MUSDIKS:besal
From Iskomunidad
Word: besál
category: musical instrument
1. ethno-linguistic group: Maguindanaon
2. General Physical Description: clapper of a bell or of a kulintang or debaken; drumstick (made of bamboo)
3. General Playing technique: used to strike the debaken
4. Musical Function: The debaken is played first then followed by the kulintang
5. Playing circumstance: not mentioned
Maguinadanaon- English Dictionary
author: Robert E. Sullivan
Institute of Cotabato Culture
Notre Dame University