Ask anyone from Manila about the music scene in Tacloban and chances are, all you’d get is a puzzled expression. Ask Playphonics and a different sound will make its way to your ears—chill rock is what Playphonics calls it, an OPM rock band that saw its beginnings in Tacloban Leyte. With Rica Camacho on vocals and rhythm guitar, Hector Cruz on lead guitar, Reuvelle Clemcio on bass guitar and Sedfrey Clemencio pounding on the skins, Playphonics feeds a longing for calming, ambient sounds. Relaxing rock, if you will. For Rica, Hector, Reuvelle and Sedfrey, it’s exactly that kind of music that distinguishes them from other bands. It’s that unique sound that’s boosting their climb up Manila’s music ladder.
From being high school students performing in Tacloban Bands, Playphonics has made the big leap to the city. But it wasn’t always a walk in the park. Coming to Manila meant leaving the familiar surroundings of high school gyms or the intimacy of small recording studios. It was playing in front of live audiences, far away from home. It was leaving their homes, families and former lives behind. It was also solving the band’s severe birthing pains: scheduling conflicts, low morale, lack of financing, and a highly unstable lineup.
Still, Playphonics persevered in answering Manila’s call. With the help of their manager, local bar owners and music gurus like Louie Talan, the band achieved what they could not do in Tacloban Places. They found airtime for their music, got gigs more easily and they found audiences who appreciated their songs. They also found chances to get their music out where the public could hear it. One such opportunity is being part of the Nokia IAC’s Free Artist Recording Program. In a world where not all people take to their music, chances like that are key. Fortunately for Playphonics, they didn’t stop pushing themselves. For inspiration, they’d look up to the likes of Imago, Sandwich Sugarfree, Razorback and Cynthia Alexander. Like these guys who have made it, Playphonics wants to continue making great music and remain being down to earth despite their growing popularity.
It wasn’t only luck, connections or inspiration that jumpstarted Playphonics’ dive into Manila. For the band members’ part, belief kept them from dropping their mics and guitars. Belief in music, in their songs and in themselves. Says one member, “our songs may not be the best, but I love our music because it’s ours.” That type of conviction brings the members the belief that the band would eventually produce an album. For Rica, it was believing that one day, their album would become the soundtrack to some people’s lives. That dream isn’t probably as far as the band may think. Early this year, Playphonics finally found itself complete. Some band members in Tacloban City expressed newfound dedication and decided to relocate to Manila. Now, they work the bars and clubs regularly just like Manila-born musicians would. Their advice on starting a band? “Play your music and believe in it.”
You could hear Tacloban Music in the month of october where October Feast is being held and August where the Feast of Tacloban is being celebrated. For some people who hasn't heard if taclobanon music you are free to Travel Tacloban.
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Pintados of the Taclobanon
The Pintados Festival(Kasadyaan) of tacloban is an event lasting for a month, it include the Leyte Kasadyaan of Festivals, the 17th Ritual Dance Presentation and "Pagrayhak'' Grand Parade. These festival are said to have began from the feast day of Señor Santo Niño, held in every June 29th. The Leyteños celebrates a religious festivals in a unique and colorful way. Since the Visayans are highly experienced in the art of body tattooing, men and women.
The Pintados Festival displays the rich cultural heritage, incorporating native music and dances, of the people of Leyte and Samar. The Leyte Kasadya-an Festival of Festivals, meanwhile, showcases the unique culture and colorful history of the Province of Leyte. Started by former Leyte Governor Remedios Loreto-Petilla, the celebration was first held on May 12, 1996. The festivities weren't always held every June 29th; the first three years saw different dates. It was only in 1999 that it was fixed to June 29, the Feast of the Señor Santo Niño de Leyte.
"Kasadyaan'' in the Visayan tongue means merriment and jollity. Various municipal festivals of Leyte gather together in the original capital of Tacloban City for the celebration. There, lively dance-drama parade of many colors takes place. There is an important role that the festival plays, and it is strengthening the Leyteños' sense of pride. Every municipality mounts a storyline all their own to portray with pride their local folklore and legends.
The FestivalThe Pintados festival of Tacloban City is a Filipino festival with its own unique flavor. This Pintados festival recalls Pre-Spanish history of the native Leytenos from wars, epics and folk religions. The most expected aspect of the Pintados festival are the festive dancers, painted from head to toe with designs that look like armor to resemble the tattooed warriors of old. During the course of the Pintados festival, dancers whose bodies are painted in an amazing array of colors fill the streets of Tacloban Leyte. At first sight, they may seem outrageous as grown men pour into the streets decorated in such dazzling colors as luminous blue or neon green. But as one gets used to this and sees the dances depicted, one gets a glimpse of the history of the people that once lived on the islands of Leyte so long ago.
The folk dances presented by the dancers portray the many traditions that flourished before the Spaniards came. These include worship of idols, indigenous music and epic stories. The hypnotic rhythms of native instruments beat through the air accompanying the dances performed on the streets as the Pintados festival goes. Aside from the folk dances, is the much likely parade, which crisscrosses the avenues of Tacloban city. The parade traditionally begins at the Balayuan Towers and proceeds throughout tacloban leyte city. The surprised spectators follow the procession of dancing colors from the beginning to end. The Pintados festival concludes in much merrymaking with a signature traditional Filipino fiesta, where everyone is invited to join the fun and celebrate the Pintados Festival.
History
In 1668, the Spaniards came to the Visayas and found in the islands heavily tattooed men and women, whom they called Pintados. These people had a culture of their own, commemorating victories by holding festivals and honoring their gods after a bountiful harvest.
It was in 1888 that missionaries from Spain brought the Child Jesus image known as "El Capitan" to the island. It had a rich and colorful background that draw out the devotion and worship of the Leyte natives to the Santo Niño.
Then in 1986, the Pintados Foundation, Inc. was founded by civic-minded businessmen and entrepreneurs based in Tacloban City. They began organizing religious cultural activities for the city fiesta in honor of Señor Santo Niño. This marked the advent of the Pintados Festival, which was first celebrated June 29th of the year 1987. Today, it is called the Leyte Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival and is called as the "Festival of Festivals."
The name “pintados” is derived from what the native warriors, whose bodies were adorned with tattoos, were called. In those times, and even in some places today, tattoos were a mark of courage and beauty. Since tattoo-making was not yet as precise as it is today, they were rather painful and one risked the chance of contracting an infection. Therefore, a man who faced the dangers of tattooing and lived was considered to be both strong and brave. But even before the tattoo process itself, one would have to earn them after fighting heroically in wars.
Tattoos (pintados) served as a status symbol; much like a general’s badge would today. It was the mark of courage, rank and strength. The bravest warriors were heavily adorned in tattoos which covered every inch of their bodies, head to foot. Indeed, these men were in fact such an unusual sight that western missionaries considered them frightening and uncivilized upon their first glimpses of these warriors. But as time passed, they learned to see the tattoos as a part of the life of native peoples and even as a sign of beauty for them. With the passing of time, as the story is with all things, the old made way for the new. The traditions of tattooing (pintados) and worshiping earth spirits were replaced as modernization came. But these traditions are still remembered with the celebration of the Pintados festival.
This Pintados festival helps us to see the worth and beauty of the traditions of the country’s ancestors. It gives us the opportunity to feel a rare first-hand experience, the experience of culture.
What are you waiting for? Come and Travel Tacloban.
The Pintados Festival displays the rich cultural heritage, incorporating native music and dances, of the people of Leyte and Samar. The Leyte Kasadya-an Festival of Festivals, meanwhile, showcases the unique culture and colorful history of the Province of Leyte. Started by former Leyte Governor Remedios Loreto-Petilla, the celebration was first held on May 12, 1996. The festivities weren't always held every June 29th; the first three years saw different dates. It was only in 1999 that it was fixed to June 29, the Feast of the Señor Santo Niño de Leyte.
"Kasadyaan'' in the Visayan tongue means merriment and jollity. Various municipal festivals of Leyte gather together in the original capital of Tacloban City for the celebration. There, lively dance-drama parade of many colors takes place. There is an important role that the festival plays, and it is strengthening the Leyteños' sense of pride. Every municipality mounts a storyline all their own to portray with pride their local folklore and legends.
The FestivalThe Pintados festival of Tacloban City is a Filipino festival with its own unique flavor. This Pintados festival recalls Pre-Spanish history of the native Leytenos from wars, epics and folk religions. The most expected aspect of the Pintados festival are the festive dancers, painted from head to toe with designs that look like armor to resemble the tattooed warriors of old. During the course of the Pintados festival, dancers whose bodies are painted in an amazing array of colors fill the streets of Tacloban Leyte. At first sight, they may seem outrageous as grown men pour into the streets decorated in such dazzling colors as luminous blue or neon green. But as one gets used to this and sees the dances depicted, one gets a glimpse of the history of the people that once lived on the islands of Leyte so long ago.
The folk dances presented by the dancers portray the many traditions that flourished before the Spaniards came. These include worship of idols, indigenous music and epic stories. The hypnotic rhythms of native instruments beat through the air accompanying the dances performed on the streets as the Pintados festival goes. Aside from the folk dances, is the much likely parade, which crisscrosses the avenues of Tacloban city. The parade traditionally begins at the Balayuan Towers and proceeds throughout tacloban leyte city. The surprised spectators follow the procession of dancing colors from the beginning to end. The Pintados festival concludes in much merrymaking with a signature traditional Filipino fiesta, where everyone is invited to join the fun and celebrate the Pintados Festival.
History
In 1668, the Spaniards came to the Visayas and found in the islands heavily tattooed men and women, whom they called Pintados. These people had a culture of their own, commemorating victories by holding festivals and honoring their gods after a bountiful harvest.
It was in 1888 that missionaries from Spain brought the Child Jesus image known as "El Capitan" to the island. It had a rich and colorful background that draw out the devotion and worship of the Leyte natives to the Santo Niño.
Then in 1986, the Pintados Foundation, Inc. was founded by civic-minded businessmen and entrepreneurs based in Tacloban City. They began organizing religious cultural activities for the city fiesta in honor of Señor Santo Niño. This marked the advent of the Pintados Festival, which was first celebrated June 29th of the year 1987. Today, it is called the Leyte Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival and is called as the "Festival of Festivals."
The name “pintados” is derived from what the native warriors, whose bodies were adorned with tattoos, were called. In those times, and even in some places today, tattoos were a mark of courage and beauty. Since tattoo-making was not yet as precise as it is today, they were rather painful and one risked the chance of contracting an infection. Therefore, a man who faced the dangers of tattooing and lived was considered to be both strong and brave. But even before the tattoo process itself, one would have to earn them after fighting heroically in wars.
Tattoos (pintados) served as a status symbol; much like a general’s badge would today. It was the mark of courage, rank and strength. The bravest warriors were heavily adorned in tattoos which covered every inch of their bodies, head to foot. Indeed, these men were in fact such an unusual sight that western missionaries considered them frightening and uncivilized upon their first glimpses of these warriors. But as time passed, they learned to see the tattoos as a part of the life of native peoples and even as a sign of beauty for them. With the passing of time, as the story is with all things, the old made way for the new. The traditions of tattooing (pintados) and worshiping earth spirits were replaced as modernization came. But these traditions are still remembered with the celebration of the Pintados festival.
This Pintados festival helps us to see the worth and beauty of the traditions of the country’s ancestors. It gives us the opportunity to feel a rare first-hand experience, the experience of culture.
What are you waiting for? Come and Travel Tacloban.
History of Tacloban
Tacloban the Kankabatok(was known to be the allusion of the first habbitants of the place - Kabatok) one of the best place island in the Philippines. It has approximately 360 miles away from Manila (southeast). Tacloban City is the capital of Leyte province where its largest terms of population is 1 and considered to be the middle center of the Easter Visayas Resion VII and briefly had became the Philippine Commonwealth Government of Leyte from October 23, 1944 to February 27, 1945.
Tacloban City has also the best musician in the Philippines. As recently more young once are forming a good band. Tacloban bands has the great taste of music, such as punk, alternative rock, reggae, punk ska and many more. But because of the corrupt music management the tacloban music industry of tacloban doesn't grow.
Tacloban City has also the best musician in the Philippines. As recently more young once are forming a good band. Tacloban bands has the great taste of music, such as punk, alternative rock, reggae, punk ska and many more. But because of the corrupt music management the tacloban music industry of tacloban doesn't grow.
Travelling & Accomodation Tacloban
As 80 percent sure people of Tacloban would not lie or fool just ask and you will be answered exactly , although if you dont know how to speak waray waray, probably you need to know how to speak in tagalog or cebuano. By any means they'll try to answer you correctly if you ask.
The National Airport Of Tacloban is located at San Jose.
In the airport of sanjose tacloban, you could find lots of van for hire at the lobby of the airport. Probably the fare will be charge as of your location to go.
One of the best Accommodations in Tacloban is Leyte Park Hotel. which is they have the best service in, best foods and mostly best smiling crews.
Contact Info Of Leyte Park Hotel:
Magsaysay Boulevard., Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines
Tel. No.: +63 53 325-6000 / 325-5585 to 86
325-7859
Fax No.: +63 53) 325-5587 / 321-1099
SUN Mobile: +63.922.372.2829
Email: leyteparkhotel@yahoo.com
Office in Manila
1002 Orient Square, Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines
Tel. No.: +63 2 631-6015 / Fax No.: +(63)(2) 687-5884
SUN Mobile: +63.922.326.6563
Email: unimastersmanila@yahoo.com
Packages They Have:
The National Airport Of Tacloban is located at San Jose.
In the airport of sanjose tacloban, you could find lots of van for hire at the lobby of the airport. Probably the fare will be charge as of your location to go.
One of the best Accommodations in Tacloban is Leyte Park Hotel. which is they have the best service in, best foods and mostly best smiling crews.
Contact Info Of Leyte Park Hotel:
Magsaysay Boulevard., Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines
Tel. No.: +63 53 325-6000 / 325-5585 to 86
325-7859
Fax No.: +63 53) 325-5587 / 321-1099
SUN Mobile: +63.922.372.2829
Email: leyteparkhotel@yahoo.com
Office in Manila
1002 Orient Square, Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines
Tel. No.: +63 2 631-6015 / Fax No.: +(63)(2) 687-5884
SUN Mobile: +63.922.326.6563
Email: unimastersmanila@yahoo.com
Packages They Have:
Student Tour Package
Wedding Package
Come and Enjoy The Beauty of Tacloban! so Travel now to Tacloban...
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