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kulintang

kulintang noun: an ancient form of instrumental music of Southeast Asia, played on a row of small, horizontally-laid melodic gongs accompanied by larger suspended gongs and drums.

Noun

kulintang (uncountable)

  1. An ancient form of instrumental music of Southeast Asia, played on a row of small, horizontally-laid melodic gongs accompanied by larger suspended gongs and drums.
    • “Electric Kulintang,” her percussive collaboration with Mr. Rodriguez, adds a contemporary sheen to the chiming kulintang music of the Philippines.2007 April 27, The New York Times, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times

Questions about kulintang

What does kulintang mean?
Kulintang means an ancient form of instrumental music of Southeast Asia, played on a row of small, horizontally-laid melodic gongs accompanied by larger suspended gongs and drums.
What part of speech is kulintang?
Kulintang is a noun.

Words near kulintang in the dictionary

  1. Kulinic
  2. Kulinkovich reaction
  3. Kulinkovich reactions
  4. Kulinski
  5. Kulinskis
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  7. kulis
  8. Kulises
  9. Kuliviu
  10. Kulka
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