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The musical Instruments of Igorot People

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The Musical Instruments of Igorot People       The Igorot people have a lot of Musical Instruments that they used. The following are some of them: 1. Gangsa           • It is single hand- held smooth surfaced gong with a narrow rim. A set of gangsa, which is played one per musician, consists of gangsa tuned to different notes, depending on regional or local cultural preferences. The number of gangsa in a set varies with availability, and depends on the traditional of a particular ethnic group of the Luzon Cordillera: Kalinga, Ifugao, Bontoc and ect. Among the Kalinga people in the Cordillera region of Luzon Island, the gangsa is played in two ways: I. Toppaya          • The "toppaya' style is when the musicians play the surface of the gangsa with their hand while in a sitting position, with a single gangsa resting on the lap of each musician. II. Pattung            • In the "pattung" style , a gangsa is suspended from t
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Dialects used by Igorots

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Some Dialects Used by Igorots              Igorots have different dialects they used  but in this blog I will show some of them, such as  Ibaloi , Kankanaey , Kalanguya  and karao. I. Ibaloi       • A member of the Northern Luzon Branch of the Philippine Languange Family. It is spoken mainly in Southern Benguet Province and Western Nueva Vizcaya Province in the Cagayan Valley and Cordillera Administrative Regions of Luzon in the Philippines. Ibaloi is also known as Benguet-Igorot, Ibadoy, Ivadoy, Ibaloy, Igodor, or Nabaloi. It is closely related to Pangasinan. Examples:    1. Nonta eg pay laeng epalsowa iya dobong, wara ngo eshan i kadwa nen Apo Shiyos, jet sotan na kadwa toy engipa- amta alid ja dobong ni maypangkep son Apoh Shiyos. Jet si-kato met laeng si Apoh Shiyos. 2 . Mapteng nga agsapa 3.Mapteng nga mamah'shem 4 . Mapteng nga edavi 5.Tuwa'y edapo-an mo? Translation: 1. In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was
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Cultures and Traditions of Igorot

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 Some of the Cultures and Traditions of Igorot       Here are some cultures and traditions of Igorot that is being forgotten by the generation right now. The generation we have today focuses on the technology like gadgets and forgotten where we came from.  1 . Kalon        •  It is a type of arrangement, if a young man wants to marry a young woman, he would go to the village of elders (usually, the grandparents who have raised their own families and have a good standing and are being respected in the community) who in turn will tell the young man and his parents on what they need to prepared; usually, a chicken and a liter of tapey( homemade rice wine). Also they schedule a day on which they would accompany the young man to the house of the parents of the young woman. When the day comes, the elders, his parents will go to the house of the young woman with the chicken anf a liter of tapey. In the past, physical appearance doesn't matter instead the qualification if he ca
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10 uncommonly used word by filipino

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    Nowadays,most of us acknowledge the foreign language rather than our own language. We forget our own and continuously acknowledging the foreign language.We never developed our own instead we choose to developed the other language which is not the thing we should do.  Here are the 10 uncommonly used word by the filipino: 1. ECLIPSE - DUYOG         DEFINITION : An occasion when the sun looks                        like it is completely or partially covered                        with dark circle because the moon is                            between the sun and the earth.         EXAMPLE IN SENTENCE:                   ✓ Marami ang namamangha sa duyog . 2.WINDOW - DURUNGAWAN           DEFINITION : An opening especially in the wall                     of a building for admission of light and air                   that is usually closed by casements or                           sashes containing transparent material                         and capable of being op
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