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The hand frame drums are considered to be one of the first drums to have been invented in the world. They have a rich history and they have gone through various evolutions to reach to the current state.

" Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the highest sounding cymbals. Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. " - Psalm 150: 1-5, The Bible To break the monotony, even though I am engaged into freelancing services I want to go back to my first love which is tourism, culture, and the arts. I know you may be expecting a post about freelancing, corporate setting, and the likes. But I want to feature something different. In this post I want to delve into the various expressions of different major festivals in the country with a highlight to my hometown's very own festival, the Tanda Festival celebrated every 15th of May during our town's fiesta celebration. We will also be looking into the other festivals in the country such as; the Sinulog Festival of Cebu City, Pahiyas Festival of Quezon Province, Kaamulan Festival of Bukidnon, Ube Festival of Southern Bohol, and Kadayawan Festival of Davao City. We will also look into how massive commercialism, digital transformation, and tourism development took a festival's essence to different level. We will also look on how we can create our own festival at a personal level as means of personal celebration. Join me as we embark into a journey in the Philippines taking a closer look into their societies through their festivals. By nature man and his search for the truth wanted to breathe meaning, give life and pay homage and reverence to his deeper truths in life. Man by nature is a celebrating nature.Celebrations are a way of marking milestones in life, commemorating an event may it be jubilant, melancholic, or victorious. So the question lies o