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Join the HIMIG AT WIKA: AGOS NG BUHAY Translation Contest! Can you translate using these Filipino Languages – Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon/llonggo, Bicolano, Waray, Kapampangan, and Pangasinan? Himig At Wika: Agos ng Buhay Translation Contest – Terms and Conditions 1. Contestants must agree to the terms and conditions of the Agos ng Buhay Translation Contest. By … Read more

The Kudyapi is a lute with eight frets and two strings – one is used for making the melody and one is for the drone. The instrument predominates in the northern groups in Mindanao – the Subanun, Maguindanaoan, Maranao, Higaonon, and the Agusan Manobo. Among the Maguindanaoan, the 2-string kudyapi is played as solo instrument … Read more

Sludoy | Togo  The tube zither is a whole node of bamboo with six strings cut free from the body itself. Strings are lifted up with two small bamboo pegs for each string. In the region of Mindanao, it is known as sludoy among the T’boli people and togo among the Teduray people. It is … Read more

The Bandurria is a stringed musical instrument of the lute family that is pear-shaped with a rounded back, rounded sound hole with a short fretted neck. The principal instrument of the Philippine Rondalla Ensemble. You may want to read: Maligay Sludoy/Togo Kubing

Dabakan is a conical drum among the Maguindanaon and the Maranao. The Dabakan is a single-headed goblet-shaped drum with animal hide stretched on the top. Its skin may come from a goat, lizard, or snake. It is struck with two thin bamboo sticks that produce high-pitched sounds. Used by the Maranao and Maguindanao in their … Read more