Playing Traditional Musical Instruments
By Tokz
@ilocosboy (45157)
Philippines
October 24, 2019 12:33am CST
When we attended an activity in one of the remote rural village here, we didn't expect the local people will host and welcome us in traditional way.
The community which belongs to the Indigenous community are dressed in their traditional costume and playing with their old musical instrument like the gongs which they call gangsa.
They are dancing the folkdance which is called tadek. Then they invited the guests to dance with them.
Well, the community is actually going with the present way of living: electricity, mobile phones, led tv, vans and other vehicles, among others.
But they still perform the traditions and cultural practices in certain occasions and when visitors come.
I'm sure there are like this in your country?
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12 responses
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
26 Oct 19
Yes, some festivals are intended to relieve and reminisce our cultures and traditions. It is the time when people give importance of what people doing and believing in the past.
@DianneN (247059)
• United States
25 Oct 19
@ilocosboy I agree. They are very unique and different.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
25 Oct 19
Its nice to watch them being performed once in a while 
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
24 Oct 19
Well there are very few of the indigenous now at least on their own environment.
This is wonderful that you were seeing them and they are so welcoming.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
25 Oct 19
Its good these people is trying to relive the traditions and cultures.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
25 Oct 19
And its nice they're not forgotten and people still perform them.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
25 Oct 19
Wow its nice to know, well , we as Filipino know how to look back where we came from.
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@nela13 (55730)
• Portugal
24 Oct 19
Every country has its own traditions and cultural practices, it is great that it is preserved.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
25 Oct 19
Indeed, its a good thing they are still being performed.
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@psanasangma (5884)
• India
24 Oct 19
This is really interesting ..preserving culture and cultural dance always attracts me...
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
24 Oct 19
We have many tribes here and these indigenous communities have their own distinction from other tribes and places, though there are some things they have the same. The musical instrument which is gangsa also used by other tribes.
@JudyEv (326065)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Oct 19
I think it is great that communities keep up their age-old traditions.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
24 Oct 19
Just like the Japanese who really maintain their cultural and traditional ways amid the new technologies and modern living. In here some indigenous people communities are really trying hard to preserve their forefathers way.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
24 Oct 19
Is it in Baguio?It is good they are still promoting their traditional music and dance.It's so beautiful!
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
24 Oct 19
Ilocos Sur actually. The Indigenous community is trying to relive these things amid the modern way of living.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
24 Oct 19
some of these instruments are really hard to play. It will much time before you can play it well. Though there are some musical instruments that are very easy to play.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
24 Oct 19
Correct, its always nice to watch and experience our forefathers have been doing.
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