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About this Song
The intergenerational, community-centered lineage of folk practice that defines musical expression across the Philippines shapes every work that emerges from the country’s rich folk tradition, a body of sound that carries the core cultural touchstones that have bound disparate groups across the archipelago for centuries. At the heart of this ever-evolving tradition is Hindi Kita Lilimutin, a sound that anchors itself to the folk idiom’s longstanding commitment to preserving and sharing the experiences that unite communities across regions, across distances, and across the passage of time. Folk music as a genre, in the context of the Philippines, is far more than a categorical label for creative work; it is a living vessel that carries the values, memories, and shared truths that shape collective life for people across the country’s thousands of islands, each region infusing the broader national folk tradition with its own subtle, distinct nuances that add depth and texture to every work that enters the canon.
