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Kalinga

The document describes several traditional bamboo musical instruments used by various ethnic groups in the Philippines, including: The gangsa, a flat gong used in gatherings and celebrations in the Cordillera region. The tongali, a nose flute played by the Kalinga people of Northern Luzon. The tongatong, a bamboo stamping tube traditionally used in Kalinga healing rituals that is struck and its sound modified by the hands. The bungkaka, also known as a bamboo buzzer, is a percussion instrument made of bamboo that is played by striking and covering/uncovering a hole.

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Kalinga

The document describes several traditional bamboo musical instruments used by various ethnic groups in the Philippines, including: The gangsa, a flat gong used in gatherings and celebrations in the Cordillera region. The tongali, a nose flute played by the Kalinga people of Northern Luzon. The tongatong, a bamboo stamping tube traditionally used in Kalinga healing rituals that is struck and its sound modified by the hands. The bungkaka, also known as a bamboo buzzer, is a percussion instrument made of bamboo that is played by striking and covering/uncovering a hole.

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GANGSA (FLAT GONG)

The gangsa is a percussion instrument used in the Cordillera region


during gatherings, celebrations, and even rituals. In one sense, it is
used to call everyone's attention and to celebrate people's
camaraderie and oneness of the people in one place.
TONGALI (Bamboo nose flute)

The tongali is a nose flute used by the Kalinga in Northern Luzon.


Sounds are produced by blowing through a hole with one nostril and
covering a combination of finger holes. This split-reed bamboo flute has
three holes for the fingers on top and one at the bottom.
TONGATONG (Bamboo Stamping Tube)

Traditionally, the tongatong is used by the people of Kalinga to


communicate with spirits, particularly as part of healing rituals.
The bamboo tube is held in one hand, the closed end at the bottom,
and struck against the ground or a hard surface. The palm of the other
hand partly opens or closes the open end, changing the timber.
Comprising six tubes in all, each is played by one of six players.
BUNGKAKA (Bamboo Buzzer)

A bungkaka, also known as the bamboo buzzer is a percussion


instrument (idiophone) made out of bamboo.
The player makes music by striking the instrument against the palm of
the hand and covering and uncovering a small hole on the bottom half
of the bamboo tube. This is played alone or in a group, mainly for
entertainment. This is also played while walking on forest trails in
order to drive away unwanted spirits.
SAGGEYPO (Bamboo Panpipes)

The Diwas compensates by grouping pipes of graduated lengths


together. The player shifts from one pipe to another to produce
sounds with varying pitches. In Kalinga, these individual pipes are
known as saggeypo, which is why the Diwas is sometimes called
saggeypo.
KOLITONG (Polychordal Bamboo Tube Zither)

It is a bamboo polychordal tube zither from Kalinga, Philippines with six


strings that run parallel to its tube body. The strings are numbered
from one to six, from lowest to highest pitch. The body may be a whole
tube or a half tube. The strings of the instrument are played mainly by
plucking using the player's fingers. Two strings on the frontal side are
plucked by the thumbs of both hands and four strings on the dorsal side
are plucked by the middle and index fingers.
PATANGGUK (Bamboo quill-shaped tube)

A bamboo tube with an inner lode right about the size of a pen or a
quill, used as an indigenous music instrument. This instrument is played
by hitting bamboo on a small piece of wood while covering and
uncovering the hole with the thumb.
PATETEG (Bamboo leg xylophone)

A Kalinga leg xylophone ensemble instrument. The group of bamboo


blades is meant to sound like a xylophone and is played by striking
the blades with bamboo sticks.
PALDONG (Bamboo lip-valley flute)

The paldong is a traditional lip-valley flute of the Kalinga tribes in the


Philippines. The upper edge is cut away obliquely from the backside,
and then cut away slightly from the frontside.
ULIBAW (Bamboo jaw's harp)

Ulibaw. In the Cordillera region, a bamboo jaw harp of Kalinga is found


among the Maguindanaon and other non-Muslim tribes. Ulibaw is also
known as kubing. They are mostly constructed of bamboo, but some are
also made of metal.

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