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Kudlong

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The Kudlong is a two-stringed lute that is boat-shaped with wooden tightening rods and frets made of beeswax. One string plays a drone and the other string plays a melody. The body is also carved to represent a mythical animal with two heads of either the naga (or serpent) or crocodile or the sarimanok. Kudlong … Read more

Gangsa

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Gangsa is a flat gong that is played in an ensemble of two or more gongs of varying sizes. In Kalinga, that gangsa is played in a group of six. Each player strikes the surface of the gong with a beater (pattung style) or with their bare palms (topayya style) in an interlocking way manners … Read more

Tambi

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Tambi This instrument is a whole node of bamboo. It has two strings cut free from the bamboo itself with rattan rings at the end to support it. The strings are lifted by small bamboo pegs A piece of bamboo or platform is placed in the middle to connect both strings. A hole is bore … Read more

Bodegon

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Bodegon As we celebrate Filipino Food Month, the National Museum of the Philippines features one of the earliest paintings by a Filipina artist to be included in the National Fine Arts Collection. Completed in 1912, and registered as a public collection in 1949, Celedonia Ongpin’s Bodegon was done when she was 16 years old—quite a … Read more

Bultung

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Bultung The traditional sports and games of the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) are not just regular games for them but it’s their way of life. One perfect example is the Ifugao’s bultung or wrestling. Bultung is a traditional way of practice by IPs from Ifugao to settle land boundary disputes. The activity is in partnership with … Read more