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    Instrument of Visayas

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    The balitaw is a folk song from the Visayas region of the Philippines. It is traditionally sung in 3/4 time and was originally accompanied by a three-string coconut-shell guitar or harp. The balitaw takes the form of a debate or dialogue where a young woman and man compete in improvising romantic verses. These song exchanges were once used as a prelude to courtship but faded from tradition by the 1930s, although the songs are still performed today.

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    Instrument of Visayas

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    The balitaw is a folk song from the Visayas region of the Philippines. It is traditionally sung in 3/4 time and was originally accompanied by a three-string coconut-shell guitar or harp. The balitaw takes the form of a debate or dialogue where a young woman and man compete in improvising romantic verses. These song exchanges were once used as a prelude to courtship but faded from tradition by the 1930s, although the songs are still performed today.

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    The balitaw is a folk song from the Visayas region of the Philippines. It is traditionally sung in 3/4 time and was originally accompanied by a three-string coconut-shell guitar or harp. The balitaw takes the form of a debate or dialogue where a young woman and man compete in improvising romantic verses. These song exchanges were once used as a prelude to courtship but faded from tradition by the 1930s, although the songs are still performed today.

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    Instrument of Visayas

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    The balitaw is a folk song from the Visayas region of the Philippines. It is traditionally sung in 3/4 time and was originally accompanied by a three-string coconut-shell guitar or harp. The balitaw takes the form of a debate or dialogue where a young woman and man compete in improvising romantic verses. These song exchanges were once used as a prelude to courtship but faded from tradition by the 1930s, although the songs are still performed today.

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    KUDYAPI

    BUNKAKA
    LITGIT
    PASYOK
    BUKTOT
    SULIBAW
    LANTOY
    The balitaw is the song traditionally associated with the Visayas region in the same way
    the kundiman andkumintang are associated with ancient Tagalog music.
    The music of the balitaw is usually written in 3/4 time. It is also danced to, although it originally was
    something that was merely sung. This folk air has a more developed form called balitao
    romansada. The traditional instrument used to accompany the balitaw was a three-string coconut-
    shell guitar; later, a harp was adopted as the instrument of choice because more chords could be
    played on it. When performed today in modern rendition, a five-string guitar is used.
    The balitaw is a debate or dialogue song in which a young woman and a young man compete to
    see who is better at improvising romantic verses. These verses are sometimes memorized in
    advance. Using song to disguise the intimate sentiments of courtship reduces the embarrassment
    involved in meeting potential mates.
    These witty exchanges of balitaw used to be a prelude to courtship and marriage, but this tradition
    had faded away by the 1930's and is no longer observed in contemporary Visayan society, although
    the songs are still performed for the sake of performance. Pedro Alfafara was the famous singer
    who popularized the balitaw as a performance song before the outbreak of World War II.

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