• Folk songs are songs written by the folk and are sung to

accompany daily activities such as farming, fishing, and putting

the baby to sleep.
• Folk song is also known as an indigenous or traditional music.
• Most Philippine folk songs have Spanish and other Western
influences.
• The people created melodic chants and indigenous instruments
based on the materials available where they lived.
• The folk songs of Luzon lowlands are performed in his/her
native languages such as:Ilocano, Pangasinense, Kapampangan,
Tagalog, Bicolano and others.
• Originally passed down orally to the family, and to the other
members of the community
• Sung in his/her own dialect
• Begins in one key and ends in the same key
• Composers and lyricists are usually unknown
• Mood can be sentimental (prompted by feelings of tenderness
or sadness), playful and humorous (funny)
• Concepts are based on nature or people’s work, tradition and
culture.
• Short and simple
• Either in duple meter, triple meter or quadruple meter.
ILOCANO
• Pamulinawen
• Naraniag a Bulan
• Manang BidayDungdungwen Kanto
• Banatiran
• Ti Ayat ti Maysa nga Ubing
• Igid Diay Baybay
• Diro ni Ayat
BICOLANO
• Sarung Banggi
KAPAMPANGAN
• Atin Cu Pung Singsing
• Doredo
• Caca, O Caca
• Ing Bulung Lara Y Rizal
• Tinanam Kung Kamantugui
• Misan a Cayaldawan
• Patag a Bundoc
TAGALOG
• Magtanim ay Di Biro
• Bahay Kubo
• Leson Leson Sinta
• Sitsiritsit
• Paru-Parong Bukid
• Tong Tong Tong Tong Pakitong-kitong
MAGTANIM AY DI BIRO
- A popular folk song composed by Felipe Padilla De Leon
- The song literally means “Planting is not a joke.” the songs talks
about how hard the work or the job of a farmer is, it also
describes how their muscles ache from all the work and that
they have to renew their strength for the next day.
BAHAY KUBO
tells of a small nipa hut, surrounded by a garden filled with a
variety of vegetables. Its composer is unknown.
PAMULINAWEN
“Pamulinawen” is the name of the girl who is being courted in the
song Pamulinawen.
It tells about a man who is courting a stone hearted girl.
It is a song about courtship and love.
The song were written by Isidro Castro.
MANANG BIDAY
Manang Biday is a serenade type of song, about courtship and
love. In it, a young man asked the lady he loves to open her
window and look down at him, because he is singing a love song
for her. It shows the cultural aspects of showing your love to a
woman in a respectful way. The title “Manang Biday” is the
woman's name in the song.
The composer of Manang Biday is Florante Aguilar
ATIN CU PUNG SING SING
the song basically tells the story of a lady who lost her ring given
by her mother. The composer is unkown.

SARUNG BANGGI
The Sarung Banggi song is composed by Potenciano Gregorio. It
means “one night or one evening”
• Its music originated as a part of religious ceremony,
and includes a number of traditions, both ancient and
modern.
• Liturgical music is well known as a part of Catholic
Mass.
• a hymn which accompanies religious
observances and rituals.
• Kyrie Eleison
• Gloria in Excelsis Deo
• Credo in Unum Deum
• Sanctus Dominus Deo Sabaoth
• Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi
• The Mass
• Pastores
• Senakulo
• Pasyon
• Salubong
• Flores de Mayo
• Santacruzan
A form of sacred musical composition,
a choral composition that sets the invariable portions
of the Eucharistic liturgy.
• These are prayers that are sung in a Mass
• The word “mass” came from the Latin word missa
used in the concluding rite of the mass in Latin.
• Masses can be acappella, that is, without an
independent accompaniment, or they can be
accompanied by instrumental (piano) up to and
including a full orchestra.
 Song for Masses English Filipino
Greek- Kyrie Eleison Lord Have Mercy Panginoon Maawa Ka
Latin- Gloria Glory to God Papuri sa Diyos
Latin- Credo in Unum Deum I believe in One God Sumasampalataya
Latin- Sanctus Holy Santo
Latin- Agnus Dei Lamb of God Kordero ng Diyos

a. Kyrie is the first movement of a setting of the Ordinary of

the Mass
b. Gloria is a celebratory passage praising God and Christ.
c. Credo a setting of the Nicene Creed, is the longest text of a
sung Mass:
d. The Sanctus is a doxology praising the Trinity
e. The Agnus Dei is a setting of the "Lamb of God"
 A Christmas season folk dance and song.
• The Pastores (shepherds) recounts the story of the shepherds
who visited the child Jesus in a manger through a song.
• They go house to house to sing daygon (worship).
• It is a religious play presented during the Lenten season that
depicts events from the Old and New Testaments related to the
life, sufferings, and death of Jesus Christ.
• The word “senakulo” is derived from the Spanish cenáculo,
meaning “cenacle,” which is the place where Jesus Christ
celebrated the Last Supper with his disciples.
• The Senakulo is performed during Holy Week in the Philippines.
• It takes eight nights -- from Palm Sunday to Easter to present
the entire Senakulo
• A Philippine epic (a long narrative book that contains the life of
Christ) that narrates about the passion, death and resurrection
of Jesus Christ.
• The verses are structured in five-line stanzas, with eight syllables
in each line. It’s recitation is known as the pabasa (chanting,
singing or reading the pasyon.
• It is a way for Catholics to repent to their sins and seek
forgiveness from God during Lenten Season. It is form of
meditation, expression of faith to God and activity made with
the fellow community.
• It is commonly sung during Holy Week.
• But instead of reading it, they chant it or read it in a tune.
Singing the whole book phrase by phrase, line per line.
• Chanting the Passion of Christ is one of the treasured religious
traditions that must be kept from the society because these
traditions are part of our culture and national identity that
define a part of who we are.
• Salubong is celebrated during pre-dawn of Easter Sunday.
• It is a ritual that reenacts the Risen Christ's meeting with His
mother Mary.
• Salubong is usually held outside the church.
• Originated from Marinduque.
• What does it Signify?
How powerful God is for he sacrificed his only son and brought
Him back to life again to save us all from our sins
New beginning for us because Jesus gave us a new life by
saving us from our sins
• How is it Performed
The church bells are rung and there is a procession of the
images of Christ and His mother that ends up in the church
The participants in the procession are segregated by gender
The men follow the image of Christ while the women follow the
image of Mary
The procession ends with the two groups meeting inside the
church where the mass is held
• Flores de Mayo (Spanish term for “Flowers of May”) is a
Catholic festival held in the Philippines in the month of May. It is
one of the May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary that lasts
for the entire month.
• For the entire month of May, devotees offer flowers to the
image of Mama Mary in their respective churches.
• It is one of the many influences of the Spaniards in the
Philippine culture and tradition.
• The Santacruzan (Spanish term for “Sacred Cross”)
• The Santacruzan is also known as “Sagala”
• Originated in Malolos, Bulacan
• A Santacruzan is a religious-historical beauty pageant
held in many cities, town and even small villages
throughout the Philippines during the month of May.
THE HISTORY BEHIND IT:
It recalls the finding of the Holy Cross by Queen Helene
with her son, Emperor Constantine. After the cross was
found in Jerusalem, it was brought back to Rome, where
there was joyful celebration for thanksgiving.
Where it is held?
In the Bicol region, (especially in Barangay Sabang in
Naga City), it is held every Wednesday and Saturday
of May.
The ritual is started with the rosary, with every decade
followed by Spanish Marian songs, Nine day novena,
The Sagala, Pageant on the last day of Flores de Mayo
and Procession of “queens” (ex. Reyna Elena, Reyna ng
Sába, Reyna Móra)