12.09.2007

DINUYYA-Mountain -Igorot Dances

Dinuyya



(dih-NOOH-yah)
A festival dance from Lagawe, it is performed by the Ifugao men and women during a major feast. Accompanying the dance are three gangsa or gongs: the tobtob, a brass gong about ten inches in diameter and played by beating with open palms, and the various hibat or gongs played by beating the inner surface with a stick of softwood.

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