The Maguindanao kulintang ensemble, called basalen or palabunibuniyan is the traditional gong chime ensemble of the Maguindanao. Other forms of the kulintang ensembles are played in parts of Southeast Asia especially in the eastern parts of Maritime Southeast Asia — southern Philippines, eastern Indonesia, eastern Malaysia, Brunei and Timor. There are mainly five instruments on the ensemble: Kulintang, agung, gandingan, babendil and dabakan.
Etymology
History
Four types in chronological order:
Inetog: kulintang before sultanate period (1380)
Inantang: kulintang form during the Spanish and American periods
Inubad: white or semi-black horizontal kulintang during Japanese period
Galang: bronze inubad from late Japanese period
Instrumentation
Compositions
Kadtinengka (exhibitions)
Sindil (allegory)
Bayok (lyrical poem)
Performance
See also
References
- Amin, Mohammad (2005). "A Comparison of Music of the Philippines and Sulawesi". Sulawesi. Retrieved February 22, 2007.
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