in one hand and double-bladed sword in the other attempting rolling movements to defend their master. They are also known for their great music in kulintang and agung such as Binalig a Mamayog and Sinulog a Bagu. Literary arts The literary elements of the Maguindanao include folk speech and folk narratives. The folk speech is expressed in the antuka/pantuka/paakenala (riddles) and bayok (lyric poems), while the narratives may be divided into the Islamic and folk traditions. The Islamic includes the Quran; tarsila or genealogical narratives; the Luwaran, an embodiment of customary laws; hadith or sayings of the Prophet; quiza or religious stories. The folk traditions consist of tudtul, (folktales), and the epics Raja Indarapatra, Darangen, and Raja Madaya. Riddles For the Maguindanao, riddles promote friendship in a group. They are also tools for basic pedagogy. The structure of a Maguindanao riddle consists of an image and a subject. There are four types of image: comparative, descriptive, puns or puzzles, and narrative. The Maguindanao believe in a basic unity underlying the various aspects of the environment and this belief is reflected in the use of often conflicting image and subject in the riddles (Notre Dame Journal 1980:17). Riddling involves a group of people, one of which is the riddler. If one volunteers to be a riddler, he/she has to have a riddle ready or else be subject to dtapulung (ridicule), which is given not as a criticism but as part of the riddling tradition. The Maguindanao consider bad riddlers as those who add to or subtract from the "original" text of the riddler. Riddling can take place anytime and anywhere as long as there is some form of group activity in progress; it can be done during work or recreation or both. Ambiguities of answers can be settled by an old man or somebody who is respected in the barangay (the basic political unit). In this sense, riddles allow a certain flexibility in their solutions; that is, they point to various logically possible solutions, thus providing some form of basic pedagogy. An example of this would be: Sia den, inia den. It is here, it is there. (Wind) There are, however, other possible answers: cradle, for example. Riddles also represent the world view of the Maguindanao. For example: Cannibal in the forest, that eats only a head. (Hat) Although cannibals and hats do not share anything in common, they are reconciled