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==[[Mirinduque News]]==
==[[Mirinduque News]]==
'''NCCA approves teaching of 'Kalutang' in Marinduque'''
'''Mimaropa has highest number of single males'''
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R04B&article=1851328670479
*Source: http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/nation/23065-mimaropa-has-highest-number-of-single-males
*Wednesday 8th of February 2012
*THURSDAY, 09 FEBRUARY 2012 20:36
:by Mayda Lagran
:by JENNIFER A. NG / REPORTER






MARINDUQUE, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Chairman Felipe de Leon signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Governor Carmencita O. Reyes last February 6 for the teaching of a musical instrument called ‘Kalutang.’
SINGLE females aged 30 to 39 have a good chance of finding their “Romeos” in Region 4-B (Mimaropa), according to figures released by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB).
 
The project, initiated by Provincial Travel and Tourism Officer (PTT) Dindo Asuncion and coordinated by Erwin Penafiel, is designed to ensure the continuity of Kalutang’s intangible heritage and to perpetuate the skills of playing Kalutang for the next generation.
Data from the NSCB—an attached agency of the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda)—showed that Mimaropa (Mindoro-Marinduque-Romblon-Palawan) has the most number of 30- to 39-year-old single males per hundred 30- to 39-year-old single females.
 
De Leon said that the preservation of Kalutang in the province must be given highest priority because if failed to do so, the province will be ‘culturally poor.’ The original and only “Kalutang” band under the tutelage of Maestro Tirso Serdena from Gasan is now on its senior years.
The NSCB said 30 to 39 single females can also look for mates in the same age bracket in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) and Region 5 (Bicol region).
 
Reyes and Asuncion made necessary arrangements with Officer-In-Charge- Schools Division Superintendent Terresita Bacudo for the teaching of Kalutang to their teachers.
“For single males aged 30 to 39 who are looking for a younger partner aged 20 to 29, do not bother to go to Region 4-B as you are least likely to find her there. There are only 12 single females for every 100 single males aged 10 and above [in the region],” said the NSCB.
 
Kalutang, an early type of musical instrument in Marinduque, is composed of graduated sets of softwood bars made from Kwatingan tree which is carefully cut to their desired sizes and specifications. The Kwatingan softwood bar when strike together, produce notes of definite pitches and of tonal quality that remotely resembles a cross between an unsustained marimba and castanets. (ML/Marinduque Coffee Table Book)
For single females up to 29 years of age, the NSCB said they have better chances of finding males from their age bracket in the Cordillera Autonomous Region.
 
Males who are in the 40- to 49-year-old bracket can start looking for females of their same age bracket at the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
 
Males aged 50 to 59 who are looking for single females of the same age may begin their search at the National Capital Region, the NSCB said.
 
NSCB said it prepared its figures using statistics from the 2007 Census of Population released by the National Statistics Office (NSO).


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