What is the meaning of Hudhud?
Hudhud chants of the Ifugao. The Hudhud consists of narrative chants traditionally performed by the Ifugao community, which is well known for its rice terraces extending over the highlands of the northern island of the Philippine archipelago.
What is the history of Hudhud in the Philippines?
Inscribed in 2008 ( 3.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (originally proclaimed in 2001) The Hudhud consists of narrative chants traditionally performed by the Ifugao community, which is well known for its rice terraces extending over the highlands of the northern island of the Philippine archipelago.
What is the Hudhud perpetual award?
The NCCA/ICH has completed the UNESCO/Japan supported three-year action plan of safeguarding the transmission of the epic, to rekindle life in the dying chant. The Hudhud Perpetual Award is the final strategy of the action plan to safeguard and promote the hudhud chants, engaging the active participation of the practitioners and the community,
What is the hudhud of Ifugao?
The hudhud is chanted among the Ifugao only during four occasions: the harvesting and weeding of rice, funeral wakes, and bone-washing (bogwa) rituals. Dating back to as early as before the seventh century, the hudhud was comprised of over 200 stories with about 40 episodes each.
A hudhud is a kind of metrical tale sung or chanted to relieve the tedium of group labor in the fields, or during funeral wakes, among the Ifugaw, a terrace-building, rice- farming and lately headhunting ethnic mi- nority inhabiting the Cordillera Central of Northern Luzon in the Philippines.
What is the significance of the Hudhud and the Darangen epic?
This note is a reflection on two ancient Philippine chants: the hudhud and the darangen epic. These two chants hold vast knowledge on the ways of life of ancient Filipinos.
How do the chanters of the Hudhud remember the chant?
She explained that “the chanters of the hudhud rely heavily on culturally constituted environmental stimuli to help them remember the chant. Objects such as rice harvesting tools, familiar bodily movements, and the songs of other chanters help to distribute the burden of chant memorization.