WORKS

He has the creative memory, endurance, clarity of intellect and spiritual purpose that enable him to chant all through the night, for successive nights, countless tultul (epics), sudsungit (narratives), and tuturan (myths of origin and teachings of ancestors).”

Kulilal (lyrical poem)

Is a lyrical poem about passionate love sung to the accompaniment of a man playing the kusyapi (two-stringed lute) and a woman playing the pagang (bamboo zither).

Bagit (instrumental music depicting nature)

Is solely instrumental music that depicts the rhythms, movements, and natural sounds, such as birds, monkeys, snakes, insects chirping, leaves rustling, the elements, and so on.

Basal

The brisk stomping rhythm of the oung women's feet as they jump back and forth on the kolon banwa's wooden slatted floor, taro leaves for both hands at their sides