Philippine MADZ - Kruhay (Kinaray-A)

[@billabongPH]

Since some of the people who watched, listened and requested the translation of this haunting masterpiece, as a native Antiqueno, I am proud to translate this chorale masterpiece of our very own Antiqueno composer Benny Castillon. I looked for the lyrics of this piece but to no avail. I used my listening skills in this video in order to obtain the exact lyrics, the way we pronounced it our native dialect. This masterpiece is the story of 10 Bornean datus exiled by their ruthless ruler Sultan Makatunaw in far away Borneo. As much as I want to use the rhyme to translate it in English but I can’t afford it anymore. Here it goes: Kruhaay, kruhaay Aaahhh, aaahhh Dum dum... * Buhay ron nga mga dinag-un (It was for so long years), sa isara kabay-bayun (in this one solitary shore), sa lawud may naga panong (in this shore there’s a flock), baruto kang mga dumuro-ong (ship/boat [probably balangays- are boat where the word barangay came from] of some visitors). Aaah.... *Nagdung-ka ang taga Bornay (the Borneans moored), nagsinadya ang mga Ati (and the native Atis were ecstatic), anda nga gin haladan (they offered some gifts of welcome), kang bahul nga kasadyahan (of big revelry). Dum dum dum aaaahhhh....tak tak tak Kruhaay kruhaay (effects here) *Ginbaylo kang mga ati ang anda nga puruy-an (The Atis bartered their homeland). Ang Panay sa sangka saduk kag kulintas nga bulawan (with larged-brimmed hat [salakot] and feet long necklace[manangyad] made of gold), kag sanda nagsararaka sa mga kabukidan (after that, the Atis went to the backwoods/boondocks) kag ang mga dumulu-ong sa kapatagan sanda nagpuyo (and let the Borneans live in the flatlands)! Kruhaay kruhaay (effects here) ~End~

[@jianmoseshandugan9090]

Noy Gwapo hey there noy.. this is so great I hope we can use some excerpts from your article in our programs as song descritions.. let me know.. thank you so much!!

[@billabongPH]

Jian Moses Handugann Go ahead as you please. Thank for having my excerpt on your program.

[@jianmoseshandugan9090]

thank you so much! my group is called imusicapella by the way. we sing this song a lot. haha. thanks again noy

[@billabongPH]

+Jian Moses Handugan welcome po!

[@shiyang7542]

Nonoy Gwapo can I have your Facebook

[@jesselynsantos2333]

2019 anyone watching? Blessed ears 😍😍❤❤🇵🇭

[@karlmercado]

Me! It was our title piece in our humble chamber orchestra concert =)

[@29.rheywijaya83]

Me too

[@pandamiles3273]

No 2020

[@norielerap884]

2021

[@boobadoop9389]

2023 🎉

[@jlee739]

Kruhay is not just a song, it’s the story of our ancestors 🇵🇭

[@jamesbrianengay3010]

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[@karaath]

This song gives me the feeling of how majestic The Philippines is. Greetings from the south! 🇮🇩🇵🇭

[@kimberlygahilomo2822]

the one who composed this song is my music teacher..sir benny castillon 👍👍👍

[@thelonelyarchon]

SAME HAHAHA PERO BENY YAN! hahhaahah🤣

[@alkienaboga9307]

Parang napaka luma hihi

[@fonzichrist]

He's a genius.

[@-kentaE]

@@alkienaboga9307 that's what makes it beautiful

[@larlareal4947]

...swerte...envy lang.. :-)

[@jaysonPH88]

I saw this song interpreted by a choir from Singapore in Germany. That choir from Singapore won 1st prize! This has become a very popular piece indeed. Proud to be Antiqueño! Karay-a gid takun!

[@ferdinandtugano]

thumbs-up if you're having a goosebumps!

[@lex4422]

You know why you have goosebumps? Because kruhay is used by the babaylans here in Panay to call the nature spirits.

[@schrodingerscat5417]

This would be an epic movie bgm. I hope someone would make a movie about pre-hispanic philippines. That’d be an awesome period piece.

[@lenny_1369]

that would be very awesome indeed! but also very hard to make accurate, because most movies tend to remove many historical/factual details in exchange for entertainment purposes you can look at apocalypto as an example of what movies i am trying to describe, DONT GET ME WRONG! apocalypto is PHENOMENAL! (and i highly recommend the movie) however quite a number of critics have pointed out its innacurracies, but still a good movie regardless imo another example is jurrasic park. the og's are still a good movie to watch but turns out T-rexes have feathers and the velociraptors are much smaller than what is depicted in the movie (oh and they also have feathers)

[@glennjaro124]

,ang galing ng soprano isa lang siya kumuha ng high note haa yung bandang dulo ba galing sobra

[@i9kacchamn]

Ms. Bianca Lopez 💖💟💗💞💝

[@louiezie5897]

Bianca

[@rowelpineda4285]

The benchmark... ito pala ginagaya ng mga choir ng ibang bansa...

[@jeffersonvillarta7941]

Talaga po? May video po kayo?

[@mondaee2380]

@@jeffersonvillarta7941 ito po kzbin.info/www/bejne/bamZgWWGjZqHmM0

[@jeffersonvillarta7941]

@@mondaee2380 nakatayo naman eeh, at saka napanood ko na lahat ng kruhay vid sa KZbin 😂😂. At wala pa ako ni isang nakitang nakaupo maliban sa UP madz ✌ 😅

[@95jaja]

@@jeffersonvillarta7941 Benchmark doesn't mean naka-upo iho. It only means sila ang basis or basehan. Wag mo iliteral.

[@jeffersonvillarta7941]

@@95jaja awe, thanks for clearing that to me

[@SuperMutyo]

play this on my funeral

[@dlinsangan]

PurpleGummy ME TOO!

[@ameliacosta424]

Same here

[@andrei8804]

Why? kruhay means long live

[@ramirlopez1396]

no please...this song is so enchanting and you are drawn to it because it is so melodious...but not a musical elegy.

[@babacraves9168]

Kruhay is also used to invoke the Tamawos (spirits of nature).haha

[@Michael-up2cq]

When I was in grade 8 (Special Program in the Arts (Music-Vocal) ), our Choirmaster introduced this piece and we rehearsed it. Now that I'm an Grade 12 student, I still listen to this piece and my new Choir mates in Gordon College Know this. Kruhay is my Favorite masterpiece!

[@jenbalboa2684]

What school?

[@Michael-up2cq]

@@jenbalboa2684 Gordon Heights National High School (A Public School)

[@jervanebasan9437]

@@Michael-up2cq San po Yan sa Pilipinas? Former SPA din ako tapos tinuro din samin to, di nga lng natapos

[@Michael-up2cq]

@@jervanebasan9437 sa Olongapo City po hehe. Pinanlaban din kasi namin to nung 2017 sa PACES. Sa Antipolo City

[@murilocruz7752]

I really hope the current batch can come close to this one, because this group is just tremendous. Goodness. Good luck Madz!

[@mico_lodeon9116]

Murilo Cruz in a way I agree nonetheless the current batch is also amazing. However let me opine that the batch prior to this is more tremendous 😁 - the ones who won the grand prix in 2007.

[@jurielmarong322]

Hearing a song praising our heritage really hits different. This isn't just a normal folk song, it's an epic of the journey of our ancestors. Portraying the heritage of not only Antique, but the whole Western Visayas, the remnants of the great Kedetuan of Madia-as of the islands of Aninipay, Himal-os and Buglas. Kruhay!

[@mixkeecalayan4612]

Ang galing ng composer and Philippine Madigal singers really done a great job to bring this master piece into life.

[@jvtorda6638]

2024 it is.

[@shemainneangelaaparami5365]

Kruhay, kruhay, kruhay! (2x) Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh (2x) Kruhay, kruhay, kruhay! Buhay ron nga mga dinag-on sa isara ka baybayon sa lawod may nagapanong baruto kang mga dumuluong Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh... (2x) nagdungka ang taga Bornay nagkinasadya ang mga ati anda nga ginhalaran kang bahol nga kasadyahan (celebration/party) dun dun dun dun dun... kruhay! kruhay! whooootwhooot

[@siegaguillon850]

I don't know but everytime I hear ethnic songs as tremendously beautiful as this piece, my tears slips secrectly from my eyes. This piece enchants me so much and I can't help my tears from falling. 😞

[@gracehlmaearsolon9645]

Wow! i realized that Kruhay isn't that easy to make and do. I am also amazed to the composer of this song. i hope this kind of songs continue even though there are a lot of modern songs out already.

[@sosierza336]

This is why I love Philippines and I don't wish to leave this country😭

[@tonialbiol5802]

thanks for posting this video and letting us witness a great performance. Epic Level at 2:50 - 3:09 , it's as if i am listening to hundreds of voices!

[@axljohnamora4353]

+toni albiol Thats how amazing the Philippine Madrigal Singers is! Proud Filipino here (y)

[@joycabrera461]

April 2023 and I am stiff in love with this song.

[@lelengtintin2404]

What makes this masterpiece different from the other choir pieces is that this have those tribe-feels. It gives you not just the goosebumps but also something peculiar. Yung mga random noise na ginagawa sa mga Filipino rituals ng mga tribo. From the beginning to the end, it feels so Filipino. Sorry po kung may nakakaooffend dito sa kinomment ko. Opinion ko lang po ito.

[@darrelehskwmej1043]

Nope po yung changing notes po yung masterpiece dito compare sa ibang musics yung kruhay masyado komplekado ang changing tone and notes nila . Parang fries na sinawsaw sa ice cream na hindi naman talaga nakasanayan pero nandun yung dating at masarap sa feeling na pwede pala at maganda yung kinalabasan . 👍

[@fonzichrist]

Yes. The layers of chanting which is an invocation to the spirits and the deities will give you goosebumps. Believe me, the first time I heard this performed by our school choir during a Korean Culture Day celebration (in the presence of Koreans) drove me to tears.

[@stealtho]

Totoo, it’s not just colonial spanish music that became the standard songs of the philippines during the colonial era

[@shermich90]

Its been 3 years since I discovered this piece. Still always come back to watch it again and again to be amazed and bless my ears!

[@Magnifico355]

"Kruhay" one of my favorite song.

[@axljohnamora4353]

+Magnifico355 yep! one of my favorites too. ^_^

[@solfalcon7848]

Son fantásticos! no me canso de escucharlos!

[@el_taguigeno]

Pwedeng siyan iplay as closing credits sa isang epic film

[@kyoongb1699]

I can still remember the first time I heard this song. It was for an intermission number by one of the amazing choir groups we have in Bicol (BAAO Youth Choir). The singing was just so amazing, although I can't understand the dialect used I didn't realize my tears were already flowing. Since I was standing next to our choir mentor that time, she saw me crying, I just told them I was just being emotional but what our mentor said will forever stay in my head... if you are appreciative of music no matter what dialect or language the song you are listening or singing to you will feel it. This song is just a masterpiece and I am glad I get to sing it before I leave SPA.

[@lovelovelivess3411]

Such heroic song! Its the history expressed in the most amazing way! Dmn, i love our songs!

[@ashleydianedelgado5933]

This is truly amazing!!! the composer is Sir Beny Castillon and he is my music teacher....Well done sir!

[@jonathanmartinsegundera2593]

I just learned tonight that this was composed by a good friend, Benny Castillon, from the University of San Agustin Conservatory of Music... It was so nice to see him again after 32 years during the University Velada...

[@mjvee868]

2020 and still listening to this masterpiece! 👌

[@AlwaysBeMotivated20]

Ahhhh omgggggg it soundss soo good here in 2024 anyone?

[@that0.1germ68]

The story behind Kruhay should be made into a Disney movie with a fitting princess, then this masterpiece it's theme song.

[@jpm3166]

🇵🇭🙏🏽 BEING FROM PANAY ISLAND , I AM PROUD OF THEIR RENDITION OF THE SONG! MADE ME PROUD OF MY ETHNICITY.."KRUHAY" IS ANTIQUEÑO WORD!. 🇵🇭🙏🏽

[@cgtfernandez18]

my dad watched this in pasadena!!! they were awesome!!!:)

[@jbjb6602]

2018 and listening to this!!

[@gezsumague6503]

2019😄 and im cryingg

[@noelalamis_music]

wow what a talent composed by my friend Benny Castillon. very nice PMS thanks for singing. thumps up.

[@zwyggyology]

Noel Alamis Sir, taga-diin si sir Benny Castillon? Taga-Culasi tana, sakto? Kan-o na gani gincompose ang song nga dya?

[@jotthen]

+zwyggyology bugasong, antique sya..

[@noejustnoe3513]

hello sir, may I have sir Benny Castilon email address? I would like to have this piece for my choir. thx in advanced [e-mail]

[@juliusangelolg]

2017 and I'm listening to this masterpiece. :D

[@tonzkun3713]

Julius Angelo Garcia same here.. Nkkaadik pkinggn

[@deltagolf8197]

Same mygahd. My ears are once again blessed

[@dlinsangan]

TRUEEEE eargasm all the way

[@riamonika7301]

2024 masih dengerin ini. Jujurly Kruhay lagu paling aku suka saat latihan dulu tahun 2017 🥰

[@donnabernal5982]

Superb !!! Reminiscing chorale days😮 Philippine Madrigal singers Sila Ang inspiration ko and nag encourage Sakin more on singing .. grave tlga vocals solid 😮❤

[@iancrespo7148]

cant help but watch this over and over for years now. proud karay a here!

[@josephbarrettobanong6224]

been watching it hundred times..still goostbumps...

[@rhadamaru4u]

This group set the standard on singing this song.

[@kokowinzo6209]

The Great Composition of Tito Benny Castillon

[@gerard1813]

Un na Yun ? Char.. Grabe wla ako masabi goosebumps.. Iba tlg ang Pinoy. PHIL Madz. 😍 😍 😍

[@ginoongjoshua9259]

Hong pinlay ko to parang naramdaman ko na narinig ko na to sa past life Skl naramdaman ko LNG lumakas heartbeat ko

[@shaneacdoblas710]

2022 here, I miss this musical piece🇵🇭 always gonna be a masterpiece.

[@choirpanda]

Simply out of this world. Super majestic......

[@azix2915]

how can this have dislikes?! shame

[@callenoscopy]

Thanks for singing this beautiful song from my beloved hometown - Antique!!!

[@jpm3166]

🇵🇭THE 👍🏼👍🏼BEST EVER CHORALE GROUP IN THE WORLD... THE 🇵🇭PHILIPPINES HAVE TREASURES OF GIFTED VOICES.... ✨ GOD 🙏🏽 BLESS US ALL!🇵🇭

[@LifePreviewinMy30s]

The song came from my province, Antique. :) I know the language. I have a copy of the lyrics, because our choir used to sing this piece. :)

[@aldaluzlaureta6164]

wow!!! ganda! proud to be Antiqueña. Dugangan pa proud ko kay ginkanta dya kang Madrigal. Kruhay Antique!!! kruhay kruhay kruhay!!!

[@Pau9pau]

Daad may lyrics sanda nga ginbutang para may basahun ta. Pero nami gid pamatian a. Proud to be Kinaray-a speaking! Kulang garing alphabet para sa Kinaray-a.

[@billabongPH]

Kruhaay, kruhaay Aaahhh, aaahhh Dum dum... * Buhay ron nga mga dinag-un (It was for so long years), sa isara kabay-bayun (in this one solitary shore), sa lawud may naga panong (in this shore there’s a flock), baruto kang mga dumulo-ong (ship/boat [probably balangays- are boat where the word barangay came from] of some visitors). Aaah.... *Nagdung-ka ang taga Bornay (the Borneans moored), nagsinadya ang mga Ati (and the native Atis were ecstatic), anda nga gin haladan (they offered some gifts of welcome), kang bahul nga kasadyahan (of big revelry). Dum dum dum aaaahhhh....tak tak tak Kruhaay kruhaay (effects here) *Ginbaylo kang mga ati ang anda nga puluy-an (the atis bartered their homeland). Ang Panay sa sangka saduk kag kulintas nga bulawan (with larged-brimmed hat [salakot] and feet long necklace[manangyad] made of gold), kag sanda nagsararaka sa mga kabukidan (after that, the Atis went to the backwoods/boondocks) kag ang mga dumulu-ong sa kapatagan sanda nagpuyo (and let the Borneans live in the flatlands)!

[@philanguagetv9958]

gani. kulang guid

[@zparphilic]

phil. madrigal singers sing my word...kinaray-a, karay-a gid takun... antiqueno ako...kruhayyyyy... love it...

[@jeromerodriguez7807]

August 28 2021 patuloy ko padin pinakikinggan 😍😍😍 the best talaga

[@alejandroisaloc6382]

The best! Wra untat nga iyagak pag-umpisa hasta matapos., kruhay!

[@not_f3lix]

I love it! Mama was teary eyed while listening...❤

[@skiepeer04]

ganda ng madz! kruhay! the etymology of it more like saying MABUHAY also! i know this song and i also knew personally the original composer of this song! a verry humble and down to earth artist! salamat pow Sir Benny sa pag gawa nang magadang musica na ito! MABUHAY pow kau! MABUHAY MADZ!

[@lex4422]

Kruhay is used in many ways. Calling of spirits or of mundane things. Its not mabuhay

[@vongolacielo5392]

I wish we can sing that #GIRLTENOR

[@cheryltan1891]

Vongola Cielo I thought it was alto?

[@platinumvois4110]

@@cheryltan1891 there's female tenor

[@katarinaguttierez2249]

iba talaga madz.lipad na lipad talaga mga sopranos. very mature and snappy yung tone nila

[@jachonbuaya384]

2020 and still watching this and it still gives me chills tho

[@mcesquilona]

Sana makita ko sila magperform ng Kruhay live bago man lang ako pumalaot

[@OwelPengson]

When I saw them performed this song live before, I literally felt my soul leaving my body for a moment. 😵🙌💖

[@Janzy07tagz]

AMAZING!!! As an ilonggo it's really flattering to hear that MADZ has a superb rendition of Kruhay. Really beautiful rendition! nanami-an gid ko ya mamati sang inyo nga rendisyon sang kruhay biskan kapila ko pa suliton lantawon kag pamati-an sa youtube indi gid ko masum-udan!

[@michaeljoshuaescandor8742]

Goosebumps talaga kapag naririnig ko 'to!

[@mizuki032510]

. .ahhhmmm . .go idol . .love this song so much

[@aldaluzlaureta6164]

Sir Benny great !!!

[@noriellelising5849]

Grabe talaga si Maam Bianca!!! NAPAKAHALIMAW!!!!

[@kentv7596]

Sii miss Bianca talaga the best pag dating sa soprano. Sobrang linis .miss her so much

[@buenviajeph]

Still the best version of this song

[@torturedsinger]

I always liked this haunting piece with the bells... never fails to give me goosebumps

[@AlvinEarl73]

@vijalomajo the composer is Mr. Benny Castillon with arrangement by Mr. Gerardo Muyuela. Both alumni of University of San Agustin conservatory of Music in Iloilo as well as the USA Troubadours. This piece was first performed by the group composed of Troubadour alumni - Koro. But was brought to national attention when the USA Troubadours sang this song in the NAMCYA or was it The Philippine Tourism Best of the Best Choral Contest. Hope that answers your query.

[@callmebyurname4830]

Its july 2018..and im listening to this...Filipino choir groups are the best choir in the world...

[@joeljizmundo4552]

What a Masterpiece"Kruhay" Go! Philippine Madrigal Singer! Congratz!

[@aaromel7674]

This is a master piece

[@MrJtuso]

This was was the choice piece for our folk song during the Kundiman ni Rizal Chorale Competition last December 29, 2011. And luckily, we are the champion. Thanks to God, and to Madz, for being our inspiration :">

[@miketess3358]

Iba rin talaga ang impact pag kinanta ng MADZ at ibang Pinoy choirs. I think some choirs make the mistake of singing this song in a manner that is too refined or less impactful. This has to be haunting and heart pounding but with the appropriate restraint as well. A difficult piece to really master.

[@pedringhyacinth7778]

Salamat sa pagbabahagi...ang galing.

[@momokim2483]

Gusto ko ng bumitaw ~ We will be singing this song 🙃 May God bless us 🙏

[@samanthalago238]

I am literally having goosebumps

[@alexisjayfille3491]

I did not know that sir Benny castillon the teacher in my school compose this song

[@chancrops1991]

What a majestic song its sound like from Africa

[@marcjimortiz6492]

i miss my choir team we used to sing this hayss😢

[@MrRoyalkenners]

Linis ng kruhay ng MADZ! si Illy Maniano, alto din po sya... natawa naman ako, nahuli syang magtaas ng kamay sa huli...More power to the Madz!

[@f_albarlovec.4192]

Came here to familiarize this beautiful song ❤️❤️ #Soprano

[@yamangtunay]

I was born and grew up in Antique where this dialect is spoken. Here's a rough/literal translation (I will just translate the narrative parts) Kruhay means Welcome! or Long live!

[@sugbakilawtuwa]

This makes a perfect soundtract for "Urduja" that Disney is rumored to be making.

[@marvin3866]

Really?

[@leonardalcoran203]

I disagree. Using a song that literally tells a story for another story while only using it for aesthetic purposes is clearly cultural appropriation.

[@sugbakilawtuwa]

@@leonardalcoran203 People at Disney's Imagineering can always create a story within a story. Believe me, people in Hollywood are not entirely purist. They call it 'creative freedom' in the service of truth.

[@leonardalcoran203]

@@sugbakilawtuwa This is not about being purist, it's about protecting a culture that isn't their own. It's appropriation however you spin it. Do the people they take those "creative ideas" from consent to having their culture used for something else entirely different? Creative freedom at the expense of a people's belief is utterly disrespectful and insulting. Now if you really want to be "truthful" then research about the culture and understand that you can't freely "borrow" from one culture and mix it with another. The song itself is about an epic of a people, now how would that translate to Urduja which is also another great epic in itself? NONE OF THE TWO WOULD BENEFIT, except the corporations who will most probably benefit from our pride as filipinos hungry for global attention, the service it will be doing is for the pockets of Disney execs.

[@meapmeap11]

ang galing, parang mula sa ibang mundo

[@StyronRhanz]

Galinga oi...madz grabe 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@arisdelacruz6052]

Grabe! Ito yung ginagaya ng ibang choir!

[@greypsycho]

nice props.. parang sa amin din.. january 2009 nauna nga lang.. voice quality? no doubt, panalo!

[@ferdinandmillendez5875]

AWESOME, BEAUTIFUL, EXTRA ORDINARY ,WORLD CLASS

[@briqtrader2296]

2020.. and watching!

[@LiwaySaGu]

nakakapanindig balahibo.... gandaaaaaa!!!!

[@audeyprincipe9742]

Hi sir evangelista! Im a great fan of PMS since high school (2007) and i can still remember the songs of PMS. Sir it would be my gretest momment if i can watch PMS sing in live. So if you have sched of any concert/performances please let me know by replying to this message. Thank you po! KRUHAY!

[@benp3485]

July 2022. Amazing piece, amazing choir

[@IfucanoJR]

aug. 2020 still listening to this song love it..😊

[@Nonie46]

Kruhay is a pre-Spanish song from Antique. It used to be chanted by the Babaylans to the forces of nature in order to favor a person's life.