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If you want to know about the culture of Philippines, you must explore the Music and Dance of Philippines. Music and Dance are essential forms of expression in a particular culture. Music of Philippines The classical renditions of Filipino music show the blend of varieties of culture. This is not to say that you won’t come across native compositions but just that those nuances of Western form of music like symphonies, sonatas, and concertos are too much used. Filipino music has yielded international composers like Antonio Molina, Felipe Padilla de Leon, Eliseo Pájaro and José Maceda, known to be the avant-garde composer of the country.
Filipino music is generally played with traditional and indigenous instruments like a zither with bamboo strings, tubular bamboo resonators; wooden lutes and guitars and the git-git, a wooden three-string bowed instrument. In fact you may come across Filipino communities having their individual folk songs to be sung on special events like hele, a lullaby, the talindaw, a seafaring song, the kumintang, a warrior song and the kundiman, a love song. Dance of Philippines Filipino Dances have evolved with the maestros like Leonor Orosa-Goquingco, Remedios “Totoy” de Oteyza, and Rosalia Merino-Santos. One one hand, there have been loads of legends in these dances on the other, modern forms of dances have also come up. You may have heard about famous Filipino ballet dancers like Maribel Aboitiz, Eddie Elejar, Lisa Macuja and Anna Villadolid. There are also groups like the Far Eastern University Folk Dance Group who practice stylized forms of folk dances. You can also witness informal folk dances on social occasions like harvests, weddings, and religious celebrations.
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