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singaporean | landmarks | Republic Plaza (Singapore) | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Singapore | Republic Plaza is a skyscraper in Downtown Core, Singapore. It comprises two towers and a 10-storey podium. The first tower, Republic Plaza I, has 66 floors and a height of 280 metres (920 ft), and has a varying octagonal-cross section, while its interior allows for flexible space usage by tenants. The second tower, Re... | 17 | 105 | 200 |
singaporean | landmarks | Robinson 77 | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Singapore | Robinson 77, formerly SIA Building, is a high-rise skyscraper located in the central business district of Singapore. The building is located on 77 Robinson Road, just next to DBS Building Tower One and Two. The SIA Building was the flagship building for Singapore Airlines. The airline head office is not located in this... | 3 | 82 | 201 |
singaporean | landmarks | Samsung Hub (building) | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Singapore | The Samsung Hub, formerly 3 Church Street, is a skyscraper located in the central business district of Singapore. Located at 3 Church Street, it is situated just next to the Prudential Tower. It is a 30-storey office building development, which includes a 6-storey podium block on a 35,000 m2 (380,000 sq ft) plot of la... | 2 | 141 | 202 |
singaporean | landmarks | SGX Centre | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Singapore | SGX Centre is a twin tower high-rise complex in the city of Singapore. The development consists of two 187 m (614 ft) skyscrapers, located in Shenton Way. The two towers are named SGX Centre One and SGX Centre Two, and are situated together on an elongated, rectangular site.
The towers house the Singapore Exchange Cent... | 4 | 90 | 203 |
singaporean | landmarks | Singapore Land Tower | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Singapore | Singapore Land Tower is a 48-storey 190 m (620 ft) skyscraper located in the central business district of Singapore. The tower is located at 50 Raffles Place, adjacent to Raffles Place MRT station. It is just 100 metres away from Boat Quay and Collyer Quay.
The Embassy of Germany is located on the 28th floor, Embassy ... | 3 | 85 | 204 |
singaporean | landmarks | Six Battery Road | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Singapore | Six Battery Road, formerly the Standard Chartered Bank Building, is a high-rise skyscraper located in the central business district of Singapore.
It is located at 6 Battery Road, in Raffles Place. The tower is located adjacent to the Bank of China Building and faces the Singapore River.
It is a class-A office building ... | 2 | 145 | 205 |
singaporean | landmarks | Skywaters Residences | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Singapore | Skywaters Residences is a 63-storey mixed-use building under construction in the Downtown Core district of Singapore. The skyscraper is expected to replace Guoco Tower as the tallest building in Singapore upon its completion in 2028. The 305 m (1,001 ft) tall building will house offices, retail stores, residential unit... | 0 | 79 | 206 |
singaporean | landmarks | Springleaf Tower | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Residential skyscrapers in Singapore | Springleaf Tower (Chinese: 春叶大厦) is a 37-storey, 165 m (541 ft) office and residential skyscraper located in the central business district of Singapore located on 3 Anson Road and near Prince Edward Road, The development is in the zone of Shenton Way and Tanjong Pagar near other skyscrapers, such as 8 Shenton Way, MAS ... | 4 | 88 | 207 |
singaporean | landmarks | Suntec City | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Singapore | Suntec City is a major mixed-use development located in Marina Centre, a subzone of the Downtown Core in Singapore, which combines a shopping mall, office buildings, and a convention centre. Construction began on 18 January 1992 and was completed on 22 July 1997. | 8 | 228 | 208 |
singaporean | landmarks | UIC Building | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Singapore | The UIC Building (United Industrial Corporation Limited Building) was a former 40-storey, 152 m (499 ft) skyscraper in the city-state of Singapore. | 1 | 83 | 209 |
singaporean | landmarks | UOB Plaza | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Singapore | United Overseas Bank Plaza (UOB Plaza) is a commercial complex that consists of twin tower late-modernist skyscrapers in Singapore. At completion, UOB Plaza One was one of the three tallest in the country, sharing the title with the OUB Centre and Republic Plaza; it is now the second tallest since the completion of Tan... | 10 | 119 | 210 |
singaporean | landmarks | V on Shenton | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Residential skyscrapers in Singapore | V on Shenton (pronounced as Five on Shenton) is a 54-storey, 237 m (778 ft) mixed residential and commercial development located at 5 Shenton Way, Singapore. | 0 | 8 | 211 |
singaporean | landmarks | Asia Insurance Building | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Residential skyscrapers in Singapore | The former Asia Insurance Building (Chinese: 亚洲保险大厦; pinyin: Yàzhōu Bǎoxiǎn dàshà), now named Ascott Raffles Place, lies in the heart of the Central Business District of Singapore, at the corner of Finlayson Green and Raffles Quay. Standing at 270 feet (82 metres), it surpassed the Cathay Building to be the tallest tow... | 3 | 79 | 212 |
singaporean | landmarks | The Interlace | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Residential skyscrapers in Singapore | The Interlace is a 1,040-unit apartment building complex located at the boundary between Bukit Merah and Queenstown, Singapore. Noteworthy for its break from the typical tower design in cities with high population densities, it resembles Jenga blocks irregularly stacked upon each other. Designed by The Office for Metro... | 5 | 114 | 213 |
singaporean | landmarks | Marina Bay Suites | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Residential skyscrapers in Singapore | Marina Bay Suites is a condominium located in Marina Bay, Singapore. It is one of six towers of the Marina Bay Financial Centre. It was developed by Keppel Land, Cheung Kong Holdings and Hongkong Land. It stands at 227 metres (745 ft), with 66 floors, making it Singapore's 14th tallest tower. It consists of 108 three-b... | 1 | 13 | 214 |
singaporean | landmarks | Newton Suites | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Residential skyscrapers in Singapore | Newton Suites is a residential skyscraper in Newton Road, Singapore designed by WOHA Architects. It has a height of 120 metres with 36 floors. Each floor has two two-bedroom and two three-bedroom apartments. The top floor contains two penthouses. The building features several sky gardens. The condominium has a security... | 4 | 13 | 215 |
singaporean | landmarks | One Shenton Way | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Residential skyscrapers in Singapore | One Shenton is a high end real estate redevelopment project with 341 apartments along Shenton Way in the Tanjong Pagar area of Singapore. It consists of two towers, the tallest of which is 50 stories. It was completed in 2011 and is notable for its two tower construction. Two sides of each tower is clad in gold and ... | 3 | 8 | 216 |
singaporean | landmarks | The Orchard Residences | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Residential skyscrapers in Singapore | The Orchard Residences, a 56-storey, 218 m (715 ft), high-rise residential condominium, completed in 2010 is the residential component of an integrated retail and residential development by Orchard Turn Developments Pte Ltd, a joint venture between CapitaLand and Sun Hung Kai Properties.
Located along the prime shoppin... | 4 | 79 | 217 |
singaporean | landmarks | The Pinnacle@Duxton | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Residential skyscrapers in Singapore | The Pinnacle@Duxton is a 50-storey residential development in Singapore's city center, next to the business district. All seven connected towers are collectively the world's tallest public residential buildings, and featuring the two longest sky gardens ever built on skyscrapers, at 500m each.
Unique amongst Housing an... | 3 | 79 | 218 |
singaporean | landmarks | Reflections at Keppel Bay | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Residential skyscrapers in Singapore | Reflections at Keppel Bay in Singapore is a luxury waterfront residential complex on approx 84,000 m² of land with 750m of shoreline. It was completed in 2011, offering 1129 units with a 99-year leasehold. The six distinctive curved glass towers afford panoramic views of Mount Faber and Sentosa.
The complex was designe... | 1 | 93 | 219 |
singaporean | landmarks | The Sail @ Marina Bay | Landmarks_in_Singapore > Category:Towers in Singapore > Category:Skyscrapers in Singapore > Category:Residential skyscrapers in Singapore | The Sail @ Marina Bay is a waterfront lifestyle condominium located in the Marina Bay area in Singapore. It was completed in 2008. The first tenants have moved into Central Park Tower in July 2008. Residents moved into Marina Bay Tower a few weeks later. The structure of The Sail is 245 m (804 ft) with 70 storeys and i... | 3 | 92 | 220 |
filipino | clothing | Fashion and clothing in the Philippines | Philippine_clothing | The clothing style and fashion sense of the Philippines in the modern-day era have been influenced by the indigenous peoples, Chinese waves of immigration, the Spaniards, and the Americans, as evidenced by the chronology of events that occurred in Philippine history. At present, Filipinos conform their way of dressing ... | 3 | 858 | 221 |
filipino | clothing | Abacá | Philippine_clothing | Abacá (Spanish) ( ah-bə-KAH; Filipino: Abaka [ɐbɐˈka]), Musa textilis, is a species of banana endemic to the Philippines. The plant grows to 13–22 feet (4.0–6.7 m), and averages about 12 feet (3.7 m). The plant, also known as Manila hemp, has great economic importance, being harvested for its fiber, also called Manila... | 50 | 514 | 222 |
filipino | clothing | Abaniko | Philippine_clothing | An abaniko (from the Spanish word abanico, "fan") is a type of hand fan from the Philippines. | 3 | 25 | 223 |
filipino | clothing | Apir | Philippine_clothing | Apir, also spelled aper, are traditional folding women's hand-held fans of the Maranao people of the Philippines. They are a part of the traditional dress of Maranao women. Royal bai (ladies) carry an apir in their right hand during ceremonies. A pair of apir fans are also commonly featured in Maranao traditional dance... | 0 | 14 | 224 |
filipino | clothing | Bahag (garment) | Philippine_clothing | Bahag is a loincloth that was commonly used by men throughout the pre-colonial Philippines. It is worn shirtless with no other extra garments. They were either made from barkcloth or from hand-woven textiles. Before the colonial period, bahag were a common garment for commoners and the serf class (the alipin caste). Ba... | 2 | 25 | 225 |
filipino | clothing | Bali-og | Philippine_clothing | Bali-og, also spelled baliog, are traditional layered necklaces of various ethnic groups in the islands of Visayas and Mindanao in the Philippines. They consist of chokers and necklaces with a fringe of beads and other ornaments. More than one is usually worn, layered over each other. Their elements usually consist of... | 0 | 23 | 226 |
filipino | clothing | Barong tagalog | Philippine_clothing | The barong tagalog, more commonly known simply as barong (and occasionally baro), is an embroidered long-sleeved formal shirt for men and a national dress of the Philippines. Barong tagalog combines elements from both the precolonial native Filipino and colonial Spanish clothing styles. It is traditionally made with sh... | 9 | 395 | 227 |
filipino | clothing | Baro't saya | Philippine_clothing | The baro’t saya or baro at saya (literally "blouse and skirt") is a traditional dress ensemble worn by women in the Philippines. It is a national dress of the Philippines and combines elements from both the precolonial native Filipino and colonial Spanish clothing styles. It traditionally consists of four parts: a blou... | 7 | 325 | 228 |
filipino | clothing | Buntal hat | Philippine_clothing > Category:Philippine headgear | The buntal hat is a traditional straw hat from the Philippines woven from fibers extracted from the petioles of buri palm leaves. It is traditionally worn by farmers working in the fields and was a major export of the Philippines in the first half of the 20th century. It can also be paired with semi-formal barong tagal... | 0 | 488 | 229 |
filipino | clothing | Camisa blouse | Philippine_clothing | The camisa blouse is a garment that originated in the Philippines. It is made from a cloth that has been woven using thread made from the pineapple plant. The thread is known as piña thread. Clothing and accessories, like shawls, were made out of piña. These began to be woven in the Philippines in the 16th century, and... | 0 | 9 | 230 |
filipino | clothing | Inabel | Philippine_clothing | Inabel, sometimes referred to as Abel Iloco or simply Abel, is a weaving tradition native to the Ilocano people of Northern Luzon in the Philippines. The textile it produces is sought after in the fashion and interior design industries due to its softness, durability, suitability in tropical climates, and for its auste... | 1 | 31 | 231 |
filipino | clothing | Malong | Philippine_clothing | The malong is a traditional Filipino-Bangsamoro rectangular or tube-like wraparound skirt bearing a variety of geometric or okir designs. The malong is traditionally used as a garment by both men and women of the numerous ethnic groups in the mainland Mindanao and parts of the Sulu Archipelago. They are wrapped around ... | 3 | 45 | 232 |
filipino | clothing | Manila shawl | Philippine_clothing | The Manila shawl (Spanish: mantón de Manila or mantón de seda) is an embroidered silk shawl derived from the Filipino pañuelo. They were popular in the Philippines, Latin America, and Spain during the colonial era. It also became popular in European fashions in the 19th century. In modern times, it is still an aspect ... | 7 | 58 | 233 |
filipino | clothing | Maria Clara gown | Philippine_clothing | The María Clara gown, historically known as the traje de mestiza during the Spanish colonial era, is a type of traditional dress worn by women in the Philippines. It is an aristocratic version of the baro't saya. It takes its name from María Clara, the mestiza protagonist of the novel Noli Me Tángere, penned in 1887 b... | 1 | 284 | 234 |
filipino | clothing | Elizabeth H. Metcalf | Philippine_clothing | Elizabeth Henshaw Metcalf (April 15, 1852 – 1925) was an American amateur anthropologist who conducted fieldwork among the Bagobo in the Philippines. After meeting and corresponding with Bagobo participants of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Elizabeth and her sister, Sarah Metcalf, amassed one of the best colle... | 0 | 53 | 235 |
filipino | clothing | Pamaypay | Philippine_clothing | Pamaypay (Tagalog pronunciation: [pɐmaɪˈpaɪ], puh-my-PY), also known as paypay, payupas, buri fan, or anahaw fan, is a type of traditional hand-held fan from the Philippines. It is typically made of woven buri palm or anahaw palm leaves. It is usually heart-shaped, and woven in a technique known as sawali (twilled). Th... | 0 | 20 | 236 |
filipino | clothing | Pañuelo | Philippine_clothing | The pañuelo or alampay is a Filipino lace-like embroidered neck scarf or shawl worn around the shoulders over the camisa (blouse). They were square-shaped and were folded in half into a triangle when worn. Pañuelos are the direct predecessors of the Manila shawl. The Spanish word pañuelo (from paño + -uelo) means kerch... | 2 | 43 | 237 |
filipino | clothing | Pasiking | Philippine_clothing | The pasiking (English term: knapbasket) is the indigenous basket-backpack found among the various ethno-linguistic groups of Northern Luzon in the Philippines. Pasiking designs have sacred allusions, although most are purely aesthetic. These artifacts, whether handwoven traditionally or with contemporary variations, ar... | 0 | 159 | 238 |
filipino | clothing | Patadyong | Philippine_clothing | The patadyong (pronounced pa-tad-jóng, also called patadyung, patadjong, habol, or habul), is an indigenous Philippine rectangular or tube-like wraparound skirt worn by both men and women of the Visayas islands and the Sulu Archipelago, similar to the Malong, or Sarong. It was also historically worn in parts of Luzon l... | 1 | 21 | 239 |
filipino | clothing | Peineta (comb) | Philippine_clothing | A peineta is a large female head ornament held to the hair by a row of teeth and usually worn under a mantilla, or lace covering the head. It is traditional in Spain and the rest of the Hispanic world.
The hair ornament, worn by women, consists of a convex body and a set of teeth that affix it to hair worn in a bun. Th... | 7 | 26 | 240 |
filipino | clothing | Songkok | Philippine_clothing | The songkok or peci or kopiah is a cap widely worn in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the southern Philippines, and southern Thailand, most commonly among Muslim males. It has the shape of a truncated cone, usually made of black or embroidered felt, cotton or velvet. It is also worn by males in formal occasions... | 17 | 869 | 241 |
filipino | clothing | T'nalak | Philippine_clothing | Tnalak (also spelled tenalak), is a weaving tradition of the Tboli people of South Cotabato, Philippines. T'nalak cloth is woven exclusively by women who have received the designs for the weave in their dreams, which they believe are a gift from Fu Dalu, the T'boli Goddess of abacá.
The rest of the community, including... | 1 | 35 | 242 |
filipino | clothing | Tapis (Philippine clothing) | Philippine_clothing | Tapis across various cultures in the Philippines may generally refer to a single, rectangular piece of cloth one wraps around oneself as clothing, but is also the term for a colorful, hand-woven wraparound skirt common in the pre-colonial period, and which is still used today as part of the María Clara gown and by cult... | 0 | 26 | 243 |
filipino | clothing | Abaca slippers | Philippine_clothing > Category:Philippine footwear | Abaca slippers are made from dried abacá plants and leaves, as well as sometimes from dried pineapple plant leaves. Abaca slippers may be found in the Davao and Mindanao regions of the Philippines and are sold at many markets in the Philippines.
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filipino | clothing | Bakya | Philippine_clothing > Category:Philippine footwear | The Bakyâ or wooden clogs were once the most commonly used footwear in the Philippines before the introduction of rubber sandals.
This footwear is made from local light wood like santol and laniti. It is cut to the desired foot size before being shaven until smooth. The side of the bakyâ is thick enough to be carved wi... | 4 | 239 | 245 |
filipino | clothing | Giant shoes of Marikina | Philippine_clothing > Category:Philippine footwear | A pair of giant shoes made in Marikina, Philippines are a city attraction and were known for being the world's largest shoes according to Guinness World Records. The city, nicknamed "Shoe Capital of the Philippines", is known for its shoe-making industry. | 0 | 18 | 246 |
filipino | clothing | Asian conical hat | Philippine_clothing > Category:Philippine headgear | The Asian conical hat is a simple style of conically shaped sun hat notable in modern-day nations and regions of China, Taiwan, parts of Outer Manchuria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is kept on the head by a cloth or... | 27 | 681 | 247 |
filipino | clothing | Salakot | Philippine_clothing > Category:Philippine headgear | Salakót is a traditional lightweight headgear from the Philippines that is commonly used during pre-colonial era up to the present day, used for protection against the sun and rain. Every ethnolinguistic group in the archipelago has their own variant, but they are all usually dome-shaped or cone-shaped and can range in... | 3 | 573 | 248 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Traditional Philippine musical instruments | Philippine_musical_instruments | Philippine traditional musical instruments are commonly grouped into four categories: aerophones, chordophones, membranophones, and idiophones.
Bulungudyong – vertical flute (Pinatubo Ayta)
Diwas
Palendag – lip-valley flute (Kalinga)
Tongali – nose flute (Kalinga)
Tumpong – bamboo flute
Tulali – flute with 6 holes
Ban... | 0 | 99 | 249 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Agung | Philippine_musical_instruments > Category:Philippine folk instruments > Category:Agung | The agung is a set of two wide-rimmed, vertically suspended gongs used by the Maguindanao, Maranao, Sama-Bajau and Tausug people of the Philippines as a supportive instrument in kulintang ensembles. The agung is also ubiquitous among other groups found in Palawan, Panay, Mindoro, Mindanao, Sabah, Sulawesi, Sarawak and ... | 4 | 196 | 250 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Agung a tamlang | Philippine_musical_instruments > Category:Philippine folk instruments > Category:Agung | The agung a tamlang is a type of Philippine slit drum made of hollowed out bamboo in imitation of the real agung. Pitch is determined by the length and depth of the slit. It is used as practice for the real agung: players either use either one agung a tamlang (hold it with one hand and using the other to strike it with... | 1 | 91 | 251 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Babendil | Philippine_musical_instruments > Category:Philippine folk instruments | The babandil is a single, narrow-rimmed Philippine gong
used primarily as the “timekeeper” of the Maguindanao kulintang ensemble.
The babendil usually has a diameter of roughly one foot making it larger than the largest kulintang gong and comparable to the diameter of the agung or gandingan. However, unlike the gandin... | 2 | 269 | 252 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Bamboo Organ | Philippine_musical_instruments | The Las Piñas Bamboo Organ in St. Joseph Parish Church in Las Piñas, Philippines, is a 19th-century church organ. It is known for its unique organ pipes; of its 1031 pipes, 902 are made of bamboo. It was completed after 6 years of work in 1824 by Father Diego Cera, the builder of the town's stone church and its first r... | 4 | 483 | 253 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Bandurria | Philippine_musical_instruments | The bandurria is a plucked chordophone from Spain, similar to the mandolin and bandola, primarily used in Spanish folk music, but also found in former Spanish colonies.
Prior to the 18th century, the bandurria had a round back, similar or related to the mandore. It had become a flat-backed instrument by the 18th centu... | 19 | 216 | 254 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Bungkaka | Philippine_musical_instruments | A bungkaka, also known as the bamboo buzzer is a percussion instrument (idiophone) made out of bamboo common in numerous indigenous tribes around the Philippines such as the Ifugao, Kalinga, and Ibaloi.
The instrument is constructed from a length of buho (bamboo) with a node at the bottom end. The upper half is shaped... | 0 | 16 | 255 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Dabakan | Philippine_musical_instruments > Category:Philippine folk instruments | The dabakan is a single-headed Philippine drum, primarily used as a supportive instrument in the kulintang ensemble. Among the five main kulintang instruments, it is the only non-gong element of the Maguindanao ensemble.
The dabakan is frequently described as either hour-glass, conical, tubular, or goblet in shape Nor... | 5 | 56 | 256 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Devil chase | Philippine_musical_instruments | The devil chaser is a percussion instrument originating in Southern Asia and commonly found in India and the Philippines. It is an idiophone made from a bamboo stalk split for about half of its length, and the resulting fork vibrates when struck against the hand. Rich humming noises are produced from the natural crack... | 0 | 10 | 257 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Diwas | Philippine_musical_instruments | The Diwas is a native bamboo wind instrument from the Philippines that is a variation of the well-known pan flute or panpipes. It is made of bamboo, with one end closed with bamboo nodes. It does not have finger holes (or tone holes) like other popular aerophones, such as flutes. The Diwas compensates by grouping pipes... | 0 | 34 | 258 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Gabbang | Philippine_musical_instruments | The gabbang, also known as bamboo xylophone, is a musical instrument made of bamboo widely used in southern Philippines. Among the Tausugs and Samas, it is commonly played to accompany songs and dances as a solo instrument or accompanied by the biola.
A gabbang consists of a set of trapezoidal bamboo bars of increasin... | 1 | 25 | 259 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Gambang (instrument) | Philippine_musical_instruments | A gambang, properly called a gambang kayu ('wooden gambang') is a xylophone-like instrument used in Indonesian gamelan and kulintang ensembles. It has wooden bars (wilah) in contrast to the metallic ones of the more typical metallophones in a gamelan. A largely obsolete instrument, the gambang gangsa, is a similar inst... | 10 | 141 | 260 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Gandingan | Philippine_musical_instruments > Category:Philippine folk instruments > Category:Gandingan | The gandingan is a Philippine set of four large, hanging gongs used by the Maguindanao as part of their kulintang ensemble. When integrated into the ensemble, it functions as a secondary melodic instrument after the main melodic instrument, the kulintang. When played solo, the gandingan allows fellow Maguindanao to com... | 1 | 36 | 261 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Gandingan a Kayo | Philippine_musical_instruments > Category:Philippine folk instruments > Category:Gandingan | The gandingan a kayo (translated means, “wooden gandingan,” or “gandingan made of wood”) is a Philippine xylophone and considered the wooden version of the real gandingan. This instrument is a relatively new instrument coming of age due to the increasing popularity of the “wooden kulintang ensemble”. Unlike the origina... | 1 | 31 | 262 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Hegelung | Philippine_musical_instruments | The hegelung is a wooden two-stringed lute played by the Tboli, an animist ethnolinguistic group of southern Mindanao in the Philippines.
The instrument is tall and slender, with nine frets. One string is used as a drone, and the other for melodic ornamentation.
The performer playing the hegelung usually plays while d... | 1 | 19 | 263 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Kagul | Philippine_musical_instruments > Category:Philippine folk instruments | The kagul is a type of Philippine bamboo scraper gong/slit drum of the Maguindanaon and Visayans with a jagged edge on one side, played with two beaters, one scraping the jagged edge and the other one making a beat. The Maguindanaon and the Banuwaen use it in the rice paddies to guard against voracious birds, using the... | 1 | 48 | 264 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Kalaleng | Philippine_musical_instruments | A kalaleng is a nose flute made from bamboo from the Philippines.
Usually around two feet in length a kalaleng has holes cut in the side, to be stopped by the fingers producing the notes. The player closes one nostril with a bit of cotton, then forces the air from the other into a small hole cut in the end of the tube.... | 0 | 139 | 265 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Kendang | Philippine_musical_instruments > Category:Philippine folk instruments | A kendang or gendang (Javanese: ꦏꦼꦤ꧀ꦝꦁ, romanized: kendhang, Sundanese: ᮊᮨᮔ᮪ᮓᮀ, romanized: kendang, Balinese: ᬓᬾᬦ᭄ᬤᬂ, romanized: kendang, Tausug/Bajau/Maranao: gandang, Bugis: gendrang and Makassar: gandrang or ganrang) is a two-headed drum used by people from the Indonesian Archipelago. The kendang is one of the prima... | 11 | 231 | 266 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Kolitong | Philippine_musical_instruments | The kolitong is a bamboo polychordal tube zither from Bontok, Kalinga, Philippines with six strings that run parallel to its tube body. The strings are numbered from one to six, from lowest to highest pitch. The body acts as the instrument's resonator. The body may be a whole tube or a half tube. In both cases, the two... | 1 | 38 | 267 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Kubing | Philippine_musical_instruments | The kubing is a type of Philippine jaw harp from bamboo found among the Maguindanaon and other Muslim and non-Muslim tribes in the Philippines and Indonesia. It is also called kobing (Maranao), kolibau (Tingguian), aru-ding (Tagbanwa), kuribaw (Ibanag and Itawes), aribao (Isneg), aroding (Palawan), kulaing (Yakan), ul... | 1 | 108 | 268 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Kulibit | Philippine_musical_instruments | The kulibit is a type of tube zither played by the Kalinga people of the Philippines. The instrument consists of a long tube of bamboo which has been slit to allow five or six strands of the bamboo husk to be played as "strings".
The instrument is also played by the Bontoc and Tinguian people who call it the kollitong,... | 0 | 10 | 269 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Kulintang | Philippine_musical_instruments > Category:Philippine folk instruments > Category:Kulintang | Kulintang (Indonesian: kolintang, Malay: kulintangan)
is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music composed on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, kulintang music en... | 2 | 358 | 270 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Kulintang a kayo | Philippine_musical_instruments > Category:Philippine folk instruments > Category:Kulintang | The kulintang a kayo (literally, “wooden kulintang”) is a Philippine xylophone of the Maguindanaon people with eight tuned slabs strung horizontally atop a padded wooden antangan (rack). Made of hand-carved soft wood such as bayug (genus Pterospermum) or more likely tamnag (genus unknown), the kulintang a kayo is rarel... | 1 | 31 | 271 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Kulintang a tiniok | Philippine_musical_instruments > Category:Philippine folk instruments > Category:Kulintang | The kulintang a tiniok is a type of Philippine metallophone with eight tuned knobbed metal plates strung together via string a top a wooden antangan (rack). Kulintang a tiniok is a Maguindanaon term meaning "kulintang with string," but they also could call them kulintang a putao, meaning "kulintang of metal." The Maran... | 1 | 42 | 272 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Kutiyapi | Philippine_musical_instruments | The kutiyapi, or kudyapi, is a Philippine two-stringed, fretted boat-lute. It is four to six feet long with nine frets made of hardened beeswax. The instrument is carved out of solid soft wood such as that from the jackfruit tree.
Common to all kudyapi instruments, a constant drone is played with one string while the o... | 2 | 238 | 273 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Laúd | Philippine_musical_instruments | Laúd (Spanish: "lute") is a plectrum-plucked chordophone from Spain, played also in diaspora countries such as Cuba and the Philippines.
The laúd belongs to the cittern family of instruments. The Spanish and Cuban instruments have six double courses in unison (i.e. twelve strings in pairs); the Philippine instrument h... | 7 | 75 | 274 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Luntang | Philippine_musical_instruments | The luntang is a type of Philippine xylophone of the Maguindanaon people, strung vertically, with five horizontal logs hung in ascending order arranged by pitch. The Maguindanaon refer to this instrument as a luntang while the Yakan call it a kwintangan kayo. The cylindrical logs are beaten at the edge to create sounds... | 1 | 32 | 275 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Nose flute | Philippine_musical_instruments | The nose flute is a musical instrument often played in Polynesia and the Pacific Rim countries. Other versions are found in Africa.
In the North Pacific, in the Hawaiian Islands the nose flute was a common courting instrument. In Hawaiian, it is variously called hano, "nose flute", by the more specific term ʻohe hano ... | 11 | 175 | 276 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Octavina | Philippine_musical_instruments | The octavina or Ecuadorian-Peruvian octavina is a guitar-shaped Ecuadorian-Peruvian instrument with a tuning similar to the laúd. Originally a Spanish instrument, the octavina was soon incorporated into other cultures, notably including culture of Ecuador and culture of Peru.
With the large Spanish influence on Lima-Q... | 3 | 29 | 277 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Paldong | Philippine_musical_instruments | The paldong is a traditional lip-valley flute of the Kalinga tribes in the Philippines.
It is an open, single end-blown flute. The lower end of the flute has three fingerholes.
The instrument is made from bamboo with its upper edge cut away obliquely from the backside and slightly from the front-side. The paldong is o... | 0 | 34 | 278 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Palendag | Philippine_musical_instruments | The palendag, also called Pulalu (Manobo and Mansaka), Palandag (Bagobo), Pulala (Bukidnon) and Lumundeg (Banuwaen) is a type of Philippine bamboo flute, the largest one used by the Maguindanaon, a smaller type of this instrument is called the Hulakteb (Bukidnon). A lip-valley flute, it is considered the toughest of th... | 1 | 24 | 279 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Sulibao | Philippine_musical_instruments | A solibao is a conical tenor drum played by the Bontoc and Ibaloi people of the Philippines. It is played with the palms of both hands. It usually appears as part of an ensemble along with the kimbal, pinsak, kalsa and palas. Sulibao is made from a hollowed out log covered with deer skin. | 0 | 13 | 280 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Suling | Philippine_musical_instruments | The suling (Sundanese: ᮞᮥᮜᮤᮀ) is a musical instrument of the Sundanese people in Indonesia. It is used in the Degung ensemble. Bamboo ring flute can also be found in Southeast Asian, especially in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore.
Sulings are made mainly of "tamiang" bamboo (Schizostachyum b... | 10 | 198 | 281 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Takumbo | Philippine_musical_instruments | The takumbo is a parallel-stringed tube zither made from bamboo, and is found in the Philippines. It is made from a heavy bamboo tube about 40 cm long, with both ends closed with a node. Two strands of strings, about 5 cm apart, are partially etched out from the body of the bamboo. Small wooden bridges are inserted ben... | 0 | 42 | 282 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Tongatong | Philippine_musical_instruments | A tongatong is a percussion instrument made of various lengths of bamboo, which is found in the Kalinga province of the Philippines. It is played by hitting it against the earth. Traditionally, the tongatong is used by the people of Kalinga to communicate with spirits, particularly as part of healing rituals. In modern... | 0 | 11 | 283 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Tumpong | Philippine_musical_instruments | The tumpong (also inci among the Maranao) is a type of Philippine bamboo flute used by the Maguindanaon, half the size of the largest bamboo flute, the palendag. A lip-valley flute like the palendag, the tumpong makes a sound when players blow through a bamboo reed placed on top of the instrument and the air stream pro... | 0 | 23 | 284 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Tagonggo | Philippine_musical_instruments > Category:Philippine folk instruments | In Sulu, tagonggo or tagunggo is a type of music traditionally played by male musicians dressed in their festive fineries. Tagonggo is associated with the Sama, Bajau, and Tausug ethnicities.
It is considered to be outdoor music, while the related kulintang ensemble, by contrast, is chamber music. The main instrument... | 0 | 17 | 285 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Maguindanao kulintang ensemble | Philippine_musical_instruments > Category:Philippine folk instruments > Category:Kulintang | The Maguindanao kulintang ensemble is a musical ensemble in the kulintang tradition of the Maranao and the Maguindanao. Other forms of the kulintang ensembles are played in parts of Southeast Asia especially in the eastern parts of Maritime Southeast Asia — the Southern Philippines, Eastern Indonesia, Eastern Malaysia,... | 0 | 27 | 286 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Pantayo (album) | Philippine_musical_instruments > Category:Philippine folk instruments > Category:Kulintang | Pantayo is the debut album by Canadian kulintang quintet Pantayo, released on May 8, 2020, on Toronto label Telephone Explosion. It was produced by alaska B of Yamantaka // Sonic Titan. The album was one of ten nominated for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize.
Pantayo combines the kulintang music of the South Philippines wi... | 0 | 29 | 287 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Humanfolk | Philippine_musical_instruments > Category:Philippine folk instruments > Category:Kulintang > Category:Kulintang instrumentalists | HUMANFOLK is the musical collaboration and concept band of guitarist-composer Johnny Alegre with the New York City–based Fil-Am percussionist Susie Ibarra and her husband, drummer Roberto Juan Rodriguez, together with the multi-instrumentalist Cynthia Alexander and the electronica exponent Malek Lopez. This collective ... | 1 | 62 | 288 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Susie Ibarra | Philippine_musical_instruments > Category:Philippine folk instruments > Category:Kulintang > Category:Kulintang instrumentalists | Susie Ibarra (born Anaheim, November 15, 1970) is a contemporary composer and percussionist who has worked and recorded with jazz, classical, world, and indigenous musicians. One of SPIN's "100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative Music," she is known for her work as a performer in avant-garde, jazz, world, and new music. ... | 5 | 146 | 289 |
filipino | musical_instruments | Petrus Kaseke | Philippine_musical_instruments > Category:Philippine folk instruments > Category:Kulintang > Category:Kulintang instrumentalists | Petrus Kaseke (born in Ratahan, Minahasa, North Sulawesi, October 2, 1942) was an Indonesian conservationist of Indonesia kolintang musical instruments.
He was labeled a "pioneer of kolintang" for Java because of his contributions to keeping the kolintang instruments from being lost. As a carpenter, he was able to buil... | 2 | 13 | 290 |
filipino | landmarks | List of tourist attractions in the Philippines | Landmarks_in_the_Philippines | Popular tourist attractions in the Philippines include the following: | 1 | 737 | 291 |
filipino | landmarks | Araneta Coliseum | Landmarks_in_the_Philippines | The Araneta Coliseum, also currently known by naming rights sponsorship as Smart Araneta Coliseum, is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena that is part of the Araneta City in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines. Nicknamed as "the Big Dome", it is one of the largest indoor arenas in Asia, and one of the largest c... | 13 | 508 | 292 |
filipino | landmarks | Archdiocesan Chancery | Landmarks_in_the_Philippines > Category:Historic sites in the Philippines > Category:Heritage registers in the Philippines > Category:Declared Cultural Properties in the Philippines > Category:Heritage Houses in the Philippines | The Archdiocesan Chancery is a heritage house in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. It was the former residence of Luis Wenceslao Dison and Felisa Hizon that was purchased by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Fernando. It is now being used as the Archdiocesan Chancery.
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filipino | landmarks | Augusto P. Hizon House | Landmarks_in_the_Philippines > Category:Historic sites in the Philippines > Category:Heritage registers in the Philippines > Category:Declared Cultural Properties in the Philippines > Category:Heritage Houses in the Philippines | The Augusto P. Hizon House (built in 1874) is a heritage house in the City of San Fernando in the Pampanga province of the Philippines. The house is located along Consunji Street in the city.
The house exemplifies the American colonial-style architecture. It has a winding staircase leading to the house's portico, with... | 0 | 36 | 294 |
filipino | landmarks | Bacolod Public Plaza | Landmarks_in_the_Philippines | The Bacolod Public Plaza, officially the Plaza del 6 de Noviembre, named after the day of the Spanish surrender of Negros Island to the Negros revolutionaries, is one of the notable landmarks of Bacolod, the capital of Negros Occidental, Philippines. It is located in the heart of the downtown area, near the old city ... | 2 | 31 | 295 |
filipino | landmarks | Baguio Cathedral | Landmarks_in_the_Philippines > Category:Roman Catholic churches in the Philippines > Category:Jubilee churches in the Philippines | The Our Lady of the Atonement Cathedral, commonly known as Baguio Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located at Cathedral Loop adjacent to Session Road in Baguio, the Philippines, and is the see of the Diocese of Baguio.
Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Atonement, its distincti... | 8 | 125 | 296 |
filipino | landmarks | Baliwag Museum and Library | Landmarks_in_the_Philippines > Category:Historic sites in the Philippines > Category:Heritage registers in the Philippines > Category:Declared Cultural Properties in the Philippines > Category:Important Cultural Properties of the Philippines | The Baliwag Municipal Library and Museum (also referred to as the Tahanan ng Kasaysayan at Kalinangan ng Baliwag) which is currently housed at the Lumang Munisipyo (Old Municipal Town Hall) is the town's center for historical and cultural heritage.
Theis landmark is owned and administered by the City of Baliwag. The he... | 1 | 70 | 297 |
filipino | landmarks | Bangsamoro Government Center | Landmarks_in_the_Philippines | The Bangsamoro Government Center, also known as the Bangsamoro Office, is a complex of government buildings in Cotabato City, Philippines. The complex serves as the office of the regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. | 2 | 21 | 298 |
filipino | landmarks | Betis Church | Landmarks_in_the_Philippines > Category:Roman Catholic churches in the Philippines > Category:Roman Catholic churches in the Philippines by province > Category:Roman Catholic churches in Pampanga | The Santiago Apostol Parish (Kapampangan: Parokya nang Santiago Apostol; Spanish: Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago Apóstol), commonly known as Betis Church, is a Baroque-style church located in the Betis District of Guagua in Pampanga, Philippines under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Fernando. The church was esta... | 2 | 190 | 299 |
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