In Baguio, village ordinance regulates use of ‘gong’

BAGUIO CITY—The summer capital’s largest barangay has imposed new rules that would require an indigenous Filipino elder’s approval before the sound of “gangsa” (hand-held gong) rings out through neighborhoods in the village. An ordinance passed late last year by the barangay council of Irisan prescribes the appropriate occasions when gongs and other indigenous musical instruments