MUSDIKS:Awit / kurido

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.