- Kapanirong
In Filipino music, the kapanirong is a
serenade (from the root word sirong which means "to go beside a house") by a group of young bachelors who would come to a maiden's house and play their music by the window. The house occupants would then invite the serenaders into the house and in the ensuing merrymaking some courtship could take place among the young. The instrumental ensemble consists of a two-stringedguitar orlute calledkotiyapi , abamboo flute calledinsi , a bambooharp calledkobing , a two-stringed bamboo tubezither calledsirongaganding , and abrass tray calledtintik . Outside of the kapanirong, these instruments can be played separately and individually.References
*The
Maranao Man.Mindanao Art and Culture, Number Four (1980);Marawi City : University Research Center,Mindanao State University ; 130pp.
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