MUSDIKS:Tongatong

Klg. A big and hollow bamboo tube; the top end is open while the bottom is hit on solid ground, cement or hard wooden floor.

--- Musika Jornals 1977

Word: tongatong or dongadong

Category: instrument

1. Ethno-linguistic group: Kalinga

2. General physical description: an ensemble generally consists of five or six bamboo stamping tubes

3. General playing technique: hit/stamped on the floor, interlocking patterns

4. Musical function:

5. Playing circumstance: courtship: this is played by women in smaller rites for harvest and curing

Source:CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art, Volume I, Peoples of the Philippines, K-Z