A dabakan beautifully designed with Maranao okkil designs
The dabakan is a drum used in kulintang ensembles frequently referenced as in the shape of an hour-glass or a goblet. Made of pula, wood, the hollowed-out drum is usually covered by a layer of goat or lizard skin and beaten with a pair of rattan/bamboo strips while knelling or sitting. Maranao is the term used for the people of Lanao, a predominantly Muslim region in the Philippine island of Mindanao. ... 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. ...
During older times, the bigger, double-headed dabakan would be hung in the mosque. An imam (spiritual leader) would hit the drum repeatly announcing the beginning of prayer time thoughtout the outerlying areas. As a sign of the times, instruments such as the dabakan have now been replaced by more modern equipment such as a speakerphone. [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. ... The pair of gongs of the agung The Agungs are the largest gongs of the kulintang ensemble and represent the lowest pitch of all the instrumentation. ... The babendil The babendil is the single gong used in the kulintang ensemble usually handheld and struck with a flat stick of bamboo or rattan upon its rim to obtain sharp, distinct sounds. ...
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