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Lesson 2 Isneg

Isneg was derived from a combination of IS “recede and “Uneg” meaning interior. They lived in the Northwesterly end of Northern Luzon in the upper half of Cordillera provinces known as Kalinga Apayao.
Isneg oral tradition is rich with folk riddles. Many of these are structurally simple but elegant. Isneg have stories and fables and some of them are humorous and entertaining which explains events and phenomena, relationship between people and their surroundings. One of their stories is “The Judge and the fly ” these story narrate that man who has a cow, one day the cow dead and its body has a squashed of flies. He gets angry to the flies because he thinks it’s the flies fault and he could kill the flies anytime he wants. One day, the man passing by the house of Judge, who happened to be setting on a bench in front of his house, on the forehead of the judge had a fly and the man killed the fly because it reminded him of his dead cow.
In these story it describes the culture and attitudes of an Isneg as a slender and graceful structure with manners that were kind, hospitable and generous possessed with the spirit of self-reliance and courage and clearly artistic in their temperament.


Lesson 3 Tinggulan

Tinggulan is a group of pagan people inhabiting the interior hills of Abra. The famous literary works of Tinggulan is “The Great Tinggulan Flood Myth”.
Aponi-tolau, a god of hero Tinggulan who down to the lands when he already in the lowlands, he saw a towering rock, home of Taumari-u, lord of the sea, it was guarded by nine beautiful seaweeds. He inquired what place it was but the maidens refused to answered and laughed at him. Aponi-tolau getting angry and he take his magic hook as punishment for them and his hook hit the most beautiful among them, Humitau and he incidentally abduct the maidens and went to his thrown. But Taumari-u wants to revenge for the abduction of his maidens. He does all the things, he does his best to get back the maidens and finally he got it.
These literary implies and states the characteristic of Tinggulan, they are brave, strong, caring and they also believing in an ancient and supernatural spirits.

Lesson 4 Hudhud

Hudhud means Ifugao, they refers to the group of people living in Ifugao province located in Central Cordillera mountain of Northern Luzon. Hudhud is chanted while working in the fields during the funeral rites. HUDHUD NI ALIGUYON was recognized as Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. It is one of the literary works of Ifugao. Aliguyon is the most favorite folk hero of Pugaw. He was lived in the village called Hannangga, he was also an intelligent, eager young man who wanted to learn many things and useful things and he learned to fight well, chant a few magic spells. He attempts himself to gather force to fight against his father’s enemy. Pangaiwan’s the son of his father’s enemy who face Aliguyon; the two of them battled each other for three years. Aliguyon and Pangaiwan were skilled in the arts of war and magic. At length, both of them came to respect each other and eventually they admire each other‘s talent because they never showed signed of defeat.
They have reflected the attitudes of the Ifugao had. They never give up for the trials come until they can reach their goal; also they are brave, friendly and fighter, they fight for their own right.

Lesson 5 Oggood

Bontocs refer to the people in Mountain province which derived from two morphemes “buns” (heap) and tuk “top”. “Lumawig Bontoc’s God and culture Hero” these are the literary work of Oggood, the important myths which is not like literary works of other tribes. It is not an epic and folktales form, it is a narrative and thematic chant and maybe a fragment of a chant not unlike the other epic. According to the story, Lumawig is the one who wanted the tradition and culture of the Oggood. Lumawig was so adventurous person because he is searching and wanted peace and posterity on their place; he also established the rituals to their tribe. He also contributed the Agriculture to the Bontoc. These myths are the literary basis of tribal mores, social and political institutions, social history and religious practices.

Lesson 6 Sudsud

The Kankanay are the third largest cultural continuity in the mountain province. They have rich collections of riddles and epics; one of them is “The Origin of Thunder and Lightning” which Lumawig came to the earth and married a girl. She had many sisters, they were jealous because Lumawig didn’t marry any of them so they put garlic under the bed of the couple. Lumawig didn’t like the smell of Garlic so he decided to go back to the sky. They divided into two parts their child and took the head; he took a half of his child and leaves the other half to his wife. Lumawig made a body and gave it legs and head became the thunder while the body could not talk so he made a head for it and later these creatures of Lumawig married the thunder and it became lightning.
This story was nice but was so unbelievable. It also reflects married people having family life, social custom and also traditions, religious values, beliefs, practices and late of magic and imagination of the inhabitant of both Southern and Northern mountain province.

Lesson 7 Ullalim

Kalinga comes from the common noun “Kalinga” which means enemy, fighter and good hunter. Kalinga literatures consist of the riddles, legend, chanted or sung myths, epic on ballads. Ullalim are ballads that narrate the Heroic exploits of the culture heroes which also emphasize the bravery and pride of Kalinga people. Ullalim refers to a song sung by bards which deal to the heroic exploits usually headhunting raids.
The Magical Birth of Banna, the Heroic Exploits of Banna, Marriage between Enemies and Banna’s becomes a python; this is the examples of the literary works of Kalinga reflect their personality they had by not giving up to those consequences comes their way, they also adventurous and brave as Banna does, he explore a lot of place and having war with his enemy.
All the attitudes and beliefs of their ancestors they adopt it and it might treasured it for the another generations comes.

The literary works of the tribes Isneg, Tinggulan, Huhhud, Oggood, Sudsud, and Ullalim are all the best, a lot of traditions, values, beliefs, magic and imagination of the tribes reflected and especially it has a moral lesson that reader got a lot of information from those literary works of our ancestors had.