Author: JJ Jimenez Patubo

Have you heard children singing a Christmas carol? Well, naga-daigon lang!

Ilonggo Folk Music is the music that has been handed down from one generation to another. It is usually in a set melody; is extemporaneously composed and expresses emotions, thoughts, or ideas shared by the community. Folk music is a very essential component of every place and culture. It is the music with which the people of a nation or a group most specifically identify themselves. It consists of song or pieces taught through performance and learned by hearing. The original composers of folk music are anonymous or forgotten. A folk song does not have a standardized form. Instead, its words as well as its music exist in more than one and sometimes a great many variants, or in slightly different versions. Folk music is the music of the people. Although many folk musicians are accomplished artists who have fine technique and mastery of many pieces, folk music is generally simpler and more compact in style than classical or art music. Folk music exists in many different forms and under a variety of social and