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Sulukan normally refers to mood setting songs by a puppeteer in Javanese wayang ("puppet") performances in Indonesia. The term can also refer to the pathetan pieces played before and after gamelan pieces in a non-wayang context, [ 1 ] and to mystical poetry relating to the doctrinal meaning of the term sulook .
The Suludnon, [2] also known as the Panay-Bukidnon, Pan-ayanon, or Tumandok, [3] are a Visayan group of people who reside in the Capiz-Antique-Iloilo mountainous area of Panay in the Visayan islands of the Philippines.
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The movement of the Javanese across Maritime Southeast Asia right up to the 20th century has also spread art form beyond its insular origin; this may come directly performed in areas where many Javanese settled such as western Selangor in Peninsular Malaysia, [11] or indirectly integrating local elements, such as the Wayang Kulit Kelantan ...
Traditional homelands of the Indigenous peoples of the Philippines Overview of the spread & overlap of languages spoken throughout the country as of March 2017. There are several opposing theories regarding the origins of ancient Filipinos, starting with the "Waves of Migration" hypothesis of H. Otley Beyer in 1948, which claimed that Filipinos were "Indonesians" and "Malays" who migrated to ...
The first half of the name Tausug derives from the Tausug word tau, meaning person. [18] The origin of the latter half of the name has been subject to debate. The term sūg is widely accepted to derive from the word meaning sea current, with the definition of the whole name supposedly meaning “people of the [sea] current”. [19]
The name is derived from the word soba or suba, a word common in Sulu, Visayas, and Mindanao, which means "river", and the suffix -nun or -non, which indicates a locality or place of origin. Accordingly, the name Subanon means "a person or people of the river". [9]
Old Tagalog word, meaning "to dig", referring to the digging for treasures in the area in its early history. [7] Bignay: Valenzuela: Named for the bignay tree. [9] Binondo: Manila: Spanish rendering of the old Tagalog name binundok, meaning mountainous or hilly. Buli: Muntinlupa: Named for the buri palm. Bungad: Quezon City: Filipino word for ...