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Monday, December 13, 2010
May bagyo mat may rilim
katapusang hibik ng pilipinas by; Andres b.
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Epics
Biag ni Lam-ang
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Philippine mythology | |
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| Title | Lam-ang |
| Description | Eponymous hero of the Ilokano epic Biag ni Lam-ang |
| Gender | Male |
| Region | Philippines |
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[edit] Initial Plot
Lam-ang was an extraordinary being, manifesting in his early years when he started to speak, thus enabling him to choose his own name. His adventure began when his father, Don Juan, set out for a battle but never returned. At barely nine months, he went to search for Don Juan in the highlands where the latter was said to have gone. Aware that her child was a blessed, exceptional creature, his mother Namongan allowed him to go. Lam-ang then went off to search for his father, leaving his grieving mother behind.When Lam-ang reached the area his father purportedly disappeared to, he was enraged upon seeing Don Juan’s severed head atop of a bamboo pole that was planted in the ground; the scene came to him in a dream prior to reaching that place. Lam-ang then demanded to know the reason as to why that had happened to his father, but did not receive an answer from the locals. Instead, the chieftain of the village demanded that he leave under pain of suffering the same fate as his father. Lam-ang defied the caveat and bravely fought with the chieftain and his tribesmen. The hero emerged victorious from the battle with little effort, finally avenging his murdered father.
[edit] Comedic elements
Biag ni Lam-ang, although dominated by action and tragedy, nonetheless contained some comedic points. An example would be the scene where as Lam-ang was going home, he passed by a river (identified by some with the Amburayan River, the biggest river in Ilocos) and then decided to have a dip. The dirt and blood that came off from his body caused the death of the river's fish, crabs, and shrimp. As he was bathing, some of the maidens who were present at the river gladly attended to him.[edit] Marriage
Lam-ang, upon arriving home, decided to court his love interest, Ines Kannoyan. Despite his mother’s disapproval, he followed his heart and set off again on another journey to his love. He faced one of Ines’ suitors and various monsters, but again was able to vanquish them with ease. Aiding him were his magical pets, a cat, dog, and a rooster. The bird flapped its wings and a house toppled over. This feat amazed everybody present, especially Ines. Then, Lam-ang’s dog barked and the house rose up. Being invited to the lunch of the family of Ines, Lam-ang impressed Ines’ parents with his wealth and upon returning he gave the family two golden ships. Their nuptials were celebrated with a lot of feasting.[edit] Death and subsequent rebirth
Even after his death, Lam-ang's bones were recovered and he was resurrected with the help of his magical pet. Ines was ordered by the rooster to wrap the bones with her tapis while the hen flapped its wings and the dog was growling. In an instant, Lam-ang was happily reunited with his wife.Folk tale
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Grasshopper enjoys his lazy life and doesn't understand why Ant has to look for food all day. When the rains come, Grasshopper realizes the wisdom in Ant's industry and foresight.
Folk dance
How the Angels Built Lake Lanao
Long ago there was no lake in Lanao. On the place where it is now situated, there flourished a mighty sultanate called Mantapoli. During the reign of Sultan Abdara Radawi, the greater grandfather of Radia Indarapatra (mythological hero of the Lanao Muslims), this realm expanded by military conquests and by dynastic marriages so that in time its fame spread far and wide.
The population of Mantapoli was numerous and fast increasing. At that time the world was divided into two regions: Sebangan (East) and Sedpan (West). The mighty sultanate of Mantapoli belonged to Sebangan. Because this sultanate rapidly increased in power and population as well, the equilibrium between Sebangan and Sedpan was broken.
This dis-equilibrium soon came to the attention of Archangel Diabarail (Gabriel to the Christians). Like a flash of sunlight, Diabarail flew to the Eighth heaven and told Allah, "My Lord, why have you permitted the unbalance of the earth? Because of the power of Mantapoli, Sebangan is now larger than Sedpan."
"Why, Diabarail," replied the Sohara (Voice of Allah), "what is wrong with that?"
"My Lord, Mantapoli has a vast population countless as the particles of dust. If we will allow this sultanate to remain in Sebangan, I fear that the world would turn upside down, since Sebangan is heavier than Sedpan."
"Your words show great wisdom, Diabarail," commented the Sohara.
"What must we do, my Lord, to avert the impending catastrophe?"
To this query, the Sohara replied, "Go right away to the Seven-Regions-Beneath-the-Earth and to the Seven-Regions-in-the-Sky and gather all the angels. I will cause a barahana (solar eclipse) and in the darkness let the angels remove Mantapoli and transfer it to the center of the earth."
Upon receiving the mandate of Allah, Archangel Diabarail, traveling faster than lightning, rallied the millions of angels from the Seven-Regions-Beneath-the-Earth and the Seven-Regions-in-the-Sky. With this formidable army, he presented himself to Allah, saying, "My Lord, we are ready to obey Your command."
The Sohara spoke, "Go to Sebangan, and lift the land of Mantapoli."
Diabarail, leading his army of angels, flew to the east. In the twinkle of an eye, the sun vanished and a terrible darkness as black as the blackest velvet shrouded the universe. The angels sped faster than arrows. They swooped on Mantapoli, lifting it with great care and carried it (including its people, houses, crops and animals) through the air as if it were a carpet. They brought it down at the center of the earth, in accordance with the command of Allah. The very spot vacated by the sultanate of Mantapoli became a huge basin of deep, blue water-the present Lanao Lake.
The waters coming from the deep bowels of the earth rose higher and higher. Archangel Diabarail, seeing the rising tides immediately returned to the Eighth Heaven and reported to Allah, "My Lord, the earth is now balanced. But the place where we removed Mantapoli is becoming an ocean. The waters are rising fast, and unless an outlet for them can be found, I fear that they might inundate Sebangan and drown all Your people."
In response, the Sohara said, "You are right, Diabarail. Go out, then, and summon the Four Winds of the World: Angin Taupan, Angin Besar, Angin Darat, and Angin Sarsar. Tell them to blow and make an outlet for the overflowing waters."
Obeying the Master's command, the faithful messenger summoned the Four Winds. "By the Will of Allah," he told them, "blow your best, and make an outlet for the rising waters of the new lake."
The four winds of the world blew, and a turbulence swept the whole eastern half of the earth. The surging waters rolled swiftly towards the shores of Tilok Bay to the southeastern direction. But the towering ranges impeded their onrush. The Four Winds blew, hurling the waves against the rocky slopes but in vain; no outlet could be cut through the mountain barrier.
Changing direction, this time eastward, the Four Winds blew harder driving the raging waters towards the shores of Sugud Bay (situated east of Dansalan, now Marawi City). Once again, the attempt to create an outlet failed because the bay was too far from the sea.
For the third time, the Four Winds changed direction and blew their hardest. The waves, plunging with ferocity, rolled towards Marawi. Day and night, the Winds blew as the waters lashed against the shoreline of Marawi. This time the attempt succeeded. An outlet now called Agus River was made, and through the outlet, that water of Lake Lanao poured out to the sea, thereby saving Sebangan from a deluge.
It came to past that there was a high cliff at the outlet, and over the cliff the waters cascaded in majestic volume. Thus, arose the beautiful falls which, aeons later, was named Maria Cristina, after a famous queen of Spain.
filipino myths si maganda at si malakas
The Origin of the Story, Si Malakas at Si Maganda
I believe stories don’t just pop out of nowhere. It has to come from something. Someone must be inspired by an actual event for him/her to create something. In the beginning, for example, God was lonely so he decided to create things to end his solitude. Similarly, we each have our own reason to make something to improve our lives.
Sometimes people have difficulty accepting the truth because they don’t know any better and it’s often easier to tell it to them in a literary form. Politicans, writers, parents and grandparents have done that for eons, telling true stories to the mass/to the poor/ to the children in a literary form, orally so that they won’t be frightened or shocked by the world innocent or ignorant as they are.
One of the stories whose origin, I believe, is astronomical is the Filipino Creation Myth called, “Si Malakas at Si Maganda” and/or the tale of Adam and Eve. I believe that it is/both are a tale based on an actual event that happened way before humans walked the earth.
Recently, thanks to science, a new theory (let’s call this Theory C) explaining the existence of the moon have surfaced and is likely to be an accurate hypothesis. This new theory states that the moon was once a part of the earth. A comet came crashing into the earth, splitting it in two and over time, due to the sun and the earth’s gravitational pull, the moon’s shape improved. Since the rocks of the moon is distinctly like that of the earth’s minerals, and its core, strange and unique, Theory C is assumed to be true.
Now, let’s first go to the story of Adam and Eve. God was lonely so he created a world in which animals can live in, breathed life into Adam so that he may rule the world in God’s image. But Adam soon grew lonely so God decided to give him a partner. He took a rib from Adam’s side and created Eve.
If you think about it, the earth being split into two with it’s other half 1/4 its size and Adam’s rib being taken out to form Eve, you wonder if the myth of Adam and Eve is actually a literary form based on a scientific theory. What if the theory is true?
There are thousands of myths, fairytales and legends that speak of the moon as a female figure and of the earth as a male figure. Why is that? Is it because our ancestors are trying to tell us something that we don’t know about? And because we find it hard to believe them they tell it to us like it’s an old wives’ tale?
Perhaps the reason why they hesitate to tell us the truth is because we might ask them a question that they dread. “How can you know that the moon came from earth? You were not even born then?” During those times, who knew science but the demi gods? And were they not banned from teaching us things we should figure out for ourselves?
Perhaps demi gods existed and they told us about it through heroes, leaders, and rulers of mankind. Perhaps they wanted us to know about it and sang it to us, narrarated it to us out of love and admiration; bards and prophets must have known about it and so must the wise men and women of the past.
Assuming that Theory C is true, I believe that it is a scientific theory that inspired the tale of “Si Malakas at Si Maganda”. For many years, I’ve puzzled over the random symbolism in the Filipino Creation Myth. It barely made sense to me, but now it does.
Let’s go over the Creation Myth:
In the beginning, there were the sky and the sea. The only thing between them was a bird that kept flying. Finally the bird grew tired of flying and irritated the sea. The sea raged and crossed over its boundary disturbing the peace in the sky. Maddened by the chaos caused by the bird the sky threw rocks at the sea for the bird to rest.
As the bird landed on the rocks its feet hit a stick, which pricked it. The bird was so angry it pecked at the stick splitting it in half. From the first half sprang a man and the other, a woman. Thus were the birth of Malakas (Strength) and Maganda (Beauty).
The sky and sea, if you take them out of their literary context, are not really the sky or the sea. They are the cosmos and the galaxy. The bird might have seemed like it made the cosmos throw rocks at the galaxy, but it, too is one of those rocks or comets that have wandered in between the cosmos and the galaxy and hit the earth splitting it in half.
Why is the earth symbolized as the bamboo? Because the bamboo is a symbol of growth, strength, and life which is what earth is all about. And earth has a lot of greenery and vegetation.
Why is earth, after splitting in half, personified as Malakas or Strength? To make it easier for the people during the Age of Agriculture to understand and accept the story, existence of human race must be included otherwise, the people will question the storyteller (It could have been a bard, a prophet, or a demi god. Who knows?). To avoid doubts, the earth was personified as a generic farmer: plowing, planting, and tending to farm animals require a lot of strength and stamina back in those days. And Maganda, the moon is called that because she or it is as beautiful and mysterious as the pearls in the sea. Back then, they didn’t know how pearls grow. They just grow. And for men, women are indeed beautiful and mysterious beings.
If you take the myth out of its literary context and break it down, bit by bit it starts to make more sense and you develop a new perspective on life, tradition and culture. So next time you read a myth, think twice. Is this just a story or is it a crypted tale of an actual event?
I understand that Theory C is a theory for now, but if you place the myth and the theory side by side, the puzzle pieces fits perfectly. Don’t you agree?
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filipino folk song
Pamulinawen is a folk song in Ilocano, a language distinct from Tagalog.
Excerpt of song lyrics:
Excerpt of song lyrics:
Pamulinawen
usok indengam man
Toy umas-asug
Agrayod'ta sadyam.
Panunotem man
Inka Pagintutulngan
Toy agayat, agukkoy dita sadiam.
Pamulinawen is the name of a woman to whom the man is singing
usok indengam man
Toy umas-asug
Agrayod'ta sadyam.
Panunotem man
Inka Pagintutulngan
Toy agayat, agukkoy dita sadiam.
Pamulinawen is the name of a woman to whom the man is singing
Riddles
- What goes up and down stairs without moving?
- Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die.
- What can you catch but not throw?
- I run, yet I have no legs. What am I?
- Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red.
- Remove the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, throw away the inside.
- What goes around the world and stays in a corner?
- What gets wetter the more it dries?
- The more there is, the less you see.
- They come at night without being called and are lost in the day without being stolen.
- What kind of room has no windows or doors?
- I have holes on the top and bottom. I have holes on my left and on my right. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I?
- I look at you, you look at me, I raise my right, you raise your left. What is this object?
- It has no top or bottom but it can hold flesh, bones, and blood all at the same time. What is this object?
- The more you take the more you leave behind.
- Light as a feather, there is nothing in it; the strongest man can't hold it for much more than a minute.
- As I walked along the path I saw something with four fingers and one thumb, but it was not flesh, fish, bone, or fowl.
- What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
- I went into the woods and got it, I sat down to seek it, I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it.
- What can fill a room but takes up no space?
- It is weightless, you can see it, and if you put it in a barrel it will make the barrel lighter?
- No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
- Only two backbones and thousands of ribs.
- Four jolly men sat down to play, And played all night till the break of day. They played for cash and not for fun, With a separate score for every one. When it came time to square accounts, They all had made quite fair amounts. Now, not one has lost and all have gained, Tell me, now, this can you explain?
- Jack and Jill are lying on the floor inside the house, dead. They died from lack of water. There is shattered glass next to them. How did they die?
- Why don't lobsters share?
- A barrel of water weighs 20 pounds. What must you add to it to make it weigh 12 pounds?
- Big as a biscuit, deep as a cup, Even a river can't fill it up. What is it?
- Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?
- He has married many women but has never married. Who is he?
- If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?
- If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don't have it. What is it?
- You can't keep this until you have given it.
- Take off my skin, I won't cry, but you will. What am I?
- What book was once owned by only the wealthy, but now everyone can have it? You can't buy it in a bookstore or take it from the library.
- What can go up and come down without moving?
- What do you fill with empty hands?
- What do you serve that you can't eat?
- What do you throw out when you want to use it but take in when you don't want to use it?
- What goes up and never comes down?
- What has a foot on each side and one in the middle?
- What has to be broken before it can be used?
- What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
- What question can you never answer "yes" to?
- What's the greatest worldwide use of cowhide?
- Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white?" or "The yolk of the egg is white?"
- You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?
- Carpet
- Fire
- A cold
- A nose
- A match
- Corn
- A stamp
- Towel
- Darkness
- Stars
- A mushroom
- A sponge
- A mirror
- A ring
- Footsteps
- Breath
- Glove
- River
- Splinter
- Light
- A hole
- Silence
- Railroad
- Four men in a dance band
- Jack and Jill are goldfish.
- They're shellfish.
- Holes
- A kitchen strainer
- She lives in the Southern Hemisphere.
- A priest
- None. Roosters don't lay eggs.
- A secret
- A promise
- An onion
- A telephone book
- The temperature
- Gloves
- A tennis ball
- An anchor
- Your age
- A yardstick
- An egg
- A coat of paint
- "Are you asleep?"
- To hold cows together
- Neither, the yolks are yellow.
- A telephone
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Chinese Folk Song
Chinese Folk Song Lyrics
茉莉花 (1) Jasmine Flower
词曲: 何仿 (江苏民歌)
词曲: 何仿 (江苏民歌)
hǎo yī duǒ mò lì huā ，
hǎo yī duǒ mò lì huā ，
mǎn yuán huā kāi xiāng yě xiāng bù guò tā ；
wǒ yǒu xīn cǎi yī duǒ dài ，
yòu pà kàn huā de rén ér mà 。
hǎo yī duǒ mò lì huā ，
hǎo yī duǒ mò lì huā ，
mò lì huā kāi xuě yě bái bù guò tā ；
wǒ yǒu xīn cǎi yī duǒ dài ，
yòu pà páng rén xiào huà 。
hǎo yī duǒ mò lì huā ，
hǎo yī duǒ mò lì huā ，
mǎn yuán huā kāi bǐ yě bǐ bù guò tā ；
wǒ yǒu xīn cǎi yī duǒ dài ，
yòu pà lái nián bù fā yá 。
wǒ yǒu xīn cǎi yī duǒ dài
yòu pà lái nián bù fā yá
folk song
Chinese Folk Song Lyrics
茉莉花 (1) Jasmine Flower
词曲: 何仿 (江苏民歌)
词曲: 何仿 (江苏民歌)
hǎo yī duǒ mò lì huā ，
hǎo yī duǒ mò lì huā ，
mǎn yuán huā kāi xiāng yě xiāng bù guò tā ；
wǒ yǒu xīn cǎi yī duǒ dài ，
yòu pà kàn huā de rén ér mà 。
hǎo yī duǒ mò lì huā ，
hǎo yī duǒ mò lì huā ，
mò lì huā kāi xuě yě bái bù guò tā ；
wǒ yǒu xīn cǎi yī duǒ dài ，
yòu pà páng rén xiào huà 。
hǎo yī duǒ mò lì huā ，
hǎo yī duǒ mò lì huā ，
mǎn yuán huā kāi bǐ yě bǐ bù guò tā ；
wǒ yǒu xīn cǎi yī duǒ dài ，
yòu pà lái nián bù fā yá 。
wǒ yǒu xīn cǎi yī duǒ dài
yòu pà lái nián bù fā yá
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
riddles reflection
The riddles is the one who enjoy brain twister. That the answer are not difficult and not easy to guess. Its nice, i like riddles specially the story that have meaning.
Example: I bought it expensively but I only hang it.
Answer: Earings
Example: I bought it expensively but I only hang it.
Answer: Earings
riddles reflection
The riddles is the one who enjoy brain twister. That the answer are not difficult and not easy to guess. Its nice, i like riddles specially the story that have meaning.
Example: I bought it expensively but I only hang it.
Answer: Earings
Example: I bought it expensively but I only hang it.
Answer: Earings
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