Faglung Kuglung.wpntr2018-12-19T18:11:13+00:00Consisting of two strings streched logitudinally this navicular instrument is very common in different types and sizes in the Northeast of Indonesia and the Philippines. Nowadays, it is very common in Mindanao and Palawan Islands of the Philippines. The navicular instruments are used by at least 20 different communities in Mindanao. They are carved from one piece of wood. The body is carved from the bottom part and the bottom part is attached to the body not to the cover. The two strings which are tuned in the same pitch are streched and tied to the tuners. One of the strings is used as a bourdon and the other one crosses high frets made of black beeswax mounted on the cover which are filled with a piece of wood (the frets are missing in these instruments!). These two instruments coming from Mindanao. The Kuglung (left side) is played by the ‘Tigwa-Manobo’ community and the Faglung (right side) by the ‘Blaan’ community. The characteristic of Kuglung is that it has a horse head figure with mane and tuners orderd in a cross way. 