Briefly describe the alabado, addressing both its musical characteristics and religious function

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a religious folk song in free meter sung in unison
the most characteristic form of music cultivated by the Penitentes
According to Candelaria/Kingman, it has been called the "backbone of congregational singing since the sixteenth century" (38).
It is still sung in Hispanic Catholic churches throughout the Southwest.
Example is "Al Pie de Este Santo Altar" ("At the foot of this holy altar")
lengthy strophic song
commemorates aspects of the Passion of Christ
unaccompanied except by the improvised interjections of the pito, said to represent the lamenting cries of the Virgin Mary

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