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Provinces Capital
Abra Bangued
Apayao Kabugao
Benguet La Trinidad
Ifugao Lagawe
Kalinga Tabuk City
Mountain Province Bontoc
CORDILLERA
It is the country's only land-locked
region. It has a mountainous
topography and dubbed as the
"Watershed Cradle of North
Luzon" as it hosts major rivers
that provide continuous water for
irrigation and energy for Northern
Luzon.
Characteristics of Music of Cordillera
1. Music is very much part of life and living
2. Have a rich variety of songs and music
performed on instruments
3. Often performed in groups, all members
of the community are welcome and
encouraged to join the singing, dancing
and playing of instruments
4. Their music is communal and
participatory
5. Songs are usually in unison of pentatonic
melodies
6. Music and other components of their culture
are transferred from generation to generation
through oral tradition.
Oral tradition is cultural material and
traditions transmitted orally from one
generation to another
- Oral may refer to speech communication as
opposed to writing
Important Activities Where Music is Utilized
1. Peace pacts
2. Healing rituals
3. Invocation of the gods
4. Rites of passage
5. Weddings and festivals
6. Other life cycle events such as birth, coming of
age, work, marriage and death
(http://sppcfreshmen20112012.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/traditional-
music-culture-from-north-the-cordillera-administrative-region-car/)
Vocal Music
Life Cycle Music
Birth to Childhood
Owiwi- lullabye of Kalinga that relate a childs life
Dagdagay- song of Kalinga that foretells the babys
future.
Oppiya- kalinga song, sung while cradling
Love, Courtship and Marriage
Chag-ay- an expression of secret love of Bontoc.
Oggayan- greeting and advice to newly weds of
Kalinga.
Death Rite Music
Didiyaw- song to a dead child of Bontoc
Sangsangit- a dirge of Isneg.
Entertainment Song
Hudhud- epic song of Ifugao, a leader chorus style.
Alim- leader chorus style of music of Ifugao where
to groups of singers reply to 2 make leaders.
Dang Dang-ay- Kalinga entertainment song
Hudhud- chanted epic poetry
consisting of poems about heroism,
honor, love and revenge. It is a long
tale sung during special occasions. This
particular long tale is sung during
harvest. A favorite topic of the hudhud
is a folk hero named Aliguyon, a brave
warrior.
Hudhud Chants of the Ifugao
The hudhud is recited and chanted among the Ifugao people - known for their rice terraces
- during the sowing and harvesting of rice, funeral wakes and other rituals. Estimated to
have originated before the 7th century, the hudhud - comprised of some 40 episodes -
often take three or four days to recite. The language of the chants, almost impossible to
transcribe, is full of repetitions, synonyms, figurative terms and metaphors. Performed in a
leader/chorus style, the reciter - often an elderly woman - occupies a key position in
society. There is only one tune, common to the entire region, for all of the verses. Very few
written examples of hudhud exist.
Threats: The conversion of the Ifugao to Catholicism weakened their traditional culture.
The hudhud was linked to the manual harvesting of rice which is now mechanized. It has
been replaced at funeral wakes by television and radio. Although the rice terraces are
inscribed on the World Heritage List, the number of cultivators continues to decrease. The
few people who know all the poems are very old, and young people are not interested in
this tradition.
Hudhud hi Aliguyon
( Ifugao )