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    JOJI ILAGAN INTERNATIONAL

    SCHOOL OF HOTEL AND


    TOURISM MANAGEMENT

    www.jojiilagancareercenter.com
    PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD OF
    PHILIPPINE LITERATURE
    Learning objectives:
    To trace back our rich culture and history
    to enumerate the genres of literature during
    the pre-colonial period
    Historical Background
    Long before the
    Spaniard and other
    foreigners landed on
    Philippine shores, our
    forefathers already had
    their own literature
    stamped in the history of
    our race.
    Our ancient literature shows our customs
    and tradistions in everyday life as trace in our
    folk stories, old plays and short stories
    ALIBATA/ALIFBATA

    The alphabet of
    our ancestors which is
    similar to that of the
    Malayo- Polynesian
    alphabet.
    PRE-SPANISH literature is characterized by:
    LEGENDS
    FOLKTALES
    EPICS
    FOLK SONGS
    EPIGRAMS
    RIDDLES
    CHANTS
    LEGENDS
    Legends are form of prose , the comon
    theme of which is about the origin of a thing,
    place, location or name.
    example:
    The Legend of The Tagalogs
    Legend of the Coconut Tree
    Fireflies
    The Legend of Rice
    (Ang Alamat ng Palay)
    When the world was still new, the rice
    plant has no value. It was just a mere grass. It
    has no grain or fruit. It doesnt do anything but to
    kiss the wind all day long.
    One day, it happened that the Chinese goddess Kuan-yin
    went down to visit the Earth. In her excursion, she saw that
    everywhere in the four corners of China are people dying of
    hunger. Her soft heart cannot endure the pain and poverty that she
    sees and it seems as though her heart will melt with pity. She took
    a deep breath and said, Aiya, Ai-ya, I need to act and help these
    people.
    She silently observed her surroundings. She took interest
    in a worthless rice plant which sprouted in the alley. She
    approached it and said, I will use this humble plant to help my
    poor people.

    She opened her robe and exposed her white bosom. She
    squeezed her right breast with her hand and let out drops of milk
    of life to the rice plants panicle. She also squeezed her other
    breast and let the milk drop on the plants empty hulls.
    She squeezed her breasts until theres no milk coming out
    anymore. She prayed, Oh merciful heaven, bless me with a little
    more drops of milk. She massaged and squeezed her breasts
    again until she saw that some drops are coming out but it is
    mixed with blood. The goddess gave all that she can. She was
    glad to see that all the panicles became full of rich rice grains.
    Oh noble plant, may your panicle overflow. May
    we harvest a lot to eliminate hunger in this land. After
    she has done her duty, she happily came back to the
    heavens.
    This is how the rice plant yielded its first rice
    grains. There are varieties which produce white rice as
    white as Kuan-yins milk, and there are also some
    which yields reddish rice as a reminder of the blood
    mixed with the last drops of the merciful goddess milk.
    FOLKTALES
    folktales are made up of stories about life,
    adventure, love, horror and humor where one can
    derive lessons about life.

    examples:
    The moon and the sun
    Pilandok and the Crocodiles
    The Golden Rule
    HOW THE MOON AND THE STARS CAME TO BE

    Bukidnon (Mindanao)

    One day in the times when the sky was close to the ground a spinster went out to pound
    rice. 113 Before she began her work, she took off the beads from around her neck and
    the comb from her hair, and hung them on the sky, which at that time looked like coral
    rock.

    Then she began working, and each time that she raised her pestle into the air it struck
    the sky. For some time she pounded the rice, and then she raised the pestle so high that
    it struck the sky very hard.

    Immediately the sky began to rise, 114 and it went up so far that she lost her
    ornaments. Never did they come down, for the comb became the moon and the beads
    are the stars that are scattered about.
    EPICS
    Epics are long narrative poems in which a
    series of heroic achievements or events, usually
    of a hero, are dealt with at length.
    Examples of these epics:
    Lam-ang (Ilocano)
    Hinilawod (Visayas)
    Kudaman (Palawan)
    Darangen(Maranao)
    Ulahingan (Livunganen-Arumanen Manobo);
    Mangovayt Buhong na Langit (The Maiden of
    the Buhong Sky from TuwaangManobo)
    Ag Tobig neg Keboklagan (Subanon)
    Tudbulol (Tboli).
    The Panay epic of Hinilawod narrates the
    matrimonial exploits of some of its heroes Labaw
    Dongyon on his way home with a new bride, hears
    about another beautiful woman and promptly leaves his
    wife with his mother, proceeds to go to court and win a
    second wife (reference to the prevailing time)
    FOLK SONGS
    Folk songs are one of the oldest forms of
    Philippine literature that emerged in the pre-
    Spanish period. These songs mirrored the early
    forms of culture. Many of these have 12
    syllables.
    examples:
    a. kundiman
    b. kumintang o tagumpay
    c. ang dalit o himno
    d. ang oyayi o hele
    e. diona
    f. soliranin
    g. talindaw
    Sitsiritsit

    Sitsiritsit, alibangbang
    Salaginto at salagubang
    Ang babae sa lansangan
    Kung gumiriy parang tandang

    Santo Nio sa Pandakan


    Putoseko sa tindahan
    Kung ayaw mong magpautang
    Uubusin ka ng langgam

    Mama, mama, namamangka


    Pasakayin yaring bata.
    Pagdating sa Maynila
    Ipagpalit ng manika.

    Ale, ale, namamayong


    Pasukubin yaring sanggol.
    Pagdating sa Malabon
    Ipagpalit ng bagoong.
    OTHER EXAMPLES

    lullabyes or Ili-ili (Ilongo)


    love songs like the panawagon and balitao
    (Ilongo)
    harana or serenade (Cebuano)
    the bayok (Maranao)
    the seven-syllable per line poem, ambahan of
    the Mangyans
    work songs
    -the kalusan (Ivatan)
    -soliranin (Tagalog rowing song)
    -the mambayu, a Kalinga rice-pounding song
    drinking songs
    tagay (Cebuano and Waray)
    narrative song
    kissa (Tausug of Mindanao)
    OTHER FORMS OF PRE-
    COLONIAL POETRY
    EPIGRAMS (salawikain)

    These have been customarily used and


    served as laws or rules on good behavior by our
    ancestors.
    Mabuti pa ang kubo
    na ang nakatira ay tao;
    kaysa bahay na bato
    na ang nakatira naman ay kuwago.
    chants (bulong)
    used in witchcraft or enchantment

    example:
    Tabi, tabi po, Ingkong Makikiraan po lamang.
    Bari-bari Apo, umisbo lang ti tao. (Ilokano)
    Ikaw ang nagnakaw ng bigas ko
    lumuwa sana ang mata mo
    mamaga sana ang katawan mo
    patayin ka ng mga anito
    Sawikain
    sayings with no hidden meanings
    1. butas ang bulsa - walang pera
    example:
    Palagi nalang butas ang bulsa mo dahil palagi ka
    nagsusugal.
    RIDDLES (bugtong)
    These made up of one or more measured
    lines with rhyme and may consist of four to 12
    syllables.
    tigmo-Cebuano
    bugtong-Tagalog
    paktakon-Hiligaynon
    patototdon- Bicol
    Tagalog

    isda ko sa Mariveles
    Nasa loob ang kaliskis.

    halaman ng dunong,
    walang dilig sa maghapon
    araw-araw bago ang dahon.
    Badjao
    Daing-daing ai bang kekit,
    angekita kita?
    What kind of fish is this that when we bite it,
    it bites us?
    (chilli pepper)
    Capiznon

    Ano nga tanum kun sia magpuya


    sa ulo naagi?

    (puso ng saging)
    BAYABAS
    AMPALAYA
    KANDILA
    KUMPISALAN
    LANGKA
    References
    http://ncca.gov.ph/subcommissions/subcommissi
    on-on-the-arts-sca/literary-arts/the-literary-
    forms-in-philippine-literature/

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