Kulintang ensemble, Philippines, 1966

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Description: This was taken by anthropologist Robert Garfias in the village of Nuling, Cotabato, Mindanao island in 1966. Its a video of Muslim Maguindanaon women playing Kulintang, which is an ancient gong-drum ensemble music of the southern Philippines that was once widespread throughout the islands during the Spanish arrival in the mid-1500s according to descriptions made in the 16th century Boxer Codex. This piece is in the Duyog style. Kulintang is distantly related to Gamelan of Java and Bali, and is considered one of the oldest genres among various Southeast Asian gong drum ensembles. Instruments: KULINTANG: 8 piece gong rack. carries the main melody GANDINGAN: four slightly larger "talking gongs" AGUNG: Bass gong. DABAKAN: goblet shaped beaten drum
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goldforever ::: Favorites ausam! 07-08-22 05:01:43 __________________________________________________
banggoy ::: Favorites awesome! the beauty of indigenous philippine culture, bastardized by Spanish and American colonizers. 07-08-22 04:37:54 __________________________________________________
langiti ::: Favorites facinated 07-08-21 06:17:54 __________________________________________________
calmclam123 ::: Favorites how mellow and calm these souls are 07-07-28 01:06:56 __________________________________________________
a4l4 ::: Favorites Ya, they are playing the binalig! Thank you for posting this video. 07-07-25 04:39:01 __________________________________________________
danniboi07 ::: Favorites First thing I also noticed was how relaxed the players were. Especially the dabakan (drum) and the kulintang players. Music was simply hypnotic. Sounds like Binalig but the agong rhythm sounds different. 07-07-11 16:04:44 __________________________________________________
danniboi07 ::: Favorites Is this Binalig? Sounds like it but the agong rhythm is different. 07-07-11 16:03:15 __________________________________________________
danniboi07 ::: Favorites First thing I also noticed was how relaxed the players were. Especially the dabakan (drum) and the kulintang players. Music was simply hypnotic. I can listen to this all day long. 07-07-11 16:00:02 __________________________________________________
itsmelaurice ::: Favorites she play really relaxed the technique is in her wrist and fingers, am talking about the kulintang player, i noticed that all the players in this ensemble was very relaxed, very cool..And its amazing how they communicate by using the instruments.. 07-07-11 07:29:03 __________________________________________________
kuela ::: Favorites that was freaking awesome. 07-07-11 01:00:42 __________________________________________________