The Agungs are the largest gongs of the kulintang ensemble and represent the lowest pitch of all the instrumentation. Coming in a pair of two, one with a higher pitch ( known as matitik by the Maguindanao and penanggesan by the Maranao) and one with a lower pitch( known as madaleg by the Maguindanao and pumalsan by the Maranao), the agung may be played with two players or individually with an assistant holding one of the gongs for stability. Kulintang is a term for various musical instruments and musical genres which are indigenous to the South-East Asian islands presently known as Indonesia and the Philippines. ... Maguindanao is a province of the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). ... Maranao is the term used for the people of Lanao, a predominantly Muslim region in the Philippine island of Mindanao. ...
The agung is usually used as a supportive or accompanying instrument but during Maguindanao contest, the agung becomes the focal point of the ensemble, using a style known as tidto. Here, players could demonstrate their aggressive and virtuosic style competing mostly for the prestige of being tagged as the papagagung (expert agung player) of the bunch. Improvisations are a must especially when the kulintang player happens to be a young unmarried women. During their turn, agung players would flirt with the kulintang player, use the rhythms of the agung to senerade her. Of course, if one spent to long on the agung, others would believe he was hogging the girl's attention.
Back then, heads of state such as the Sultan would use the agung to announce the onset of a meeting. But many of the locals, also use the agung in the event of an earthquake, which they believe can be halted by the vibrations of the gongs. [1]
List of the Traditional Instruments of the Southern Philippines:
Five main instruments of the Maguindanao Kulintang Ensemble
Kulintang is a term for various musical instruments and musical genres which are indigenous to the South-East Asian islands presently known as Indonesia and the Philippines. ...
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Bagir Manan mengakui, selama ini ada kendala perundang-undangan yang membuat calon hakim agung dari kalangan hakim karier relatif tua.
Tetapi, selama ini memang tidak ada ketentuan agar pada proses seleksi calon hakim agung melibatkan pula unsur masyarakat.
Bagir Manan diminta mengeluarkan larangan kepada hakim atau staf pengadilan menerima tamu dari pihak-pihak yang berperkara, kecuali dihadiri oleh kedua belah pihak serta minta DPR mengganti hakim agung nonkarier yang tak produktif.
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