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Awit - /a-weet/ genre of song from Sariaya, Quezon where the singers answer each other in sung prose while toasting with the local coconut vodka called [[lambanog]]. | Awit - /a-weet/ genre of song from Sariaya, Quezon where the singers answer each other in sung prose while toasting with the local coconut vodka called [[lambanog]]. | ||
[[Category:Dictionary of Filipino Music Terms|Awit]] | [[Category:Dictionary of Filipino Music Terms|Awit]] | ||
Word: awit | |||
Source of Term: Filipino Heritage vol. 8 | |||
Language: Tagalog | |||
Category: Literary form/Repertoire/form | |||
Description: A literary form. A legend written in verse, based on the story of the crusades | |||
or the war between the Moros and the Christians. It is also an epic or heroic | |||
poem written in filipino or spanish. Awit as a song is a special tune or | |||
melody adapted to the reading of the awit or corrido. It is a direct offspring | |||
of the kumintang. Written in ¾ time, it is similar to the so called strophic | |||
form of song, every verse being sung to the same tune. | |||
[[Category:Dictionary of Filipino Music Terms|awit]][[category:literary form/repertoire/form|A]] | |||
Revision as of 18:37, 28 July 2009
Awit - /a-weet/ genre of song from Sariaya, Quezon where the singers answer each other in sung prose while toasting with the local coconut vodka called lambanog.
Word: awit Source of Term: Filipino Heritage vol. 8 Language: Tagalog Category: Literary form/Repertoire/form Description: A literary form. A legend written in verse, based on the story of the crusades
or the war between the Moros and the Christians. It is also an epic or heroic
poem written in filipino or spanish. Awit as a song is a special tune or
melody adapted to the reading of the awit or corrido. It is a direct offspring
of the kumintang. Written in ¾ time, it is similar to the so called strophic
form of song, every verse being sung to the same tune.