{{Short description|Musical instrument}} thumb|A variety of kubing harps thumb|Playing the kubing The '''kubing''' is a type of Philippine jaw harp from bamboo found among the Maguindanaon and other Muslim and non-Muslim tribes in the Philippines and Indonesia. It is also called kobing (Maranao), kolibau (Tingguian), aru-ding (Tagbanwa), kuribaw (Ibanag and Itawes), aribao (Isneg),<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),<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), ulibaw (Kalinga), karombi (Toraja), yori (Kailinese) or ''Kulibaw''{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}. Ones made of sugar palm-leaf are called karinta (Munanese), ore-ore mbondu or ore Ngkale (Butonese).<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 *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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