AGUSAN DEL SUR STATE COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
ORAL LORE FROM
PRE-COLONIAL TIMES
Samantha Joyce Alicante-Acebido
Topic Rapporteur
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WHAT IS ORAL LORE?
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DEFINITION:
Oral lore or oral tradition is a
form of human communication
wherein knowledge, art, ideas,
and cultural material is
received, preserved and
transmitted orally from one
generation to another.
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Transmitted through:
-Speech
-Song
-Ballads Oral history, oral
-Chants
-Prose
literature, oral
-Verses law, and other
knowledge
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WHAT IS PRE-COLONIAL
LITERATURE?
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DEFINITION:
It include folks, tales, epics,
poems, and marathon chants
existed in most ethno
linguistic groups that were
passed on from generation to
generation through word of
mouth.
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Example:
-TIGMO in Cebuano
-BUGTONG in Tagalog
-POTOTOTDON in Bicol
-PAKTAKON in Ilongo
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Moreover…
Epics and folk tales are
varied and filled with
magical characters. They are
either narratives of mostly
ethical objectives, persons,
places, supernatural events,
heroes, customs and
ideology of a community.
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Instead…
Literary
Technical writing Forms
is: during
—an instructional manual for
the Pre-Colonial Period
repairing machinery
—a memo listing meeting agendas
—a letter from a vendor to a client
—a recommendation report
proposing a new computer system
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RIDDLES
BUGTONG OR PALAISIPAN
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RIDDLES
o Made up of one or more measured lines
with rhymes and may consist of 4 to 12
syllables.
o Showcase the Filipinos’ wit, literary talent,
and keen observation of the surroundings.
o Involves reference to one or two images
that symbolize the characteristics of an
unknown object that is used to be
guessed.
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Example:
1. Nagtago si Pedro, lumabas ang ulo.
2. Hinila ko ang tadyang lumapad ang
tiyan.
3. Dala mo dala ka, dala ka ng iyong dala.
4. Lumuluha walang mata, lumalakad
walang pa
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FOLK SONGS
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FOLK SONGS
o A form of lyric which expresses the
people’s hopes, aspirations and lifestyle.
o Repetitive and sonorous, didactic, and
naïve.
o Traditional songs and melodies.
o Inspired by the reaction of the people to
their environment.
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Example:
Uyayi-lullaby
Kumintang- war song
Kundiman-melancholic love song
Mambayu-Kalinga rice-pounding song
Subli- dance ritual song of courtship or marriage
Tagulaylay-songs of the dead
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EPICS
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EPICS
o A long poem, typically one derived from
ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds
and adventures of heroic or legendary
figures or the history of a nation.
o Portraying heroic deeds and adventures
or covering an extended period of time.
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Example:
1. Biag ni Lam-ang of the Ilocanos
Narrates the adventures of the prodigious epic
hero, Lam-ang who exhibits extraordinary powers
at an early age.
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Example:
2. The Agyu or Ulahing of the Manobos
3 part epic which starts with pahmara
(invocation) then the kepu’unpuun (narration of
the past) and the sendurung (an episode
complete itself). All three parts narrate the
exploits of the hero as he leads his people who
have been driven out of their land.
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Example:
3. Sandayo of the Subanon
Tells the story of the same hero with the same
name who is born through extraordinary
circumstances as he fell out of the hair of his
mother while she was combing it in the ninth
stroke.
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Example:
4. Aliguyon or the Hudhud of the Ifugaos
Tells the adventure of Aliguyon as he battles his
arch enemy , Pambukhayon, among rice fields
and terraces and instructs his people to be
steadfast and learn the wisdom of warfare and
of peacemaking during harvest season.
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PROVERBS SALAWIKAIN
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PROVERBS
o Proverb is a simple and concrete saying,
popularly known and repeated that
expresses a truth based on common
sense or experiences. They are often
metaphorical.
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PROVERBS
o These have been customarily used and
served as laws or rules on good behavior
by our ancestors. These are like allegories
or parables that impart lessons for the
young ones.
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Example:
1. A broom is sturdy because it strands are
tightly bound.
-People gain strength by standing together.
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Example:
2. It is hard to wake up someone who is
pretending to be asleep.
-While it is easy to tell people something they
do not know, it is much harder if they are
willfully choosing not to see what is before
them.
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Example:
3. If you persevere, you will reap the fruit of your
labor.
-They don’t call them the fruits of labor for
nothing. Hard work and perseverance are
needed to reach your goals. But if you keep
trying, one day you will enjoy the result of all
your efforts.
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Example:
3. New king, new character.
-New leadership always brings new character.
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MYTHS
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MYTHS
o Mythology, body of myths of a particular
culture, and also the study and
interpretation of myths. It is a complex
cultural phenomenon that can be
approached from a number of
viewpoints. In general, a myth is narrative
that describes and portrays in symbolic
language, the origin of the basic
elements and assumption of a culture.
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MYTHS
Mythic narratives relates for example,
how the world began, how humans and
animals are created, and how certain
customs, gestures, or forms of human
activities originated.
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Example:
1. The Gods and Goddesses
(Ilocos)
2. Why there is a High Tide during a Full Moon
(Ibanag)
3. Why the Dead Come Back No More
(Ifugao)
4. Mag-asawang Tubig
(Tagalog)
5. How the Moon and the Stars Came to Be
(Bukidnon-Mindanao)
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LEGENDS
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LEGENDS
A collection of related narratives,
historically factual but actually a mixture of
fact and fiction. The subject is often a
heroic historical personage.
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Example:
1. The Legend of Sleeping Beauty
2. Legend of Dama de Noche
3. Legend of the Banana Plant
4. Legend of the Firefly
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AGUSAN DEL SUR STATE COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
ORAL LORE FROM
PRE-COLONIAL TIMES
Samantha Joyce Alicante-Acebido
Topic Rapporteur
LIT 3: SURVEY OF PHIL. LIT. IN ENGLISH
AGUSAN DEL SUR STATE COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
THANK YOU
for listening!
Samantha Joyce Alicante-Acebido
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