This is how we love every littlr sacrifices we made. In a 1991 referendum and then again in 1999, Abra, together with all but one of the Cordillera provinces, voted against the autonomy of the region, which would have been called the Cordillera Autonomous Region (Casambre 2006). Within the same decade, they would be using their logic and language in their advocacy for Philippine independence. Being kuripot is a positive way for us Ilocanos, but for others its not. Quintillano turns out to be the castaway heir to the throne who has grown up under the care of a shepherd. Stock phrases and metaphors are often used, especially since the performers must dance a bit while spouting measured verses in tempo with the body movements. Burial customs of the Ilocano people include closing all windows first before taking the casket out of the home, preventing any part of the coffin to hit any part of the dwelling (to prevent the spirit of the dead from loitering to bring forth dilemmas to the household; to some Filipinos, a coffin hitting any object during a funeral means that another person will soon die), and washing the hairs of family members with a shampoo known as. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4794360/. Dying traditions of the Agta in Bicol. 2011. Bulosan was also a poet and author of the acclaimed book America Is in the Heart, a biographical novel that revealed the deceptions of labor recruiters and the injustices suffered by Filipino contract workers, many of them Ilocano, in the West Coast and Alaska in the United States. Being utilitarian in intent, these craftware are generally made to last and are rarely ornate or decorated. 1984. The current crop writing on every conceivable subject, from lonely old-timers to the occult, includes bilingual writers like Zacarias Sarian, Segundo Foronda, Juan Bautista Alegre, Leonardo Belen, Juan Hidalgo Jr., Severino Lazo, Paul Zafaralla, Prescillano Bermudez, Jorge Ramos, Herminio Calica, and Arthur Urata, including expatriate essayists based in Hawaii, Guam, the Middle East, and the American mainland. Abra traders are the usual source of gold. After a relative has given a gift, he or she drinks a glass of basi, which has been placed on a stand at the center of the dancing area. The officiating widow deliberately breaks a small pot and makes another chicken sacrifice. Influenced by French Post-Impressionism, Vitalis created a series of Breton seascapes and landscapes of France. Chan, Sonja A. In 1970, the industry collapsed, but so did the ruling dynasty: The congressman was assassinated in the Vigan Cathedral; his wife was defeated in the elections by a cousin who would play a pivotal role in the impeachment of future president Estrada in 2000; and their son was sentenced to life imprisonment for the burning of two barangays in Bantay municipality. The renovated Aglipay Shrine in Batac combines this Vigan House motif with the Gothic twin-tower outline. Fonbuena, Carmela. This traditional worldview, which has persisted in a modified and more casual manner, may incorporate traces of ecclesiastical rites. The Chinese in the Philippines 1-2. The plaza and surrounding streets were used for religious rituals and military drills. By using our site, you agree to our collection of information through the use of cookies. This performing art should be regarded both as a community ritual of entertainment and as a stage play. 22. The term Ilocano, as commonly accepted, originates from i-, which denotes "from," and looc, meaning "cove or bay," thus giving them the name "People of the bay." The first and simplest atang is cooked over this bonfire on the first night of the wake. The purok leader and his or her council settle neighborhood disruptions, such as noisy family squabbles, stray animals, drunken behavior, and petty theft. He also jumps over his wife three times for good fortune (Wallace 2006, 27). In fact, it is on the westside boundary of the naturales or the natives district not far from the western riverbank. Only a few decades ago did the highland weavers adopt the handloom. Juan smelled the terrible stench. Roberto Villanueva and Junyee the Nature and Art of Intervention. Philstar, 4 July. After World War II, poetry anthologies, mostly published by Gunglo Dagiti Mannurat nga Ilocano iti Filipinas (GUMIL), were Ballatinaw (Mahogany), edited by Godofredo S. Reyes and Pelagio Alcantara; Pamulinawen: Dandaniw 1949-1975 (Stonehearted: Poetry 1949-1975), 1975, edited by Jose A.Bragado and Benjamin M.Pascual; Kutibeng (Native Guitar), 1976, edited by Marcelino Foronda Jr.; Dandaniw (Poetry), edited by Pacita Saludes; Sakbay a Lumnek ti Init (Before the Sun Sets), edited by Jaime Lucas and Antonia Cabuyadao; Alintatao (Pupil of the Eye), 1981, edited by Reynaldo A. Duque; Ani 7 (Harvest 7), edited by Herminio S. Beltran Jr. and Jose A. Bragado; and Talibagoh (Apex of Virtue), edited by Benjamin M. Pascual, Jose A. Bragado, and Cles B. Rambaud. The religious feasts such as town fiestas honoring the patron saints and other Christian holidays are occasions for communal piety or revelry. Rambaud, Cles B., Martin T. Rochina, and Hernan Garcia Tabin, eds. The Promise of the Nation: Gender, History, and Nationalism in Contemporary Ilokano Literature. Weddings are the most exuberant of occasions because they either expand or intensify the clan links. The rebels wore both a white cross and an anting-anting (talisman) composed of the following items: some [strands of] hair, threeroots, a fruit called cats eye, a piece of ginger, some wax stuck to a piece of paper, some leaves, and a dry areca leaf (Palanco 2002, 528-529). Ilocos empanada is made of the based dough and inside the empanada itself is a ilocos longganisa, vegetables, sproited to be specific and an egg. One day, Ahmed is snatched from Amelia. 2012. From this corporate base, using the big earnings from the tobacco trade, Stonehill succeeded in manipulating Philippine politics and industry with the help of Ilocano politicians. At its southern sprawl in Pangasinan are fertile alluvial flats that extend from the coast of Lingayen Gulf to the foothills of the Cordillera and the Caraballo Sur mountains. 1982. The two live happily together in her house, along with Boyong. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. A chicken is sacrificed on a small makeshift altar in the patients yard. Bryan Teves is from Santa Lucia, Ilocos Sur, and he does social realist paintings influenced by his fathers life as a laborer. Check out Moiras List! The serious outlook of the Ilocano is reflected on his physical movement as well as in his writings. In 2015, the Basi Revolt paintings were transferred to the former provincial jail, now converted into the Ilocos Regional Museum Complex, which stands beside the Jose Burgos House (Cimatu 2015; National Museum 2015). One version of the legendary origin of Paoay Lake follows exactly the biblical episode about the wrath of the Almighty on Sodom and Gomorrah, when Lots wife looked back to see the destruction of the sinful cities and turned into a pillar of salt. The shrine was renovated, along with other Ilocos Norte historical sites, during the Marcos regime. Lured Abroad: The Case of Ilocano Overseas Workers. Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 9 (1): 54-80. Wallace, Ben J. The colonialist forces giving chase engaged the rebels in a battle at Sitio Banaoang, between Ilocos Sur and Abra, and lost 35 troops. Rediscovering Macario Vitalis the Road Less Taken. Philippine Starweek Magazine, 27 February. Religious syncretism, which merges indigenous and Christian rites, was observed during the Diego Silang revolt in 1762. Once Angalo and Aran played on the shore during which Angalo piled up stone, shrubs, and sand, modelling his creation after Arans bosom. Ilocanos' Superstitious Beliefs, Practices and Traditions Ilocano has a complex system of ideas and practices that they use to interact with the world. An occasion for either establishing or affirming ones social prestige, besides being an occasion for community revelry, is the town fiesta. By the first decade of the century, the sarsuwela Ilocana had edged out the komedya or moro-moro, when Ilocano playwrights and composers created orginal sarsuwela. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press. . 1966; 1969. Manila: Philippine Historical Committee. (Therefore let the joy of one be the joy of both. Titled Sangcareppet a Dandaniw: Parnaso Ilocano (A Sheaf of Verses, Ilocano Parnassus), it was edited by Mauro Pea of Sarrat, Ilocos Norte and Antonio Fogata of San Narcisco, Zambales. In the 1980s, the Iluko short story expanded its cultural vista as migrants to various regions in the country as well as abroad began to focus on the peculiar situations and fresh challenges in such crosscultural milieus. http://manilastandardtoday.com/lifestyle/eat-drink-travel/202805/. We are unique because we have our own way of living. The famous folk ballad Marba Koma Diay Bantay (Would That Mountain Crumble) follows the rocking motion of the cradle when a baby is being lulled to sleep. The young man,groom, asks for his parents' consent. Some returning oldtimers from Hawaii and California have brought home a few old accordions and banjos, while all over the Ilocos can be heard transistorized radio sets blaring with pop songs almost nonstop, as well as karaoke sing-along systems brought home by overseas Filipino workers. Besides caricatures and portraits, Khervin John Gallandez from Laoag, Ilocos Norte does miniature watercolor paintings that make up a collection called Project Lilliput: Visions from a Miniature World. Banana and papaya leaves were substituted for tobacco, and receipts were issued for ghost merchandise. The anti-heroes to these villains in the system were the unlicensed buyers called cowboys who bought the tobacco leaves on the field at risk of their lives. The official mourning period lasts a year, during which pamisa (feasts) are held periodically to honor the deceased: the makasiyam on the ninth day after the death; makabulan, a month after; and pitobulan, seven months after. Count Aristipo and a young fierce villager called Quintillano stage a counterattack and free Verona. 2015. Akshunna, The Fascinating Intricacy of Irish Funeral Traditions, ANCIENT EGYPT THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD A Work of Reclamation and Restitution in Twelve Books, Dedua Solomon Masters Thesis Grief Jerome Augustine1, The Traditional Understanding of Grief Among Ameru in Kenya: A Diakonia Perspective. They are telling their souls to come with them. Members of a nuclear family that might typify the migrant tendencies of the Ilocano may be dispersed geographically thus: one son in Hawaii, two sons in Cagayan and Mindanao; the youngest son remaining behind to tend to their small landholding; one married daughter living in her husbands residence; and one unmarried daughter staying home to look after the parents (Wallace 2006, 26-27; Griffiths 1988, 16). A generation later, this more casual tone turned more secular in theme and sometimes satirical in tone in the hands of Leona Florentino who read her poems during gentry gatherings in Vigan. 49, 163-168, 302). 2013. This is an unconventional way of classifying poetry but it is the most precise since in the Ilocos, the daniw as printed was an offspring of prayers and the printed novena pamphlets. Samtoy: Essays on Iloko History and Culture. Before the pamisa, the leader of the group offers a spoonful each of the cooked foods on the altar. After the funeral, members of the family and relatives go through the diram-os; that is, they wash their faces and upper limbs with a basin of basi in which some coins were immersed to ward off the spell of the evil spirit. The Aglipay Shrine in Batac is another tourist landmark. Despite this obstacle, the rebels tried to cross the river, but in this vulnerable position, they were easily routed. This announcement is known as the panagpudno. You can download the paper by clicking the button above. The coffin bearers also guard against tarrying on the stairs, for a relative might be possessed by the dead man's soul. This article is from the CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art Digital Edition. (1589) 1906. Philippine Folk Literature: The Folktales.Quezon City: The University of the Philippines Folklorists Inc. Felix, Alfonso, Jr., ed. The food offerings consist of a variety of glutinous-rice cakes: Patupat is unsweetened, slightly salted rice cake contained in a triangular pouch of woven strips of a banana or palm leaf and boiled in sugarcane juice and coconut milk. Dandaniw Ilokano: Mga Tulang Ilokano, 1621-2014. When the plantations in Hawaii and the west coast of the United States called for contract workers in the first decade of the 20th century, most of the adventurous cane cutters and fruit pickers who responded were Ilocano peasants. The improvised coffin would then be placed on the sleeping platform of their. 3 (Winter 201213), Embracing Death: A New Look at Grief, Gratitude and God, Towards a Framework of Christian Filipino-Chinese Early Grade-schoolers' Death Concepts, A Thick Description and Analysis of a Funerary Ritual in Qijiazhuang, Presided over by a Local Yin-yang. During the Semana Santa, it is the lectio chanting and lamentation based on the sudario that is heard in the plazas and on the radio. A monument that had been erected at Bantay, Ilocos Sur in honor of the assassin Vicos was replaced by another to honor Diego Silang. Members of the household are expected to refrain from working for the duration of the wake. Ninyogan is glutinous rice mixed with coconut milk and egg. When the man and woman have agreed to marry, the man conducts the panagpudno, in which he calls on his future parents-in-law to ask for their consent. Ilocano Superstition. Ilocandia 3 (1): 19-27. All openings of the house are tightly shut to keep malignant spirits out. From the homestead regions and logging camps in Cagayan Valley emerged the life portraits of Rosito Pimentero, Renato Paat, Arsenio Ramel, Samuel Corpuz, William Alvarado, Wilson Salvador, and Juan Quimba. The elaborate "atang" offered during an Ilocano burial, Baguio Citys Cool Christmas Caravan brings gastronomic delights to the Rose Garden,, Lets face it gift-giving can be quite challenging for most people. According to Yabes, Ti Langit Inanamatayo (Heaven of Our Hope), written by Isabelo de los Reyes toward the end of the 19th century, is the oldest existing Iluko short story. Bragado, Jose A., and Benjamin M.Pascual, eds. After the wedding, the newlyweds return to the house, where an elderly woman with a gift for oratory conducts the lualo, which is a prayer for blessings on the couple. According to various anthropologists and historians, the binacol or kalgo blankets were among the major trade goods from the Ilocos, along with ceramics, beads, salt, and dried fish bartered for Igorot gold dust, mountain rice, and forest by-products like almaciga, honey, and herbal medicine. View Notes - Funeral practices and burial customs in the from PHILO 1 at University of the Philippines Diliman. Relacion de las Islas Filipinas. In The Philippines at the Spanish Contact: Some Major Accounts of Early Filipino Society and Culture, edited by F. Landa Jocano, 81-107. About the art . 1973. Gabriela de Estrada retreated to the uplands of Abra, where she had the support of Tinguian warriors armed with bamboo lances and amulets. The story rises to a tragic climax when Quintillano, almost late for the tournament in the Turkish royal grounds, insists on fighting although Prince Menople is about to be declared winner of both the tournament and the hand of Laudamia, the sultans daughter. He had demanded of the Spanish government that all Spaniards and mestizos from the province be expelled, and he was mainly recruiting the timawa (common people) to his movement. In 2008, Grace Pdaca, a two-term governor of Isabela from 2004 to 2010, received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service. Under the patronage of the Spanish king, the members of the clergy were exempt from civil governance, nor could they be transferred by the governor-general without the kings approval. A number of newly built hotels and resorts in Ilocos have adopted the minimalist style. Anaraar: 21 a Napili a Sarita iti Lidko. Pichay, born in 1945 in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, is largely a self-taught artist, who was inspired by a retired art teacher, Felicisimo Amores. The stick must be placed in a specific spot in the house such as the wall of the kitchen or an outside wall of the house which is shaded. When they took a bath upriver and grappled with one another in horseplay, the entire area sank under their weight. Dallot chanters normally perform some basic dance steps of the pandanggo or arikenken while counselling the young couple on the pitfalls of marriage. The film ends with Tiago (Ven Medina) urging his son, the rebel youth Pablo (Bey Vito), to hold on to his tabak for the coming of the next Gabriela. The lines are rich in analogies, often improvised but always in regular rhyme and rhythm. The present Vigan Hotel used to be the residence of Mariano Villanueva; the Grandpas Inn is another renovated old house; and the Cordillera Inn used to be a high school for the regions Chinese-Filipino residents. the hardships of one, the hardships of both; which destroy the luster of the couples trust. The merging of indigenous and Christian tenets continues today. Sometimes, a coconut shell is placed under the dying man's bed so that everyone in the room may hear the angel and the devil fighting for possession of the man's soul. The Bangui Wind Farm, established in 2005, is the first in Southeast Asia. The most elaborate of the atang comes the afternoon after the burial. 1936. Traditionally, the closest rival to the bukanegan and electoral campaign in attracting a large crowd in the Ilocos is the folk drama, sarsuwela Ilocana. But what makes a cultural group differ among the others? Some social scientists prefer to focus on the behavioral and attitudinal aspects by calling it patron-client relationship, where the rich and the powerful serve as the constant source of social and psychological aid when the poorer families are in dire need. ArtPeople. . His grandmother said, Because he is dead. Why are they bundling him in a mat? asked Juan. All through this process, the healer leads the family of the victim touched by the spirits in the woods to a solemn process of prayers requesting the supernaturals to release their hold on the victims soul. Linapet is a cylindrical cake, with the glutinous rice, coconut milk, and molasses mixed together before it is boiled, wrapped in a pre-cut piece of banana leaf, and steamed. http://old.ilocosnorte.gov.ph/. The NM Returns the Basi Revolt Paintings to Vigan. National Museum of the Philippines Facebook page, 27 January. Under the Marcos era, new government offices and school buildings were built, while the Vigan House motif of plain walls, red tiles, brick columns, and slight arches sprang in lakeside Paoay, in former rice lands of Batac, and in resort houses along the beaches of Ilocos Norte, La Union, and Pangasinan. The most common atang to ward off sickness is a rice cake or ofen called sinukat or sinuman for Ilocanos. The Manila Times. Taking a bath or washing her hair will stop the menstrual flow. And the old woman said they were preparing to bury the dead. The family builds an atong (a bonfire of neatly piled firewood) in the front yard and keeps it alive until the funeral. This church was added to UNESCOs list of World Heritage Sites in 1993. The film won several awards, foremost of which are the FAMAS best actress award for Maja Salvador and best director for Paul Soriano. It was the same setting for the short stories of Ilocano migrant worker Carlos Bulosan from Binalonan, Pangasinan who was the first Filipino to attain literary fame in the United States before World War II. Palafox, Filemon, and Wilhelmina Ramas. Pilings husband is falsely accused of harboring the insurgents and is killed, and Piling herself is violated (Galam 2008). Similarly, since most Ilocano novelists at this time had gone through college, every popular foreign novelists style and subject was a source of inspiration. The Ilocos Norte Hotel and Convention Center in Laoag, Ilocos Norte uses basic and simple materials for its two-story structure and complex. The mourners wear black if the deceased is an adult, and white if a child. Baths are forbidden in the house to prevent illness. On the other hand, puberty for boys is marked by the ritual of kugit (circumcision), which is done when he turns 13 (Wallace 2006, 31). We are working hard to earn a living. Only when the American period ushered in the Gabaldon-type schoolhouse and the neoclassical lines in the provincial capitols did the landscape witness a change in architecture. He was arrested in Sadanga, Mountain Province in 1979, released in 1980, and killed in a road accident in 1982. In the Ilocos, the top layer was composed of the babaknang families, who later comprised the principalia; the cailianes, who owned home lots but tilled the landholdings of the babaknang clans; and, at the bottom, the adipen or slaves, who became such by birth or for indebtedness. burial customs of the ilocano people include closing all windows first before taking the casket out of the home, preventing any part of the coffin to hit any part of the dwelling (to prevent the spirit of the dead from loitering to bring forth dilemmas to the household; to some filipinos, a coffin hitting any object during a funeral means that 5, 32-187.Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Co. The Ilocano feast is often a multipurpose gathering, commemorating the day of the patron saint, a baptism, a housewarming, a bienvenida (welcome party), a wedding, or a class reunion. Visual Artist Mike Kairuz Is SoBack. BlauEarth, 6 December. The political system was rooted in the clan or the extended family structure. Asiawaves. . When the trials became impossible to overcome, there appeared a divine savior, or the heroes assumed magical powers. In his work titled Begin the Journey, 2013, the sinking bell tower of Laoag is rendered in a montage of irregular shapes with jagged edges and in many colors, while a proportionately tiny image of a woman in a terno and with a parasol in hand stands beside the tower. The bell tower dominated the whole scene, as the sound of bells determined the tempo of pueblo life from early morning mass to the evening vespers. But fishing is a relatively marginal activity in the Ilocos mainly because of inadequate gears and lack of entrepreneurs to pioneer offshore trawl fishing. An example is the ritual of the nakadalapos (bumped), where a white pig is butchered and half of its meat left in the haunted grove during the healing rites. During the dry spell, the land is particularly parched because the eastern ridges prevent the inflow of wind and precipitation from the eastern valleys and uplands. The Ilocano family usually fulfills these wishes expressed by the dead. Whymining Latest Stories. By mid-July, however, the Augustinians had mustered about 9,000 men from the north to recapture Vigan and demolish its visitas so that all the natives would be forced to move to Vigan within hearing of the bells. The colonialist troops, on their way to attack Bantay, burned all the barrios and killed everything that moved, including the residents who had taken sanctuary in the church at the advice of the Spanish commanders. http://www.bantayog.org/?p=644. Ilocano is the Hispanized adaptation of the original name. The fire is left burning for the duration of the wake. The al-alia is the spirit of the dead, which appears as a hazy pale figure. The riddles come in couplets, with closer attention to rhythm than to rhyme. The entire script, written by the films director, is in Iluko, with English subtitles. http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/551823/. Aurora Publications. There are other provinces in northern Luzon where they constitute the majority, or if they appear to be the minority in proportion to a provinces total population, they are the largest group in real numbers because the rest of the provinces population is divided among other ethnic groups: In Pangasinan, they are 44.25% or 1,076,219; in Tarlac, 40.9% or 436,907; in Nueva Ecija, 19.3% or 319,858; in Zambales, 27.5% or 118,889; in Baguio City, 44.5% or 111,132; in Aurora, 31.43% or 54,557; in Benguet, 13.4% or 43,984; in Kalinga, 24% or 41,633; in Ifugao, 13.7% or 22,171; in the Mountain Province, 6,968; and in Batanes, 149 (NSO 2000; 2010). The Ilocano or also known as ilokano and Iloko, is a member of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. Most customs and traditions of the Ilocano's are influence by their frugality. 1924. The religious images and wood-carved furniture are more ornate because they are intended to be replicas of colonial models or patterns, such as the engraved curlicues of church silverware or the double-headed eagle of the Spanish monarchy. 1975. The folk sarsuwela performed usually by local troupes or by community members capped and still caps the fiesta revelry as a nighttime spectacle lasting until the wee hours. Adjacent to the sala would be several cuartos (rooms) with four-poster beds, aparador (cabinet), tocador (dressing table), and mesa (table). News of the reopening of the US-owned Cellocos finally rouse the barrio folk to action, which results in a violent and bloody struggle. Diego Silangs Revolt: A New Approach. Translated by Jose S. Arcilla, SJ. In spite of the influence of modernization, traditional beliefs still persist among the Ilocanos. The second one is usually practiced by the Ilocanos who are living in the Provinces and barrios. Carroll, Alison. Another tradition is the ag gulgul, in which members of the family of a deceased Ilocano have to wash their heads in the sea or river after the burial. http://www.philstar.com/opinion/2014/12/08/1400262/. 1975. However, the sea continued to be the principal passage connecting coastal towns, islands, and nations. This practice demonstrates how Ilocanos keep their family members' memories close to their hearts. He designed tiny figures and hired the traditional Vigan potters to produce them. Through Florentino, the daniw also emerged in the international scene when her poems in Iluko and Spanish were included in a bibliography of poetry, the Bibliotheque Internationale des Oeuvres des Femmes, edited by Andzia Wolkska in 1889. The former residence of dramatist Mena Crisologo has been transformed into a hotel now called Aniceto Mansion, and the courtyard has been greatly altered. (LogOut/ Cuntapay herself may be of noble lineage, which can be traced back to Gobernadorcillo Felipe Cutapay [sic] of Tumauini, Isabela who, in 1621, led one of the first widespread uprisings against Spanish rule (Blair and Robertson 1906, vol. http://www.manilatimes.net/vigan-declared-wonder-city/181386/. The traditional rooster courtship, the arikenken poetry-and-dance joust between a man and a woman, the dung-aw for a departed kin, as well as for the entombed Christ during the Lenten Lectio, are protodramas, too. This practice is usually done when they are on their way going home from a greepy or far place. http://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/gamaba/. Change). Thus did the Ilocano brown ancestors come to be. Other kabagyan (relatives) compose their own households in their own residences. Sablot (Litsea Glutinosa), Lour Rob. A famous case of naluganan was that of a housemaid of the Paredes family in Bangued, Abra by the spirit of a pilots son whose plane was shot down in Europe but whose corpse could not be located by the family. He goes in search of the ill-fated Atamante. The Ilocano people are the third-largest ethnic group in the Philippines and live on the largest island, Luzon. The gravity of the problems, ranging from social issues to hard crime, determines whether these should be elevated to the barangay, municipal, or provincial authorities (Wallace 2006, 17-18). These Tinguian or Kankanaey abel heirlooms are not products of the highland looms but are actually the handiwork of Ilocano weavers many generations back. When the funeral procession begins, a headless rooster is left in the path of the procession for the benefit of the dead relatives so that they can prepare for the newcomer in the afterlife. Hence, there were relatively light wartime clashes and destruction during the Japanese occupation. They connected these settlements by means of the camino real or the royal highway where the kings soldiers and missionaries must pass from one town to the next when delivering royal decrees or quelling dissidents. While Veronas royalty are mired in intrigues and amorous pursuits, Sultan Palmadin of the Turkish Empire sends his best fighters to spy on Veronas domain and military defenses. The story is about Amelia, an Ilocano nanny for the baby of a Sheikh in the Middle East. Taking a bath or rubbing the skin with isiso (stone) will cause scabbies. To the Ilocanos, gasat (fate) detemines their life on earth. Deer meat is a delicacy available during the hunting season in the wilds of Abra and Ilocos Norte. Such actions are said to wash away any bad luck or any sickness related to the death in the family. 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