What is Tultugan festival?

Tultugan Festival is the main tourist attraction of the municipality. It gives tribute to Panay’s rich culture. The festival features a competition between tribes wearing costumes with bamboo as dominant material and dancing to the beat of bamboo musical instruments.

How does Tultugan create sound?

Tultugan is a root word of tultug which has been defined as an action verbalizing the act of playing sound on bamboo. Usually this is rendered through a bamboo stick striking it against the body of the bamboo, thus becoming a rhythmic instrument called Tultugan.

What is Tultugan instrument?

Tultugan is an instrument equivalent to drums. This indigenous bamboo instrument has been found used centuries ago by our natives for communication. The instrument is played by striking the body of the bamboo with a stick to produce a rhythmic pattern.

What is the origin of Tultugan?

A festival dedicated principally to bamboo and its many uses, TULTUGAN FESTIVAL is celebrated every year end in the town of Maasin, Iloilo.

Where is Tultogan came from?

The word “tultugan” is actually an indigenous term for bamboo drum. The festival promotes the local bamboo industry, protecting their creativity and craftsmanship as to the different uses of the bamboo. Tribu Tultugan was the over-all champion in last years Dinagyang Festival’s Kasadyahan competition.

Where is Tultugan from?

What instrument is laud?

Laúd (Spanish: “lute”) is a plectrum-plucked chordophone from Spain, played also in diaspora countries such as Cuba and the Philippines….Laúd.

String instrument
Hornbostel–Sachs classification 321.321 and 321.322 (Necked bowl lute for roundback, necked box lute for flatback)
Related instruments

What is the origin of Kudyapi?

This instrument was made in Palawan, a group of islands forming the western part of the Visayan Archipeligo of the Philippines, in Southeast Asia. It is thought to have been about 50 years old at the time of donation so was possibly made between 1940-1950.

What have you learned about the music of Visayas region?

VISAYAS MUSIC Most Visayan songs or music are written in duple or triple meter with a simple melody that is easy to sing. One of the most popular musical styles in the Visayan region is the balitaw. The balitaw is a song-and-dance debate between a man and a woman that deals with topics about love and marriage.

What is Tulali?

End-blown flute of the Philippines. It is made of bagakay, a small variety of bamboo.

What is Pagang?

Musical instrument (pagang) made of part of a section of telang bamboo (bulu’ telang). Two strings cut out from the bmboo itself are held away from the body of the instrument with small pieces of bamboo; a hole between these strings is covered with another piece of bamboo, attached to them.

How many strings laud have?

12 strings
The laud instrument also features 12 strings in six double courses instead of the bandurria’s 10 strings. A popular instrument in Cuba, the Cuban laud typically has a shorter neck and may have 14 strings in seven double courses.