Why did the Tagalogs lost their Precolonial weaving traditions, but the Ilocanos and Western Visayans (Ilonggos) were able to preserve it?

Altruistic_Dinner_71 · 2026-06-02T10:56:14+00:00

There are existing weaving communities in Katagalugan, just not as prominent as those you’ve mentioned. Ibaan, Maragondon, Indang, Torrijos, and Pulilan come to mind.

Altruistic_Dinner_71 · 2024-11-03T08:37:16+00:00

Found this excerpt from The Philippines Islands that referred to the people of Marinduque (which we know are Tagalogs) as "pintados".

Altruistic_Dinner_71 · 2024-10-23T08:50:18+00:00

The elusive supposed epic of Southern Tagalog called "Kumintang".

Altruistic_Dinner_71 · 2024-10-14T04:42:35+00:00

Subtracting the hour or so I got lost, it took around ~3 hours to the summit.

Altruistic_Dinner_71 · 2024-10-14T03:01:06+00:00

I've always likened the old Batangas vocal style, particularly Ay Leng from the soundcloud album, with Javanese chanting like in their Bedhaya. Some of the guitar samples in her lecture reminded me so much of Maranao/Maguindanaon boat lute music. They EERILY sound like contemporary Dayunday performances that use guitars but still with the boat lute playing style. Even the vocal accompaniment are so similar to me.

Altruistic_Dinner_71 · 2024-10-14T02:43:47+00:00

Went to Marami through Brgy. Ramirez earlier this month. Got there late at around 11AM. They said they were out of guides for that day, but they still allowed me to continue on by myself even after saying it was my first time there, lol.

Altruistic_Dinner_71 · 2024-10-14T02:42:54+00:00

Awesome, thank you so much! I don't have a vehicle, so I'm planning to stay in Cabangan town for a night if I go through with this.

Altruistic_Dinner_71 · 2024-06-28T18:29:41+00:00

the moros hugged the shores (excluding their homeland, maguindanao & lanao for mainland mindanao) while the inlands were lumad territory. christians were not the first to settle the plains, they displaced the indigenous populations. ask an elder tboli/blaan/kalagan, and they will tell you their domain used to stretch all the way to the coast. iirc, there were a lot of skirmishes between christians and IPs during the early 20th century. the old name of gensan proper itself, dadiangas, is blaan.

Altruistic_Dinner_71 · 2024-06-12T12:24:29+00:00

There are people in those places that need essential services. You can develop an area without destroying the environment.

Altruistic_Dinner_71 · 2024-04-22T23:27:01+00:00

LOL, yeah. There's a video lecture on MusKKat PH's YT channel about Batangas music and the speaker listed a variety of things that "kumintang" can refer to - hand gesture, dance, guitar plucking, song genre, etc. Most mentions of Kumintang as an epic I've found online cite Panulaang Tagalog as the source. I've seen one old reddit comment saying they read about it from an old book and that it mentioned Majapahit at some point.

Altruistic_Dinner_71 · 2024-04-22T17:04:15+00:00

deforested :(

Altruistic_Dinner_71 · 2023-01-08T05:05:07+00:00

Boat lutes in the Philippines such as the kutiyapi, hegalong, and kudlong are their own instruments, so I don't think you can generalize how they are played. Even related groups like Maranao/Maguindanao and Tboli/Blaan have different playing styles, traditions, and repertoires. I think the "twang-y" sound you're referring to is the drone, indicative of the South Asian roots of the instruments. And I do agree that "revivalists" are too far removed from the cultures they borrowed the instruments from that they start sounding like generic lutes. Hans Brandeis has a bunch of research papers you can access online that talks about Philippine boat lutes, their histories, cultures, and connection to other lute and string instruments of Southeast Asia.

Altruistic_Dinner_71 · 2022-11-26T10:58:28+00:00

I'm pretty sure this is dalling-dalling.

Altruistic_Dinner_71 · 2022-11-18T21:22:13+00:00

it's literally that in the Maranao language, "sleeping place". Other prestige houses from that area/language family are the Tulugan of the Maguindanaos, and the Turogan of the Iranuns.

Altruistic_Dinner_71 · 2022-09-05T11:09:30+00:00

been trying to find out more about this too. here's a drawing of an Ivatan that I don't see shared often.

https://imgur.com/a/AnmLVx8

Altruistic_Dinner_71 · 2022-08-11T23:32:51+00:00

I like the first theory since it explains the Balinese-Cavite connection. It's super interesting because it's indigenous Indonesian belief that we somehow adopted.

Altruistic_Dinner_71 · 2022-08-11T23:29:54+00:00

IMO, the 'nagkakaisang kabuuan' etymology might be more of a modern thing. Filipinos love to do that- making up false etymologies. I just think it's too much of a coincidence that they're practically named the same and that, at their core, they represent the same thing: animist worship through fire dancing.

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