The Maguindanaos produce fine handicrafts such as brass ware, hand woven malongs, mats and baskets. They are musically inclined, with the kulintang as principal instrument. Their kulintang ensemble has two more large gongs than that of the Maranaos.
One notable characteristic of Maguindanao dance is its faster, rougher steps and movements derived from the movement of the river, unlike the slow almost placid hands and body movements of the Maranao which is similar to the movement of the lake.
(Blogger’s note: This post is the last part of an eight-part series on the Maguindanao people. Each part is posted every Monday starting December 8, 2014. The text is copied as it appears in Defending the Land: Lumad and Moro People’s Struggle for Ancestral Domain in Mindanao. The book, published by a consortium of non-government organizations, has an “anti-copyright” notice and may thus be freely reproduced.)
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