Dabakan

A dbakan beautifully designed with Maranao okkil designs

Also called dbakan or dadabuan (Maranao)

The dabakan is a drum used in kulintang ensembles frequently referenced as in the shape of an hour-glass or a goblet. Made of pula, wood, the hollowed-out drum is usually covered by a layer of goat or lizard skin and beaten with a pair of rattan/bamboo strips while knelling or sitting.

During older times, the bigger, double-headed dabakan would be hung in the mosque. An imam (spiritual leader) would hit the drum repeatly announcing the beginning of prayer time thoughtout the outerlying areas. As a sign of the times, instruments such as the dabakan have now been replaced by more modern equipment such as a speakerphone.
Traditional instruments of the Southern Philippines
Maguindanao Kulintang Ensemble
Kulintang - Agung - Gandingan - Babendil - Dabakan

Other non-ensemble instruments
Kulintang a Kayo - Gandingan a Kayo - Kulintang a Tiniok - Kubing - Luntang - Agung a Tamlang – Kagul – Palendag – Tumpong – Suling - Kutiyapi

References

External links

[Traditional Music of the Southern Philippines] - An online textbook about Southern Pilipino Kulintang Music with a extensive section devoted to the Philippine drum: the dabakan.

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