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  • Thus the piece starts with calm, floating Indian singing and sarangi-playing, the so-called Alap of the Indian Raga.

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  • A river cuts in two the pueblo of Alap, and that pueblo is said to celebrate the harvest by a rock fight similar to that of Bontoc and Samoki.

    The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911

  • In the western pueblos of Alap, Balili, Genugan, Takong, and Sagada there has been spreading for the past two years a changing faith.

    The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911

  • Balili, Alap, Sadanga, Takong, Sagada, Titipan and other pueblos between Bontoc pueblo and Lepanto Province to the west weave breechcloths and skirts which are brought by their makers and disposed of to Bontoc and adjacent pueblos.

    The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911

  • He next visited Alap, but the young women of that pueblo were sickly; so he came on to Tulubin.

    The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911

  • Alap, etc., use the bolo exclusively -- frequently an Ilokano weapon.

    The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911

  • In Sagada, Agawa, Takong, and near-by pueblos the a'-to is said to be known as dap'-ay; and in Balili and Alap both names are known.

    The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911

  • In pueblos toward the western part of the area, as in Balili, Alap, and their neighbors, the instrument is played differently and the sound carries only a few rods.

    The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911

  • "Alap Beet" is the best and quickest way to learn the ATWAT'E (letters).

    بالاترین 2010

  • If you see an Alap in this form,, it is the Estrangela AT-WAA-TEH.

    بالاترین 2010

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