MUSDIKS:Awit / kurido: Difference between revisions

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Word: awit/kurido

Source of Term: Filipino Heritage vol. 7

Language: Tagalog

Category: Genre

Description: A story sung which customarily done by grandparents when their grand-

children gather around them and ask for it after supper. The theme of the awit

and the kurido is generally about the war and love exploits of Christian royalty who

win over muslims. Occasionally, the theme is about parental demands from children

or familial obligations. Sometimes the awit and kurido are sung merely to while

away the time.

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 Word: awit/kurido
 Source of Term: Filipino Heritage vol. 7
 Language: Tagalog
 Category:  Genre
 Description: A story sung which customarily done by grandparents when their   grand-
-                    children gather around them and ask for it after supper. The theme of the
+::children gather around them and ask for it after supper. The theme of the awit
-                    awit and the kurido is generally about the war and love exploits of Christian
+::and the kurido is generally about the war and love exploits of Christian royalty who
-                    royalty who win over muslims. Occasionally, the theme is about parental
+:: win over muslims. Occasionally, the theme is about parental demands from children
-                   demands from children or familial obligations. Sometimes the awit and
+::or familial obligations. Sometimes the awit and kurido are sung merely to while
-                   kurido are sung merely to while away the time.
+::away the time.
+[[Category:Dictionary of Filipino Music Terms]]