Posts Tagged ‘Kalutang Festival’

Photo from: http://marinduquegov.blogspot.com/2010/06/joining-hands-ro-preserve-kalutang.html

A pair of percussion bars which are struck against each other at specific angles to produce a pitch. These sticks are a part of an entire ensemble of kalutang which when playing together produce melodies. The instrument is cut from the kwatingan tree which grows in Marinduque. This specimen was taken from the kalutang band of Tirso who is a well-known kalutang player. Read More: https://museomusiko.wordpress.com/idiophones/percussion-bars/kalutang/

This is a kind of instrument indigenous to the province. The “Kulyatang” consists of two pieces of wood, graduated in size to produce different notes, with which a band of 10-12 people make music. Read More: http://members.tripod.com/ust_ism/region4/Mrinduque.htm

Photo from:  http://marinduquegov.blogspot.com/2017/02/joining-hands-to-preserve-kalutang-for.html

Traditionally, kalutang has been associated with Semana Santa and the moriones of this town as the moriones themselves bang these pairs of wood to produce the familiar sound signifying their presence. Until Serdena, in 1970, developed as entertainment, a series of such identical pairs capable of producing melodies.  Read More:  http://marinduquegov.blogspot.com/2017/02/joining-hands-to-preserve-kalutang-for.html