kulintang Variant. kulintangan noun English. A musical instrument composed of 7-12 graduated brass gongs suspended on two ropes in a long, wooden rack, played with rubber- or cloth-covered sticks, usually by two persons, men or women, primarily as an accompaniment to dancing. Example sentence: Subanen. Sug beklug ni nga Lubing, gembibu gupiai gigungan, lamug kulintangan. English. At Lubing's beklug ceremony, there was the sound of many gongs, including a kulintangan. verb English. Plays a kulintangan.