My third article in Manila Times
Friday, August 28, 2009
The Tagbanua rhythms
By Bryan Lazaro
To ensure that their traditional songs, dances, and rituals will continue to live on in their children, the Cabigaan Tribal Council of Cabigaan, Aborlan, Palawan, spearheaded a School of Living Traditions (SLT) project in their village in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
The Cabigaan SLT focused on the teaching of traditional Tagbanua musical instruments, songs and dances to the young children in the village through cultural masters Rosalinda Nangnang, Gloria Imag, and Dalupe Masudlot and Tribal Chieftain Virgilio Nangnang.
Through the SLT, the students learned to play various traditional melodies like the sagayon, suriano, sarungkay (welcome music), taming, mangalay and tugatak (pagdidiwata) using their indigenous musical instruments: the gimbal (drum), babandil (small gongs), and agung (wide-rimmed gong).
The students also learned dance rituals performed by a babaylan: tarek, a dance ritual accompanied by tambol; lages, and suriano. They also learned the sarungkay, a traditional dance performed by men. Other dances included in the curriculum were the taming, a war dance; abat-abatan, a courtship dance; pagtugda, a planting dance, and kumayeg, a harvest dance.
The students were also taught ritual songs, among them the oyman (jolly song), amendaken sikunan and bawokay (courtship songs) and dagoy (a song that stresses the importance of the transfer of heritage from one generation to another).
Scattered in mainland and island municipalities across Palawan, the Tagbanuas (people from the inland areas) are considered by some to be the oldest among all the minority groups in the country’s biggest province. The Tagbanuas are rich in social gathering and rituals, of which their songs and dances play a central part.
Here's the link: The Tagbanua Rhythms
The Tagbanua rhythms
By Bryan Lazaro
To ensure that their traditional songs, dances, and rituals will continue to live on in their children, the Cabigaan Tribal Council of Cabigaan, Aborlan, Palawan, spearheaded a School of Living Traditions (SLT) project in their village in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
The Cabigaan SLT focused on the teaching of traditional Tagbanua musical instruments, songs and dances to the young children in the village through cultural masters Rosalinda Nangnang, Gloria Imag, and Dalupe Masudlot and Tribal Chieftain Virgilio Nangnang.
Through the SLT, the students learned to play various traditional melodies like the sagayon, suriano, sarungkay (welcome music), taming, mangalay and tugatak (pagdidiwata) using their indigenous musical instruments: the gimbal (drum), babandil (small gongs), and agung (wide-rimmed gong).
The students also learned dance rituals performed by a babaylan: tarek, a dance ritual accompanied by tambol; lages, and suriano. They also learned the sarungkay, a traditional dance performed by men. Other dances included in the curriculum were the taming, a war dance; abat-abatan, a courtship dance; pagtugda, a planting dance, and kumayeg, a harvest dance.
The students were also taught ritual songs, among them the oyman (jolly song), amendaken sikunan and bawokay (courtship songs) and dagoy (a song that stresses the importance of the transfer of heritage from one generation to another).
Scattered in mainland and island municipalities across Palawan, the Tagbanuas (people from the inland areas) are considered by some to be the oldest among all the minority groups in the country’s biggest province. The Tagbanuas are rich in social gathering and rituals, of which their songs and dances play a central part.
Here's the link: The Tagbanua Rhythms
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