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Visayan pop, better known as Vispop (not to be confused with the Scandinavian musical genre), is short for Visayan popular music.Despite its name, it usually refers to popular music in the Cebuano language; pop music sung in other Visayan languages is known by other terms.
Susan Fuentes (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈfwɛntɛs]; 1 November 1954 – 7 September 2013) was a Filipino singer known as the "Queen of Visayan Songs". [1] She recorded and popularized Visayan classics such as Matud Nila (They Say in English; Sabi Nila in Filipino), Gimingaw Ako (I Feel Lonesome), Usahay (Sometimes in English; Minsan in Filipino), Rosas Pandan and Miss Kita Kung Christmas.
"Yutang Tabonon" ("Beloved Land") is a Catholic hymn in the Cebuano language, praying for protection of the Filipino people. [citation needed]The music is Charles Gounod's Marche Pontificale (1869); which is also the music of the Pontifical Anthem, the official anthem of the Pope and of the Holy See.
Pilar Garrido Corrales (born August 22, 1939) [1] is a Filipino pop singer, songwriter, actress, comedian and television presenter. She is best-known for her distinctive backbend [2] when singing and is popularly referred to as the "Asia's Queen of Songs" for her vocal style and longevity.
Its goals were to encourage songwriters to compose in Cebuano, [3] the mother tongue spoken in central Philippines, Visayas, and most parts of Mindanao, and to introduce fresh, radio-friendly songs [2] with mainstream appeal as an alternative to BisRock and local novelty songs. [4]
The term, which is in the blended form, comes from the Cebuano words Bisaya, referring the Visayan languages, and "rock", for rock music. The term was coined by Cebuano writer Januar E. Yap in 2002 [1] and was first applied to Missing Filemon's first album. Earning wide reception among the young in the Visayas and Mindanao, Bisrock is a fairly ...
The Christianization of the Visayans and Filipinos in general, is commemorated by the Ati-Atihan Festival of Aklan, the Dinagyang Festival of Iloilo, and the Sinulog festival the feast of the Santo Niño de Cebu (Holy Child of Cebu), the brown-skinned depiction of the Child Jesus given by Magellan to Rajah Humabon's wife, Hara Amihan (baptized ...
"Pobreng Alindahaw" is a Filipino folk-song, [1] [2] originating in the Visayan ethnic group. [3] It is sometimes sung during special occasions such as birthday parties. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was also featured in the title of a 1970s movie.