# Kubing

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{{Short description|Musical instrument}}
thumb|A variety of kubing harps
thumb|Playing the kubing
The '''kubing''' is a type of [Philippine](/source/Philippine) [jaw harp](/source/jaw_harp) from bamboo found among the [Maguindanao](/source/Maguindanao)n and other Muslim and non-Muslim tribes in the [Philippines](/source/Philippines) and [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia). It is also called kobing ([Maranao](/source/Maranao)), kolibau ([Tingguian](/source/Tingguian)), aru-ding ([Tagbanwa](/source/Tagbanwa_people)), kuribaw ([Ibanag](/source/Ibanag_people) and [Itawes](/source/Itawes_people)), aribao ([Isneg](/source/Isneg_people)),<ref>{{cite web
 | last = Hila
 | first = Antonio C
 | year = 2006
 | url = http://www.filipinoheritage.com/arts/phil-music/pre-colonial-indigenous-music.htm
 | title = Indigenous Music - Tuklas Sining: Essays on the Philippine Arts
 | work = Filipino Heritage.com
 | publisher = Tatak Pilipino
 | access-date = June 12, 2006
 | archive-date = December 24, 2005
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051224003259/http://www.filipinoheritage.com/arts/phil-music/pre-colonial-indigenous-music.htm
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref> aroding ([Palawan](/source/Palawan)),<ref>{{cite web
 | last = de Leon Jr.
 | first = Felipe M
 | year = 2006
 | url = http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about_cultarts/cultprofile/gamaba/intaray.php
 | title = Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan - 1993 Awardee - MASINO INTARAY and the Basal and Kulilal Ensemble  | work = National Commission For Culture and the Arts. 2002. National Commission For Culture and the Arts
 | access-date = June 12, 2006
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060716025744/http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about_cultarts/cultprofile/gamaba/intaray.php |archive-date = July 16, 2006}}</ref> kulaing ([Yakan](/source/Yakan_language)), ulibaw ([Kalinga](/source/Kalinga_people)), karombi ([Toraja](/source/Toraja)), yori ([Kailinese](/source/Kailinese)) or ''Kulibaw''{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}. Ones made of sugar palm-leaf are called karinta ([Munanese](/source/Munanese)), ore-ore mbondu or ore Ngkale ([Butonese](/source/Butonese_people)).<ref>{{cite web
 | last = Amin
 | first = Mohammad
 | year = 2005
 | url = https://sulawesistudies.blogspot.com/2005/09/comparison-of-music-of-philippines-and.html
 | title =  A Comparison of Music of the Philippines and Sulawesi | work = Sulawesi Studies
 | access-date = June 12, 2006
 }}</ref>

The kubing is traditionally considered an intimate instrument, usually used as communication between family or a loved one in close quarters. Both genders can use the instrument, the females more infrequently than males who use it for short distance courtship.<ref>{{cite web
 | last = Mercurio 
 | first = Philip Dominguez
 | year = 2006
 | url = http://www.pnoyandthecity.blogspot.com
 | title = Traditional Music of the Southern Philippines
 | work = PnoyAndTheCity: A center for Kulintang - A home for Pasikings
 | access-date = June 12, 2006
 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[Jaw harp](/source/Jaw_harp)
*[Lamellophone](/source/Lamellophone)

==References==
{{Commons category|Kubing}}
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*"[https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/970 Grinnell College Musical Instrument Collection: Kubing]", ''Grinnell.edu''.

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Category:Idioglot guimbardes and jaw harps
Category:Philippine musical instruments
Category:Indonesian musical instruments

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