The Tinananon People: The Lost Instrument

[Music] back in 2013 I had a dream and I woke up from the dream and what I saw in the dream was a tribe of people and I asked them what their names were and they were they said that they were the thin and onion and then I also saw this musical instrument I'm an instrument maker so I ended up getting in the dream a full download of the of the instrument you know the measurements and how it was tuned and how it was played and everything so I ended up making it ended up researching trying to find this word thin and onion but could not find anything on the internet could not find anything from all of my anthropologist friends around the world they did not know the word thin and onion actually after six months or so ended up running into a person actually from that tribe and I ended up going with this man to his people group called the thin and onion people I ended up taking the instrument that the exact thing that I saw on the dream I took it with me to this thin and on in and I felt from the Lord that I needed to give it to the chief of the tribe he was absolutely amazed by this instrument and he ended up talking with his other Chiefs and they were saying this instrument where did you get it from I said oh I just kind of made it you know they're like no I'm serious where did you get this instrument from they said I we got to show you something they ended up taking me to their House of Prayer showing me that they have different instruments that worship different gods many many years ago they had this one instrument called the Salemba and this instrument was the instrument that they worshiped the god of all gods and they said that that the day that I brought that instrument to them I brought them the Salemba and they believed that there was a lament that came out at that time it says the enemy has taken away the Salemba therefore one day God is going to restore it back to us and the time that God redeems it back to us and God is going to call all the righteous people to him the thing is as though we see that the gospel that has been hidden in their culture for centuries we have just not even realized it until now and same for them they haven't realized it but the gospel of Jesus Christ has been hidden in there in their culture and in their belief system and now it's being revealed and so they're wondering who this Jesus is [Music] when Caleb started doing missions in the islands he was gone for probably eight to ten years there were we weren't as connected and when he came back it was right around the same time that he received the dream he was he was so excited when we said you know what you should come and share at the church sometime so Caleb did really connected with a lot of the folks that are here in the community and Boone and just wanted to get behind the story so Darrell came to me after Caleb shared one time and said how can we really partner with Caleb on a level that was just more than kind of giving him money Caleb and I put our heads together we also put our instruments together we really found that there was a beautiful blending of sounds tones and frequencies that came from the hand pen the Salemba playing together so we put our heads together and decided that doing an album together a professionally done album that really brings out the sounds of both instruments together and also incorporates the indigenous sounds of the cultural music that the people of the tribe would recognize and and resonate with would be the best tool that Caleb could use for for not only reaching out to the tribe but reaching out to people who could support what they're doing than what Caleb does he builds instruments and teaches indigenous people to build instruments it just seemed like the best option so we came into the studio here at harvest house we brought in Everett he tracked everything we did strings with him and his wife Caroline and put together this out one Jacob was also involved with the artwork it kind of just helped bring the musical artistic side of the tribe together into one tangible peace it goes along with the vision of our church and ministry and also evergreens ministry where art can act as a portal to bring heaven to earth in ways that words or experiences can't always convey it goes back to what the people of the tribe believe when they say that they believe that God is going to ride on the Salemba it is actually a vehicle or a vessel of the very presence of God our hope is to go to the Philippines to meet with the Chiefs to present them with a hand pan that I build this year Caleb and I have already talked together about what specific scale would most relate to the cultural scales that they play in we want to take a team with myself included with Jacob included to be able to you know present a hand pan to do artwork to in a sense bring the presence of God through these vehicles that the Lord's already opened doors through Taylor's ministry and evergreen I see that God is actually raising up their dignity I mean the thin and onon people are being raised up as a people that is known throughout the world I mean that's just what God does he takes the dust and he makes glory out of it and he takes the the people that no one knows about and makes them known I mean he takes the least and turns them into the greatest the indigenous peoples day for the thin and on in people is going to be in August it is going to be the the most historic event for the din and Eynon people and the reason why I say that is because this is the year where they're actually being recognized by the Philippine government on a much much higher level there are now a documented people group so we're so excited I actually be invited and be a part of this and with everything that we are doing for as Outsiders we actually want to assist the holy spirit and lifting them up and that's what we do with the music that's what we're doing with these two instruments here a hundred and fifty years ago and before that the thin and onion people use the Salemba together with this this gong like instrument that is extremely similar to this that plays the same scale as this and they were they were used to worship the God of all gods it means that they get to worship God of all gods our God with this sound that's been lost it's been taken away from them by the enemy and now God is redeeming it back again so that's the first thing but it also gives them strength as a people group to say I am thin and on it this is my sound and so that that's that's our passion that's when we get together and we say how can we do this and step with the Holy Spirit in step with God's plan for these people Holy Spirit what are you doing and this is what we feel like how we can help out we can we can we can assist them in bringing their their own sound back to their people it's it's amazing that's that's that's really the whole heart and soul of what we're doing [Music] an Italian body Selena finally finally powerfully 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Channel: Harvest House Church

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Length: 8min 49sec (529 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 04 2018