MUSDIKS:dalit

Word: dalit Source of Term: Filipino Heritage vol. 7 Language:Tagalog Category: Genre Description: A lament song which is ( more for the bereaved than for the dead) sung

                   while the corpse lies in state, during the pawakas or on the first anniversary.
                  Some families begin singing the dalit immediately after the dead has been
                  Dressed, while others wait until the burial. During the third or ninth night,
                  And during the pawakas, a community prayer for the departed is held, after 
                 Which food is served. At these times the dalit is sung either in tambakan
                 Or in duplo.