Free Workshop on Maguindanao Dances and Kulintang (Gong) Music

On Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 2:00 to 3:00 pm, the SAMAHAN Filipino American Performing Arts & Education Center will hold a free workshop on Maguindanao dances and kulintang (gong) music at the Valencia Park Malcom X Library at 5148 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92114. The workshop is the final free interactive workshop of the series sponsored in part by the Living Cultures Program of the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) and the California Arts Council. For more information, Email: [email protected] or call (619) 470-6024.

The series of workshops on Maguindanao culture educates participants about the indigenous dances and music of the Maguindanao: the largest Muslim society in Mindanao Island, Philippines. Our upcoming workshop on February 26th features the Sagayan warrior dance and the de-mystifying of the Singkil. Since May 2021, SAMAHAN’s artists, namely Dr. Bernard Ellorin, Kim Kalanduyan, Michelle Camaya-Julian, and Nico Del Mundo, have taught the workshop series covering a repertoire of indigenous cultural music and dance from the Maguindanao people. SAMAHAN is profoundly indebted to the Salamindanao dance company master artists Faisal Monal and Sata Abdullah, and the Kalanduyan family of musicians from Datu Piang, Cotabato, who were our resource persons and informants during our field study in 2019. Funding for our research was through grant from The San Diego Foundation – Dr. Lolita Diñoso Carter Endowment and from the Alliance of California Traditional Arts (ACTA) Apprenticeship Program.

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