MUSIC OF THE LOWLANDS OF

LUZONMusic for Liturgy and Devotional

MusicBy: Crizze’le Joy M. Ligtas

LITURGY

• a fixed set of ceremonies, words, etc., that are used during public worship in a religion.

• Technically speaking, liturgy is a subset of ritual.

• When ritual is undertaken in order to participate in a divine act or assist a divine action, it is liturgy.

DEVOTIONAL MUSIC

• is a hymn which accompanies religious observances and rituals. Traditionally devotional music has been a part of Christian music, Hindu music, Sufi music,Buddhist music, Islamic music and Jewish music.

VOCAL MUSIC

• The Mass• Moro-Moro/Komedya• Senakulo and Pabasa ng Pasyon• Salubong• Flores de Mayo and Santa Cruzan

THE MASS• Mass is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is commonly

called in the Catholic Church, Western Rite Orthodox churches and many Old Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches, as well as some Methodist churches. Apart from "Eucharist" others are the "Lord's Supper", the "Breaking of Bread", the "Eucharistic assembly (synaxis)", the "memorial of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection", the "Holy Sacrifice", the "Holy and Divine Liturgy" and "Holy Communion". In these denominations, the term Mass often refers to the entire church service in general. Some Protestants employ terms such as Divine Service or service of worship, rather than the word Mass, although other Protestants, such as Anglicans and Lutherans, use the word. For the celebration of the Eucharist in Eastern churches, including those in full communion with the Holy See, other terms such as the Divine Liturgy, the Qurbono Qadishoor Holy Qurbana and the Badarak are normal.

MORO-MORO/KOMEDYA

• The earliest known form of organized theatre is the comedia, or moro-moro, created by Spanish priests. In 1637 a play was written to dramatize the recent capture by a Christian Filipino army of an Islamic stronghold. It was so popular that other plays were written and staged as folk dramas in Christianized villages.

SENAKULO• The Senakulo (from the Spanish

cenaculo) is a Lenten play that depicts events from the Old and New Testaments related to the life, sufferings, and death of Christ. The senakulo is traditionally performed on a proscenium-type stage with painted cloth or paper backdrops that are called telon.

• Salubong is an Easter Sunday pre-dawn ritual that reenacts the Risen Christ's meeting with His mother. It is performed in the churchyard under a specially prepared arch where the veiled image of the Virgin Mary has been placed. A child dressed as an angel is lowered by ropes from a high platform to lift the mourning veil of the grieving Mother. The church bells are rung, and there is a procession of the images of Christ and his mother that ends up inside the church.

• The participants in the procession are segregated by gender. The men and boys follow the image of Jesus Christ, while women and girls follow the image of Mary. The procession ends with the two groups meeting in the church, where Mass is said.

SALUBONG

FLORES DE MAYO AND SANTA CRUZAN

• Flores de Mayo (Spanish for "flowers of May") is a festival held in the Philippines in the month of May. It is one of the May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary and lasts for the entire month. The Santacruzan (Spanish for "sacred cross") is the ritual pageant held on the last day of Flores de Mayo.

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

•Las Piñas Bamboo Organ

SOCIAL FUNCTIONS

•Music for worship and religious

festivities