Visayan Balitaw: Arimunding-munding -Jovita Fuentes (circa 1930)

[marinette722]

hi clumsyme10,im marinette,the father of jovita is the bother of my great great grandmother barbara fuentes also from roxas city ,iloilo. id like to meet you here dis is my email marinette_caliente@yahoo.com. i hope u get to read this ....

[mikefountaini1]

@cLumSyme10 Oh what a beautiful voice! But what I'm even more intrigue is that she bears the same last name as mine AND we are both from the Fuentes clan in Roxas City! I hope it's not just mere coincidence but I think there could be a connection. My grandfather's side in particular could be relatives with her since they have been living in Roxas City long before WW2.

If that happens to be true then we could also be relatives:)

[mimingkoh]

diba si Jovita Fuentes,..ai tinaguriang kauna unahang "DIVA" ng Pilipinas,...?,...I'm not that quite familiar,..but I think she is?,...correct me If Im wrong,...

[cLumSyme10]

maybe, we'll just try our luck:D. but hey, as long as she's still in our heats .. her legacy wont fade:D i know that because she's my great grand mother. i still have a trivia for you that only our family knows, just P.M me if you have time and you're interested to know, its also related to one of her songs,:D

[cLumSyme10]

hello! jovita fuentes is also my great great grandmother, i just knew it, just two months ago when my grandmother(grand daughter of jovita ) told me about our family tree and history,:) no wonder i love to sing and won many competitions, i felt honored when i knew that she is my great grandmother:) now i know where i got my talent in singing:)

[philclassic]

@cLumSyme10: You and your family should make her name become famous again as she is no longer remembered by the younger generations of Filipinos.

[cLumSyme10]

@philclassic yeah, i know, but i still need to find more songs of her,.

[philclassic]

@cLumSyme10: If you are really that serious, go to the Cultural Center of the Philippines. They have copies of Jovita Fuentes' pre-war recordings in reel tapes in their audio archive/library.

[cLumSyme10]

@philclassic but, duuh. dude. im here in silliman studying .. maybe when i go to manila, we'll try to go there.

[philclassic]

@cLumSyme10 : I'm sure the staffs at the  CCP will be very glad to assist you knowing that you are great granddaughter of Jovita Fuentes.

[arjaa100]

I'm a Fuentes and Jovita is my aunt the cousin of my mom, Delza Fuentes Mino. No wonder i love music, and i play the piano.

[cLumSyme10]

@arjaa100 hello! she is also my great great grandmother. and no wonder i know how to sing and won competitions, i just discovered it just last two months that when my grandmother (grandaughter of jovita fuentes ) told me about it.:) i was so proud and happy that i now know where i got my talent in singing:)

[dewalwalers]

Excellent

[toiletholder]

Good man gud!

[philclassic]

@toiletholder : Do you know that in the Tagalog version of "Arimunding-munding" Constancio de Guzman, a Tagalog, is the one being credited as the composer of this Visayan folk song? You can see it in the "Maligayang Araw" LP of the Mabuhay Singers.

[toiletholder]

@philclassic Yes I noticed that. But I can't find anything conclusive that it was written by anyone else. Usually if the Tagalog version is shown to have one name under it then the song is originally Tagalog. But if a Visayan song is sung in Tagalog like say "Rosas Pandan," the credit it always shown along with the Tagalog Lyricist: Minggoy Lopez, Levi Celerio. But in this case I've read on 2 occasions that this was a Visayan song. It could be that the composer is not known.

[sbsuser]

jovita fuentes? very rare nga! thanks for posting! napansin ko lang parang may pagkakahawig sila ng style pagkanta ni atang de la rama.

[philclassic]

@sbsuser: Halos pare-pareho ang style sa pagkanta ng mga "prewar" Filipina soprano singers. Pero mas kaboses ni Olive Oyl (partner ni Popeye) si Atang de la Rama :)

[philclassic]

Sa mga kababayan po nating nagtatago ng mga lumang-luma o "very rare" recordings ni Jovita Fuentes, ILABAS nyo na po ang mga tinatago ninyo. Bakit ayaw po ninyong ibahagi sa inyong mga kababayan ang kulturang kayamanan na ito? Huwag nyo na pong nasain na PAGKAKITAAN ang mga kayamanang tulad nito na maiaalay ninyo sa bawat mamayang Pilipino na nagmamahal sa kanyang sariling kultura at sariling bayan. Maraming salamat po!

[MrEriesal]

Nakaka in love ang gandang Pinay si Aling Jovita Fuentes.

[philclassic]

@MrEriesal: Napansin ko lang po na karamihan sa mga vintage photographs from the early 1920's-30's ay hindi nakangiti ang mga babae sa larawan. Parang "taboo" yata noong araw sa Pilipinas na ngumiti ang isang babae ng nakalabas o kitang-kita ang mga ipin kapag kinukunan ng larawan. Pero iba si Jovita Fuentes, naka-expose lahat ang kanyang ipin sa pagngiti sa mga kuhang larawan niya. Siguro dahil nakapag-travel na siya sa Amerika at Europa kaya hindi na siya ganoon ka-conserbatibo.

[DrChefPayatas]

naalala ko yung close open sa sanggol,arimunding munding ang kanat dun di ba?ay teka lang kamukha ni Ningas Kugon yung bubaeh dun sa me likuran!di kaya rincarnated itong si Ningas kugon/nu sa palagay mo!tanung natin sabay takbu ahahahaha!

[philclassic]

@DrChefPayatas: noong maliit pa ako, hindi na "arimunding-munding" ang inabot ko; "close-open" at "eat bulaga" na :) Bakit naman biglang tumalilis ng takbo matapos tanungin si Ginang Ningaskugon? Pwede siguro, kasi tingnan nyo naman yung music paraphernalia niya na Victrola 78 RPM phonograph. Kanya siguro yung Victrola na nakita ko sa antique shop sa Mabini :) (ang selling price niyon ay 30,000 pesoses! Grabe!)

[DrChefPayatas]

@philclassic nakoh histuri na lang din naman yung narinig ku hanu?atwali ang inabutan ku na ginamit sa akin ng Inang ku weh "babad suka"saka "bubuka ang bulaklak,sasara ang bulaklak"yun yun na yung inabutan ko!dat mins mas bata ako seyu!kasi yung kulos opin neh panahun daw ng liberesyun yun ng dumating ang mga Kano!me tama ka dun Dikong,ke Ningas Kugon nga yung Victrola na yun at terti tosan ba kamu!nako bibili na lang ako ng malaking LCD at manunuod ng anime na Lupen hehehehe!grabi naman mahal!