ILDEFONSO, JELLEN C.

BSBAMA-3A

FOLK SONG

Manang Biday is an ethnic song in ilocos. This song implies the courtship of a young maiden
named in Manang Biday. Serenade call this custom of the Filipinos until today still
practicing by the Ilocano. It also is a courtship dance.

Manang Biday

Manang Biday, ilukat mo man

Ta bintana ikalumbabam
Ta kitaem toy kinayawan
Ay, matayakon no dinak kaasian

Siasinnoka nga aglabaslabas

Ditoy hardinko pagay-ayamak
Ammom ngarud a balasangak
Sabong ni lirio, di pay nagukrad

Denggem, ading, ta bilinenka

Ta inkanto diay sadi daya
Agalakantot bungat mangga
Ken lansones pay, adu a kita

No nangato, dika sukdalen

No nababa, imo gaw-aten
No naregreg, dika piduten
Ngem labaslabasamto met laeng

Daytoy paniok no maregregko

Ti makapidut isublinanto
Ta nagmarka iti naganko
Nabordaan pay ti sinanpuso

Alaem dayta kutsilio

Ta abriem toy barukongko
Tapno maipapasmo ti guram
Kaniak ken sentimiento

ILDEFONSO, JELLEN C.
BSBAMA-3A

FOLK TALES
 THE TERMITE QUEEN

In one of the islands in Batanes, a widow lived with her two daughters who only wanted to
play the whole day. The only thing that the mother asked of her daughters was to have
supper ready by the time she got home from working in the fields. One night, when she got
home and her daughters were nowhere to be seen, she made dinner herself. When the girls
returned and saw their mother busy in the kitchen, they decided to play some more. The
mother could not take it anymore and calmly walked away from their house. Though the
girls eventually followed her, it was already too late. The mother had taken the shape of a
mountain, now called Mount Iraya.

Mother Mountain resonated with Ong because it's a story that deals witha basic
childhood fear: if youre not good, your mother will leave. It is also a wonderful tale about
how a mountain that looks like a woman was formed.

Find this story in Tahanan Books The Termite Queen and Other Classic Philippine Earth
Tales, available at National Bookstore, Fully Booked, and The Learning Basket.

Growing up, every child should have a favorite story heard from family and community
members. Make memories and introduce Philippine life and culture to your child through
our countrys own folk tales.