The National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ (NCCA) National Committee on Music (NCM) under the NCCA’s Subcommission on the Arts celebrates the Philippine Arts Festival (PAF) with Tunog-tugan.
As part of the National Arts Month (NAM), Tunog-tugan is the first international gongs and bamboo festival which is spearheaded by NCCA Chairman and NCM head Felipe de Leon Jr.
Tunog-tugan will be held in various parts of the Philippines. It will start in Dipolog city on February 16 to 22, 2013 and will be followed on February 23 to 26, 2013 in Maasin, Iloilo and Iloilo City. The festival will end at Baguio City on February 27 to 28, 2013.
Dipolog City, which will host the opening of the festival, is the home of the indigenous group called Subanons which garners a long history of musical tradition using the gongs. Dipolog City will also be celebrating its centennial celebration in 2013.
Besides the Filipino musicians, countries with inclination of using the gongs as musical instruments are also expected to participate. Countries with this tradition include China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Israel, Italy and France, among others.
The NCCA initiated the gongs and music festival in 2012 and is now implemented by the Musicological Society of the Philippines. Tunog-tugan comes from two Filipino words – tunog, which means sound, and tugtugan, which means act of creating sound or music. The organizers decided to combine the two words and form Tunog-tugan to suggest the sound and resonance of gongs and bamboo music in the world.
The international festival will feature concerts and performances from gong and bamboo music groups from different parts of the world. Aside from these, exhibitions, international conferences, lectures and workshops will also be expected. Tunog-tugan aims to promote and appreciate the social and spiritual significance of gongs and bamboo music, as well as the tradition behind these musical instruments.
This project by the NCCA is a evidence of the continuing efforts of the Philippines with other countries to promote and preserve the tradition of music-making using the gongs and bamboos. This will be a venue of educating the people of the importance of these instruments.
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