page_title: Babendil
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Babendil / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: The singular Philippine handheld gong known as the babendil used as a "timepiece" in the kulintang ensemble. This instrument in particular is used by Master Danongan Kalanduyan at San Francisco State to teach his kulintang class. Deutsch: Ein babendil ist ein rundes gong auf den Philippinen.
context_page_description: The babandil is a single, narrow-rimmed Philippine gong
  used primarily as the “timekeeper” of the Maguindanao kulintang ensemble.
context_section_description: The babendil usually has a diameter of roughly one foot making it larger than the largest kulintang gong and comparable to the diameter of the agung or gandingan. However, unlike the gandingan or the agong, the babendil has a sunken boss which makes the boss relatively non-functional. Because of their sunken boss, babendils are  instead struck either at the flange or the rim, using either bamboo betays or a strip of rattan, producing a sharp, distinctive metallic clang and are sometimes considered “false gongs.” In fact, this distinction makes the babendil classified as a bell in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification (if it were struck at the boss, it would be considered a gong.) 
  Babandils are normally made out of bronze but due to the scarcity of this metal in Mindanao, most gongs, including the babendil are made out of more common metal such as brass, iron and even tin-can.
caption: Student demonstrating the proper way to use the babendil
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