MANILA -- Who would have thought that the rarely-used or heard words, “eskusesa’t guhitan” would be associated with the popular Christmas ditty, “Kumukutikutitap,” three decades after National Artist Ryan Cayabyab penned the tune?
Rather far-fetched to most Filipinos. Yet, “eskusesa’t guhitan,” which literally means “scotch and striped,” was indeed part of the definitive history of “Kumukutikutitap.”
“On the 30th year of this song, I changed the rhythmic value of a part of the song when I finally realized exactly what eskusesa’t guhitan meant,” Cayabyab told ABS-CBN News. “So all these years, everyone had been singing ‘Kumukutikutitap’ wrongly, specifically, guhitan.
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MANILA -- Who would have thought that the rarely-used or heard words, “eskusesa’t guhitan” would be associated with the popular Christmas ditty, “Kumukutikutitap,” three decades after National Artist Ryan Cayabyab penned the tune?
Rather far-fetched to most Filipinos. Yet, “eskusesa’t guhitan,” which literally means “scotch and striped,” was indeed part of the definitive history of “Kumukutikutitap.”
“On the 30th year of this song, I changed the rhythmic value of a part of the song when I finally realized exactly what eskusesa’t guhitan meant,” Cayabyab told ABS-CBN News. “So all these years, everyone had been singing ‘Kumukutikutitap’ wrongly, specifically, guhitan.