ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the biography of High Queen Damoao and the Teaching of Maranao Kolintang Music. High Queen Damoao was a famous poet, orator, and musician. Maranao kolintang music is an oral tradition. There is no written body of theory about the music. Dr. Robert Garfias brought the generative seeds of the music into this hemisphere, but the Mindanao Kulintang Ensemble (MKE) has become the most active purveyor of that tradition. Ina serves as the unparalleled and limitless source of traditional knowledge upon which the ensemble's traditional repertoires are based. The chapter presents Steven Otto, who has identified at least certain major regional styles of Maranao kolintang music. The Romayas style is usually credited to its patron, a leader named Kaka-i-Dugalangit. Professor Otto explained the Romayas style in relation to its patron Dugalangit as well as the influence of Ina, who is referred to as either Hadji Salam Cadar or Mrs. Hadji Salam Cadar.
