Belumin

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Song V
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Date Created: 
1982
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27 lines and 7 notes
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In this text, Christian words are set to the Subanen |ibelumin,|r a tune used for songs composed extemporaneously on informal occasions. The song illustrates a characteristic Subanen feature of embellishment of a song or poem: the mention of plants and even a colorful turban, chosen because their names rhyme with other words in the stanza.
Labeled simply as "song" in English translation pg. 276.
Publication Status: 
Preprint
Country: 
Philippines
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Entry Number: 
48592