kutiyapi
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300px|thumb|right|A Maguindanao people|Maguindanao kutiyapi bearing [[okir motifs]]
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Regional names
- In Palawan
- Among the Bangsamoro peoples
- Maranao
- Dayunday performances
- Among Lumad groups
- In the Visayas
- Tagalog ''kutyapi''
- Similar Southeast Asian instruments
- See also
- References
300px|thumb|right|A Maguindanao people|Maguindanao kutiyapi bearing [[okir motifs]]
The kutiyapi, or kudyapi, is a Philippine two-stringed, fretted boat-lute. It is four to six feet long with nine frets made of hardened beeswax. The instrument is carved out of solid soft wood such as that from the jackfruit tree.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “kutiyapi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.