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  2. Kulintang - Wikipedia

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    In the Philippines, it represents the highest form of gong music attained by Filipinos [16] and in North Maluku, it is said to have existed for centuries. [23] As ancient as this music is, there has never been substantial data recorded regarding the kulintang's origins. [5]

  3. Music of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines is known to have the first hip-hop music scene in Asia, emerging in the early 1980s, largely due to the country's historical connections with the United States where hip-hop originated. Rap music released in the Philippines has appeared in different languages such as Tagalog, Chavacano, Cebuano, Ilocano, and English.

  4. Manila sound - Wikipedia

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    Manila sound is styled as catchy and melodic, with smooth, lightly orchestrated, accessible folk/soft rock, sometimes fused with funk, light jazz and disco.However, broadly speaking, it includes quite a number of genres (e.g. pop, vocal music, soft rock, folk pop, disco, soul, Latin jazz, funk etc.), and should therefore be best regarded as a period in Philippine popular music rather than as a ...

  5. Agung - Wikipedia

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    The agung. The left gong is the pangandungan, used for basic beats.The right gong is the panentekan, which complements the pangandungan.. The agung is a large, heavy, wide-rimmed gong shaped like a kettle gong. of the agung produces a bass sound in the kulintang orchestra and weighs between 13 and 16 pounds, but it is possible to find agungs weigh as low as 5 pounds or as high as 20 or 30 ...

  6. Gandingan - Wikipedia

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    The gandingan is a Philippine set of four large, hanging gongs used by the Maguindanao as part of their kulintang ensemble.When integrated into the ensemble, it functions as a secondary melodic instrument after the main melodic instrument, the kulintang.

  7. Dance in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Their dances accompanies by chants, songs and instruments like the kulintang, gong, gabbang and haglong, as well as a variety of drums show their zest for life. Some rituals are used as religious expressions to honor the spirits and ask for blessings in each facet of life, such as birth, illness, planting, harvest or even death.

  8. Stars Who Got Their Start on the Gong Show - AOL

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    Where Stars Are Born. In its original incarnation, “The Gong Show” was brought to us by Chuck Barris Productions and ran from 1976 to 1980. While you could technically call it a talent show ...

  9. Francisca Reyes-Aquino - Wikipedia

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    Order of National Artists of the Philippines Francisca Reyes-Aquino (March 9, 1899 – November 21, 1983) was a Filipino folk dancer and academic noted for her research on Philippine folk dance. She is a recipient of the Republic Award of Merit and the Ramon Magsaysay Award and is a designated National Artist of the Philippines for Dance.