Archive for the 'Mindanao' Category
Friday, November 18th, 2011
A thousand years ago, there was a rich maharlika, or nobleman, who spent his early bachelor days recklessly, wining and dining in the company of nobility. He drank the finest wines, ate the most delectable food and enjoyed the company of the loveliest, perfumed and bejewelled women of the noble class.
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Friday, November 12th, 2010
Pabula ng Maranao Batay sa pananaliksik ni Dr. Nagsura Madale Si Lalapindigowa-i (isang putakti) ay isang masipag na magsasaka. May dalawa siyang asawa, sina Odang (hipon) at si Orak (itlog). Tulad ng ibang Maranao, hindi lamang siya masipag na magsasaka kundi isang tapat na asawa. Nagsusumikap siyang magtrabaho upang mapakain ang dalawa niyang asawa.
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
Buhat nang mapatakbo ni Toniong Tandang si Tenoriong Talisain ay humanap na ng ibang libutan at madaling nakapamayagpag na muli ang Talisain. Ang mga Katyaw na leghorn doon ay madaling nasilaw sa balitang bilis at lakas ni Tenoriong Talisain. At madali niyang naging kaibigan ang pinakamagandang sa mga banyagang manok na si Lolitang Leghorn.
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Sunday, October 24th, 2010
Malapit-lapit na naman ang tag-ulan kung kaya’t ang isang mag-anak na langgam ay abalang-abala sa paghahakot ng pagkain para sa kanilang pinagtataguan. “Huwag kayong lilihis ng landas patungo sa ating lungga, dahil sa may gawing kaliwa ay may munting kanal,” sabi ni Tatay Langgam.
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Friday, October 22nd, 2010
(Alamat ng Maguindanao) Salin ni Venacio L. Mendiola ng “The First Ruler of Bembaran” ni Bolawan Manalisig/Lawa Cali Noong unang araw, kakaunti ang mga tao sa mundo at marami sa kanila ang mangmang at walang tao sa kanilang gawain at bagamat di pa umuunlad ang lugar na ito ay masasabing maganda na. Sa buong Bembaran, […]
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
(Bahagi ng « The Legend of Mount Pinto” ng Maguindanao) Mula sa “The Legends” by Damiana L. Eugenio Labis na nakamamangha at napakahiwaga ang tungkol sa yungib. Ito ay pinanirahan ng mga supernatural na nilikha tulad ng mga diwata at reyna na pinaniniwalaang lumitaw nuong unang panahon. Sila ang pinaniniwalaang magagandang nilikha ng diyos na […]
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Sunday, October 17th, 2010
(Kwento/Magindanaw) Salin ni Elvira B. Estravo ng “The Legend of Palendag” Ang palendag ay isang instrumentong pang-musika ng mga Magindanaw. Ito’y galing sa salitang Magindanaw na lendag, na nangangahulugang “paghikbi.”
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Antonio K. Abad Akasia Jose Abreu Kaibigan Macario Adriatico Amaori, C. Amabri and Felipe Malayo Faustino Aguilar Sinag-Ina
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Saturday, December 5th, 2009
The guavas were ripe, and Juan’s father sent him to gather enough for the family and for the neighbors who came to visit them. Juan went to the guava bushes and ate all that he could hold. Then he began to look around for mischief. He soon found a wasp nest and managed to get […]
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
Very many years ago, in a far-away land where the trees never changed their green leaves and where the birds always sang, there lived on an island a farmer with a large family. Though all alone on the island and knowing nothing of people in the outer world, they were always happy, as happy as […]
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