Comparison of Music of Suluwesi and the Philippines

 

Possible resource in the attempt to validate cultural connections to ethnic groups within Philippines.

Suluwesi Studies 

"This paper will discuss a comparison of music in the Philippines and Sulawesi Island in Indonesia. This paper will be divided into two parts; the first part will provide a general description of the historical background between the two places and the relationship between them. The second part will address the comparison of the music in terms of the instruments, the way they are played and the music produced...

"This topic could be vague since the historical spread of instruments and music can not be confined by national borders. As we know, many modern nation states in Southeast Asia such as the Philippines and Indonesia are not based on the similarity of culture but according to divisions imposed by colonization...

 ...The most fascinating aspects of this study probably will be realized where there is a similarity in the instruments but differences in the way they are played since the locations are contiguous but have different histories. This paper may serve as a stepping stone to serious research about the relationship between the two areas or the spread of musical culture in the archipelagos of Southeast Asia."


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