▁as leep . ▁Sing ing ▁meant ▁the ▁ext empor aneous ▁composition ▁of ▁vers es ▁to ▁common ▁t unes , ▁not ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁set ▁pieces ▁composed ▁by ▁musical ▁special ists . ▁There ▁was ▁no ▁separate ▁po etic ▁art : ▁all ▁po ems ▁were ▁s ung ▁or ▁ch anted , ▁including ▁full - f led ged ▁ep ics ▁or ▁public ▁decl am ations . ▁Sing ing ▁was ▁un ac comp an ied ▁except ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁love ▁songs , ▁in ▁which , ▁either ▁the ▁male ▁or ▁female ▁sing ers ▁accompanied ▁themselves ▁with ▁their ▁respective ▁instruments , ▁called ▁k ud y api ▁or ▁kor long . ▁Well - bre d ▁ladies ▁were ▁called ▁upon ▁to ▁perform ▁with ▁the ▁kor long ▁during ▁social ▁gather ings , ▁and ▁all ▁adult s ▁were ▁expected ▁to ▁particip ate ▁in ▁group ▁singing ▁on ▁any ▁occasion . ▁ ▁The ▁Book ▁of ▁Mar agt as ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁local ▁or al ▁leg ends ▁and ▁the ▁book ▁entitled ▁Mar agt as , ▁early ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century , ▁ten ▁dat us ▁of ▁Bor neo ▁( Sum ak wel , ▁Bang k aya , ▁Pa ib ur ong , ▁P adu hin og , ▁Dum ang sol , ▁Dum angs il , ▁Dum al ug log , ▁B alk as usa , ▁and ▁Lub ay , ▁who ▁were ▁led ▁by ▁D atu ▁P uti ) ▁and ▁their ▁follow ers ▁fled ▁to ▁the ▁sea ▁on ▁their ▁bar ang ays ▁and ▁sa iled ▁north ▁to ▁fle e ▁from ▁the ▁opp ress ive