Hanunoo the Philippines / Var: Hanunoo the Philippines / Various

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Hanunoo the Philippines / Various

Artist:

Various Artists

Label:

Folkways Records

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

093070446625

Genre:

International

Release Date:

2012-05-30

Number of Discs:

1

This album features music of the Hanunoo people who live in Mindoro, the seventh largest island in the Philippines. Hanunoo society relies heavily on agriculture, cloth weaving, and iron working. Music is used during these daily activities as well as during courtship and spiritual rituals. Hear the sounds of the gitgit (a three-stringed fiddle), kinaban (bamboo harp), and pahagut-style poetry.

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