SYLVIA GATAB'S POEM

this is a poem created by SYLVIA GATAB
www.facebook.com/sylvia.c.gatab

IBEGAW MO KAIGOROT MO

Wada di taga Manila

ibida bida nay istorya na

din igorot kanu kanana

nangingisit da ya natataba

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Katakdeg si maestro kanana ay mangwani

Igorot et nataraki uray nu kaman nina kami

et doy ay nasdaaw da,sin Igorot sin ay sango da

Mala adonis et kayman,kaman baw eman artista.

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San met ay gayem ko namentakeng ay Iloco

nadismaya esnan botoy ko

dake dake ay kanana ngem siya met sa ay tawid ko.

ngem uray nu kaman nissa

man iyamanak en Dios Ama

tan kanana sin ay kali na

Fearfully & wondrfuly ay inamag ko sik-a

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Wada met din Ibisaya

sinay abe di storya na

enmeyak ed kad-an u permi ay ragsak ko

Dakayo ay IGorot mababait masisipag

mapagbigay po kau.

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Wada abe san Igorot ay guitarista

permi kayman binangon na din rikna

Layad kanu sin ay nagapuan

adi tako et eman linglingan

entako et tan awanmulien di napuan

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Lugar di kaigorotan,kapintasan si pantean

adik isukat sik-a sin ay America ay kanan da

Layad ko et tet-ewa,Kaigorotan,idayadayaw ko sik-a

umali to metlang  di tiempo 

mantauli ak esnan ay sibay mo.

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ebegaw mo ebegaw ko,kinaigorot tako

Ipailam ay bessat din kinaigorot mo

babaen sin amag ay mayat

pangrespetar tako ya panag ayat

Dios eyak padayawan tan sak-en igorot ak.  









EBOGAW MU KINAIGOROT MU ll
this is a poem created by SYLVIA GATAB
www.facebook.com/sylvia.c.gatab
Ako'y pinalaki na ilocano ang salita,
nagpunta sa malayo,tagalog naman ang wika
ngunit isang araw ako'y umuwi ng probinsiya
nagdudumilat ang katotohanan ako pala'y isang Igorota.
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Elak pay abe si ina kayumanggi baw eman din kulay na,
et elak abe si tatang ko,taraki baw ay am-ama.
Kanak abe sin ay nemnem ko
Igorot baw di parents ko
naanos da ya nagaget,uray nu kudo kudo.
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Et wada di esa ay agew
enyey dak en amak ed payew
kanak nu nuwang di man araro
kambaw din sikik kanu di idakdak ko.
Man aga ak kuma ngem baka madismaya si Ama
isunga inan anusak ay inamag din ay paob obla na.
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Mantokdo kami pay ay sin ama
et dey nan baon me et ebela na
permi din ay kigtot ko
tan labayak kanu si kape din ay inuto.
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Sumaa kami pay dooy eman si ina
permi ay nagaget este-esten na si ama.
Et  umila pay abe,sinay di kanana
"kanak gamin anak  enka ituloy man eskwela.
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Kagtona gayam biag di Igorot
adi ibain proud ak ay Iyanganot
Gapo sin ay nailak ay ugalin da amak en inak
laydek ay ibogaw puro ay Igorotak.

IGOROT SONGS PERFORMED

HERE are some of the igorot songs performed found in youtube

Chua-ay is a song.
Tradition dictates that this song was sung by the females of the igorot tribe(from northern Philippines) while they walk from mountain to mountain carrying jugs of water on their heads.

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bagbagto

bagbagto is a series of rhyming words that follows the last word and rhyming it on the next word of the song,,its a children song

this one ismy favorite LUNGAYBAN..its an igorot love song

this is NAN LAYAD NAN LIKATAN..we use to sing this when i was in highschool

here is another found in you tube..kudos to the make

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW2LQ7SP6aQ

thats the link

this video says who we are..what we do


its time to let the world know 

IGOROT SINGER

One of the most people i admired most when it comes to igorot singers is mr hardy caligtan
his voice is nice and the song are nice too,,you would know its coming from the heart..there was this one time im longing to talk to someone with our own language(kankanaey),since im in the metr
opolitanarea and i dont go OUT THAT MUCH ,,i decided to browse the internet,,and this one caught my attention

this is titled SAN WANES KO,,i beleive he composed this one as well,,this song epics the male g strings in the cordilleras..to make it simple,,message goes i am proud to wear my culture

THE IGOROTA GIRLS

NAME:AYA BALLESTEROS
FROM: BAGUIO CITY

NAME;SARAH MARRERO
FROM: BAUKO MT PROV

NAME:BAN BRAGADO
FROM:BAUKO MT PROV

NAME:KAREN ANGLIB
FROM:BAUKO MTPROV

name:clarisse day-ong

from: bauko mt prov

THE IGOROT BOYS.. MEET THEM

NAME:  EDY AGALED
FROM: SABANGAN,MOUNTAIN PROVINCE

NAME: JOHN SAGAMLA
FROM: BESAO MOUNTAIN PROVINCE

NAME:BRENT BILALAT
FROM:ABATAN BAUKO

NAME:BEN ALUMNO
FROM:BAGUIO CITY

forn now sila muna,, hehehe

MY home town BAUKO

Bauko is a 4th class municipality in the province of Mountain Province, Philippines. It is the province's most populous town. According to the latest census, it has a population of 30,149 people in 5,332 households.


i am from poblacion bauko mountain province

 The Legend of its Name

 Stories which were told from generations reveal that the people who first settled in the present day municipality of Bauko are the couple named Padoka and Adian. They lived through planting root crops, domesticating and hunting wild animals in the woods. 


One day, their pregnant sow got out of its pen and never came back. The couple searched the immediate vicinity but the pig is nowhere to be found. Adian searched farther where she discovered the sow’s footprints headed eastward going down the lower dike-like mountain called Kamanbaneng. They followed the footprints until they reached a cave-in near a spring in Mt. Kipay-an where they finally saw the pig. The area is packed with trees called “Baukok.” Padoka surveyed the land and found out that it has a good and friendly terrain which made him decide to transfer his whole family there.

As the number of people who live in this place expanded as a result of migration and intermarriage between the children of Padoka and Adian and nearby communities, there began rampant cutting down of trees which they used to build houses. As the number of trees dwindled, the descendants of Opeg, son of Padoka and Adian started calling the place “Baukok” which served as memory of the trees that once abounded in the place. This later on evolved to Bauko which is how this municipality is now known.

What is an IGOROT

IGOROTS are the people of the Cordillera region, in the Philippines island of Luzon. The Igorot form two subgroups: the larger group lives in the south, central and western areas, and is very adept at rice-terrace farming.The Igorots are grouped into six ethno-linguistic groups, the Bontoc, Ibaloi, Ifugao, Isneg (or Apayao), Kalinga, and the Kankana-ey


since i am a kannkan-ey im going  to talk about it


 The Kankana-ey
The Kankana-ey's domain includes Western Mountain Province, Northern Benguet, Southeastern Ilocos Sur. Like most Igorot ethnic groups, the Kankana-ey built sloping terraces to maximize farm space in the rugged terrain of the Cordilleras. Kankan-ey's of Western Mountain Province from the municipalities of Sagada and Besao identify themselves as part of a tribe called Applai or Aplai. Two famous institutions of the Kankana-ey of Mountain Province are the dap-ay, the men's dormitory and civic center, and the ebgan, the girls' dormitory where courtship between young men and women took place




The Kankana-eys also have difference in the way they dress. The women soft-speaking Kankana-ey's dress has a color combination of black, white and red. The design of the upper attire is a criss-crossed style of black, white and red colors. The skirt or "tapis" is a combination of stripes of black, white and red. The women hard-speaking Kankana-ey's dress is composed of mainly red and black with a little white styles, as for the skirt or "tapis" which is mostly called "bakget" and "gateng". The men wore a g-string as it is called but it is mainly known as "wanes" for the Kanakana-ey's of Besao and Sagada. The design of the "wanes" as they call it may vary according to social status or municipality


Kankana-ey's major dances include tayaw, pattong, takik, a wedding dance, and balangbang.The tayaw is a community dance that is usually done in weddings it maybe also danced by the Ibalois but has a different style.. Pattong, also a community dance from Mountain Province which every municipality has its own style. Balangbang is the modernized word for the word Pattong. There are also some other dance that the Kankana-ey's dance like the sakkuting, pinanyuan(wedding dance)and bogi-bogi(courtship dance). The Kankana-ey house are built like the other houses of the Igorots, which also reflect their social status


heres how the dress looks like