Melismatic singing Ambahan
Spanish influence
song and dance debate
seven-syllable line
Western musical traditions
lyrical poem about love
Kulial
chanted epic poetry
Free meter
written on bamboo
imitate sounds of nature
Badiw
Matud nila
Tultul
Cordillera
Visayas
Palawan
Mindoro

Acurious child asked his mother: “mommy, why are some of your hairs turning grey? ” the mother tried to use this occasion to teach her child: “it is because of you, dear. every bad action of yours will turn one of my hairs grey! ” the child replied innocently: “now i know why grandmother has only grey hairs on her head.”