About Uwang Ahadas

Uwang Ahadas is a Yakan, a people to whom instrumental music is of much significance, connected as it is with both the agricultural cycle and the social realm. He is known for his mastery in playing traditional Yakan instruments such as the agung, gabbang, and kwintangan kayu.

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Manlilikha ng Bayan Uwang Ahadas is gifted with a talent for music which he learned by simply observing the performances of the older members of the Yakan community. He is known for his mastery in playing traditional Yakan instruments such as the agung, gabbang, and kwintangan kayu. Agung (bossed gong) is meant to be played by men while the gabbang is a bamboo xylophone with a beater called lisag. The kwintangan kayu, on the other hand, is a set of logs of different sizes that are usually suspended under a tree near the rice fields, with the belief that its music is beneficial for the growth of rice. DEspite the kwintangan being traditionally meant to be played by women, Manlilikha ng Bayan Uwang Ahadas mastered it at the age of 20.