term called Hallyu, this is a Korean pronunciation of Korean Wave which is defined by Korean Tourism Organization (2004) as the recent cultural phenomenon of South Korean pop culture sweeping throughout the world (Kim & Ryoo, 2007). Korean Wave (Hallyu) mainly consists of television dramas, film, pop music, movie stars animation and comics including mobile content like cell phones and iPods, video or computer games, as well as the latest fashion, food, home appliances and cosmetics, assertively expanding to things like dance, sculpture, painting, cuisine, plastic surgery, tourism and language (http://jakartapost.com/). In this study I'm just going to focus on the Korean Wave effect in Filipino Youth's preference in music, television dramas and in their taste of fashion. The youths are the one who are most influenced by the Korean Wave and one of those are the Filipino Youth. The new generation today is different and they are easily captured to the things around them. These youths are exposed to the different kinds and genres of music, television dramas and also in their taste of fashion. Now and then, the taste of music, movies and fashion has been changed, improved and made more exciting in the eyes of the Filipino Youth. Everywhere you will go, in schools, malls, stores, while riding a jeepney and even to recreational places such as parks and also to tourist places, you can see the effects of Korean Wave in the Filipino especially to the Filipino...
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...------------------------------------------------- Philippine History/Before The Coming of Spanish Colonialists < Philippine History Before the coming of Spanish colonizers, the people of the Philippine archipelago had already attained a semicommunal and semislave social system in many parts and also a feudal system in certain parts, especially in Mindanao and Sulu, where such a feudal faith as Islam had already taken roots. The Aetas had the lowest form of social organization, which was primitive communal. ------------------------------------------------- The Society[edit] The barangay was the typical community in the whole archipelago. It was the basic political and economic unit independent of similar others. Each embraced a few hundreds of people and a small territory. Each was headed by a chieftain called the rajah or datu. Social Structure[edit] The social structure comprised a petty nobility, the ruling class which had started to accumulate land that it owned privately or administered in the name of the clan or community. * Maharlika: an intermediate class of freemen called the Maharlika who had enough land for their livelihood or who rendered special service to the rulers and who did not have to work in the fields. * Timawa: the ruled classes that included the timawa, the serfs who shared the crops with the petty nobility. * Alipin: and also the slaves and semislaves who worked without having any definite share in the harvest. There were two kinds...
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...Music of Mindanao Music of Islamic Filipino Islamic Cultural Groups • Badjao – Sulu • Ilanun –Sulu, Tawi Tawi • Jama Mapun – Sulu • Maguindanao – Maguindanao, Cotabato, SK • Maranao – Lanao, Bukidnon • Samal – Sulu • Tausug – Sulu • Yakan – Basilan Characteristic of Islamic Music • Melisma Singing • Song Phrases • Narrow Singing • Fluid Singing • Tremolo • Strained Voice • Nasal Enunciationuciation Vocal Music Life Cycle • Langan Bata Bata – Lullabye of Tausug. • Tarasul – Tausug song of advice to wedded couple. • Dekir – death song of Maranao. • Dekil – Maguindanao dirge in vigil. Religious Chants • Salathul Juma – Friday prayer chant • Tarawe – chant during the Ramadan Folk Epic • Rajah Indarapatra – Maguindanao • Darangen – Maranao Music of Non-Islam Filipino Non-Islam Cultural Groups • Bagobo – Davao Gulf and davao region • Bilaan – Davao Gulf • Kalagan – Davao Gulf • Mandaya – Davao Region • Mansaka – Davao region • Manobo – Bukidnon, Agusan del Sur, Cotabato • Matigsalug – Bukidnon • Subanon – Zamboanga peninsula • Tiruray – SOCCSARGEN Region • T’boli – South Cotabato Vocal Music Life Cycle • Bua – Lullabye of Subanon • Uyug – Uyug – Lullabye of Mansaka • Yadadang – Lullabye of Bilaan • Manambay – Chant on circumscision ritual of Subanon • Kambong – love incantation of Manobo • Sinda-ay – Wedding Chant...
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...in Popular Music:1 Prof. Francis Amora Music of the Philippines: Traditional music:Main article: Filipino folk music Philippine gong music can be divided into two types: the flat gong commonly known as gangsa and played by the groups in the Cordillera region of the bossed gongs played among the Islam and animist groups in the Southern Philippines. Kulintang refers to a racked gong chime instrument played in the southern islands of the Philippines, along with its varied accompanying ensembles. Different groups have different ways of playing the kulintang. Two major groups seem to stand-out in kulintang music. These are the Maguindanaon and the Maranaw. The kulintang instrument itself could be traced to either the introduction of gongs to Southeast Asia from China from before the 10th century CE, or more likely, to the introduction of bossed gong chimes from Java in the 15th century. Nevertheless the kulintang ensemble is the most advanced form of music from before the late 16th century and the legacy of hispanization in the Philippine archipelago. The tradition of kulintang ensemble music itself is a regional one, predating the establishing of borders between the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. It transcends religion, with animist and Christian ethnic groups in Borneo, Flores and Sulawesi playing kulintangan; and Muslim groups playing the same genre of music in Mindanao, Palawan and the Sulu archipelago. It is distantly related to the Gamelan music orchestras of...
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...the subsistence level economy and are generally in the mountains and who practice the slash and burn agriculture. Further she qualified that the term Manobo is very derogatory for it connotes to be backward, uncivilized, ignorant, boisterous, unwashed, unkept, rough and lawless. Hence, she opined that the use of the term must be used with discreetness, tact and prudence. The term can also mean a slave (magdul) or a person destined to do all the menial jobs in the house and farm. According to Elkins (1977) the Manobo belongs to the original stock of proto-Philippines or proto-Austronesian people who came from South China thousands of years ago. He later coined the term Manobo to designate the stock of aboriginal non-negeritoid people of Mindanao. They mostly inhabit the hinterlands of Bukidnon specifically on the boundaries of Agusan, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Davao and Misamis Oriental (NCIP,2003). The Western Manobos are in the Southwestern part of Bukidnon in Mulita, Kalilangan and Pangantucan. These people speak a quaint language with Marawi influence which cannot be understood by other ethnic groups in Bukidnon. Marriage is traditionally by parental arrangement, which begins when each of the two families chooses a spokesperson, preferably a datu or bai, who is known for eloquence and knowledge of custom law. Marriage is an alliance system in which reciprocity and mutual obligation between the groom's and bride's kinship groups are expected. It is, therefore, a means of maintaining...
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...the subsistence level economy and are generally in the mountains and who practice the slash and burn agriculture. Further she qualified that the term Manobo is very derogatory for it connotes to be backward, uncivilized, ignorant, boisterous, unwashed, unkept, rough and lawless. Hence, she opined that the use of the term must be used with discreetness, tact and prudence. The term can also mean a slave (magdul) or a person destined to do all the menial jobs in the house and farm. According to Elkins (1977) the Manobo belongs to the original stock of proto-Philippines or proto-Austronesian people who came from South China thousands of years ago. He later coined the term Manobo to designate the stock of aboriginal non-negeritoid people of Mindanao. They mostly inhabit the hinterlands of Bukidnon specifically on the boundaries of Agusan, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Davao and Misamis Oriental (NCIP,2003). The Western Manobos are in the Southwestern part of Bukidnon in Mulita, Kalilangan and Pangantucan. These people speak a quaint language with Marawi influence which cannot be understood by other ethnic groups in Bukidnon. Marriage is traditionally by parental arrangement, which begins when each of the two families chooses a spokesperson, preferably a datu or bai, who is known for eloquence and knowledge of custom law. Marriage is an alliance system in which reciprocity and mutual obligation between the groom's and bride's kinship groups are expected. It is, therefore, a means of maintaining...
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... Recommendation Reference I. Background of the Tribe “Manobo” or “Manuvu” means “person” or people”, it may also have been originally “Mansuba” from man (person or people) and “Suba” or “river”, hence meaning “river people”. A third derivation is from “Banobo”, the name of the creek that presently flows to Pulangi River about 2 km below Cotabato City. A fourth is from “man” meaning “first,aboriginal” and tuvu” meaning “grow,growth”. “Manobo” is the hispanized formed. Oral tradition and records about the introduction of Islam into Mindanao give us a clue to the history of pre-Spanish Manobo. Their ancestors inhabited the lower valley of the Pulangi River in central Mindanao. In the 14th century, Sharif Kabungsuan, a muslim missionary, arrived from Johore, to convert the people. According to oral tradition, the Manobo's leaders were two brothers: Tabunaway and Mumalu. They lived by a creek, Banobo, which flowed into the Mindanao River near the present site of Cotabato City. Tabunaway rejected Islam but advised his younger brother to submit to conversion. Tabunaway and his followers fled up the...
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...Three centuries under Spanish rule followed by 50 years of American influence has made the Philippines an Asian country unlike any other. Through a thick layer of Spain and America, we can glimpse the Filipino soul trying to express its unique, cultural identity through creativity. Through music and dance: Usually a celebration of the earth’s bounty, ready to dance in the streets to tribal drum rhythms. Or simply marvel at elaborate floats blooming with the season’s harvest and the town folk’s crafty work. From masquerades to mud fests, pilgrim processions to pageant parties, the island-style parties are open to everyone. Through art: It can be seen in the handicraft, design, fashion. Spot it in the churches or the parks. It can be loud like the jeepneys or as clean as the embroidery. Through food: the distinct cuisine came from the comfort food that reminds Filipinos of family, home, and simple joys. Its many-layered flavors are expressed differently from kitchen to kitchen. Take the national dish, adobo. It has as many recipes as we have islands. But we all share it. With islands so diverse, Philippine culture is a buffet or fun and festivity. Wherever we go, we will be welcomed by people as warm as summer and that is the Filipino culture First, is that the Philippines is not an ethnically homogeneous country. There are some 170 languages spoken here and some cultures are very regionals such as the Ifugao art and handicraft. Second, the country was a colony for more than...
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...Phil Theater Arts In many forms, theater was and still an effective medium to promote social awareness, as a means of entertainment and a liberal way to express one’s opinion. Most places in the Philippines have their own town fiestas flaunted with festivities and shows. During holy week, people stage the cenaculo- a theatrical presentation of the passion of Christ, and the moro-moro or comedia that relates to Christian and Muslim conflict. Some towns perform zarzuela, a Philippine version of Spanish light operetta, others present their poetic debate called duplo and karagatans. Another theatre form, the carillo, a shadow drama is usually shown after harvest. Cavite has Sanghiyang, Batangas has Subli and Laguna presents their Turumba and Pasyon. These traditional plays exemplify the union of folk religion and Catholicism. On the first Sunday of January, Marinduque present its Three Kings’ Pageant and during the Lenten season, the same town performs its famous Moriones Festival. In the streets of Baliwag, Bulacan and Kawit, Cavite, Panunuluyan is staged on Christmas eve- a re-enactment of Mary and Joseph’s struggling search for shelter for the birth of Christ. http://www.camperspoint.com/spip.php?article249 Philippines Dula: Musing on Philippine Theater and Drama “Scene 1, Act 1. Lights focus on center stage. Enter actor from corner left of the stage.” People involved in theater arts know this as typical stage lingo. Whether you are talking about Shakespeare, Shaw...
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...for radio and TV RADIO * Origin of Broadcasting * Development of USA was adopted also in the Philippines. PERSONALITIES INVOLVED IN THE ORIGIN OF BROADCASTING Lee de Forest * Father of radio * Invented the vacuum tube on 1906, after 10 years it was perfected. * First to cover the Presidential Election David Sarnoff * a Russian immigrant * wireless operator * first to work together with the electronic companies in the U.S [Westinghouse, GE, AT&T] * Created the RCA (Radio Corporation of America) lead by David Sarnoff. * established the NBC (National Broadcasting Company) Frank Conrad * First to prove Sarnoff's convention that people will listen to radio. * Started to broadcast music in 1919, Pittsburgh. * Stimulated the sales of radio and leads the Three Companies to develop sets. * Westinghouse opened a radio station called KDKA on Nov. 2, 1920 KDKA * first fully licensed commercial broadcasting in the USA Early 1920's * KDKA was first introduced in the Philippines. * We had the first radio station in the Philippines called KZIB. But was closed due to financial reasons and they don’t have the technical ability. KZIB * Isaac Beck-first to invest * 20 watts Broadcast Call Letters * KZIB * KDKA * DYRC * DYAB * DYHP 1920 * KDKA was introduced in the Philippines (Manila) * KZIB (20 watts owned by Isaac Beck) 1924 * KZKZ was established, with 100...
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...A Critique on a play “Ranaw: Isang Alamat” By: Dale Faith V. Pitogo Ranaw: Isang alamat, is a play performed by the Integrated Performance Arts Guild (a group that is formed in the school of Mindanao State University: Iligan Institute of Technology, led by one of the faculty of the school Mrs. Maria Cicilia P. Tangian ), last Thursday at the mini theatre in the school premises of MSU-IIT. The performance featured the province of Lanao, and the mahiwagang sandata currently in the possession of a prominent family in Iligan .Their choice of story is good since it coincides the upcoming fiesta of this City. The play itself was a complete satisfactory show, it takes control on the audiences’ emotions, the story was delivered to us by narration, it entails a spectacular visual effects, and the music created by the instruments perfectly fits to the story and also contains different types of genres (action, romance, comedy, fantasy etc.). I was truly captivated by the sudden entrance of some characters behind our back. The expressions in their faces can truly persuade us that everything that happened before us was true and not just an act, I can see no mistakes of the expressions by the main characters. Their choice of characters was brilliant, everyone acts the way they should be. I give my compliments to the mahiwagang mga kagamitan as they talk, since the voices was really like enchanted, I could say...
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...adapted pieces from many plays and films, including Hairspray. Contemporary On SYTYCD, the term Contemporary has been used to describe several similar forms of classical dance, including Lyrical, Modern and Contemporary. It’s a mixture of Modern Dance and Classical Ballet. This style allows for a lot creative freedom, as the show’s famed choreographers, like Mia Michaels and Travis Wall, have shown. Modern Modern dance is a dance style that rejects many of the strict rules of classical ballet, focusing instead on the expression of inner feelings. Modern dance was created as a rebellion against classical ballet, emphasizing creativity in choreography and performance. Hip Hop Hip-hop is a dance style, usually danced to hip-hop music, that evolved from the hip-hop culture. Hip-hop includes various moves such as breaking, popping, locking and krumping, and even house dance are also forms of hip hip, which originated in the 1970s.. Improvisation and personal interpretation are essential to...
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