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Ilocos Region

REGION

Tourist spots

Bangui Windmills

Bolinao falls

La paz sand dunes

RESOURCES
-a leading producer of tobacco and
mangos for export in the country
- rich in natural resources such a
limestone for cement, feldspar for
ceramics, fruits, vegetables, fish, poultry,
forest products such as bamboo and
rattan

- known for being, appreciative, simple and

determined
- adventurous and the most hardworking
people
- they are also known as stingy or kuripot"

RESOURCES

Foods

Dinengdeng

Foods

Bagoong monamon

Foods

Pinakbet

COSTUMES

About the
Author
Pedro
Bucaneg
(March 1592 1630)
born in Bantay, Abra
blind since birth
was a foremost Ilocano poet and
Christian missionary

"Father of Ilokano literature"

Pedro Bucaneg
- studied at the Augustinian
convent in Manila
- used his extensive
knowledge of the Itneg dialect
to teach Spanish missionaries

characters
Don
Juan

-father of Lam-ang

Flat character

characters
Namonga
n

-mother of Lam-ang

Flat character

characters
Lamang
- brave man
- son of Don Juan &
Namongan

Dynamic character

characters
Ines
Kannoyan

-wife of Lam-ang

Flat character

SETTING
Nalbuan

the place where Don Juan & his wife

lived was born
the place Namongan
where Lam-ang

SETTING
Mountains

the place where Lam-ang fought with

the Igorots

SETTING
Amburayan
River
- where he was
bathed by
women after
his fight with
the Igorots
- where he met Ines Kannoyan

SETTING
Calanutian
- the place
where Ines
Kannoyan
lived

Narration

Plot

He was furious when he

learned what happened
to his father, so he
rushed to their village
and killed them all.
At barely 9 months, he
went to search for his
father. He had a dream
about his fathers head
being stock on a pole by
the Igorots.
Don Juan & his wife
Namongan lived in
Nalbuan. They had
a son named Lamang.

Lam-ang and Ines got

married. It was a tradition
to have a newly married
man swim in the river for
the rarang fish.
Unfortunately, he was
swallowed by the berkakan.
When Lam-angs bones
where gathered, the
rooster crowed , the dog
barked and the bones
started to move. Lam-ang
arose and was finally
resurrected. And the

conflict
Human vs. Human

theme
Bravery
Courage
Love