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    The document provides a summary of the Ilocano epic poem "Biag ni Lam-ang". It describes Lam-ang as having incredible strength and courage. He goes on a quest to avenge his father's death at the hands of the Igorot people. Lam-ang displays great feats of strength and bravery. He later falls in love with a maiden named Ines and defeats rivals to win her hand in marriage. The epic reflects Filipino values of family, bravery, love and tradition. It was passed down orally for generations before being transcribed in around 1640 by the blind Ilocano poet Pedro Bucaneg, who is considered the father of Ilocano literature.

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    The document provides a summary of the Ilocano epic poem "Biag ni Lam-ang". It describes Lam-ang as having incredible strength and courage. He goes on a quest to avenge his father's death at the hands of the Igorot people. Lam-ang displays great feats of strength and bravery. He later falls in love with a maiden named Ines and defeats rivals to win her hand in marriage. The epic reflects Filipino values of family, bravery, love and tradition. It was passed down orally for generations before being transcribed in around 1640 by the blind Ilocano poet Pedro Bucaneg, who is considered the father of Ilocano literature.

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    The document provides a summary of the Ilocano epic poem "Biag ni Lam-ang". It describes Lam-ang as having incredible strength and courage. He goes on a quest to avenge his father's death at the hands of the Igorot people. Lam-ang displays great feats of strength and bravery. He later falls in love with a maiden named Ines and defeats rivals to win her hand in marriage. The epic reflects Filipino values of family, bravery, love and tradition. It was passed down orally for generations before being transcribed in around 1640 by the blind Ilocano poet Pedro Bucaneg, who is considered the father of Ilocano literature.

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    SYNOPSIS OF BIAG NI LAM-ANG

    Namongan gives birth to a baby with incredible strength and courage, named Lam-ang. The boy

    asks his mother about his father’s whereabouts and learns that he has gone to fight the Igorot.

    Lam-ang arms himself with charms and decides to look for his father. From a dream, he learns

    that his father, Don Juan Panganiban, had been killed by the Igorot.

    Later, Lam-ang finds the Igorot in a sagang, a feast celebrating a successful headhunting

    expedition. His father’s head is displayed in the feast. Lam-ang slays them all with his spear and

    mutilates the last among them.

    When Lam-ang returns home, 99 maidens wash his hair in the river. For his shampoo, he burns so

    many rice straw that the communities near the river are alarmed by the smoke. The dirt from his

    hair kills all the fishes in the river. He then kills a crocodile and carries it on his shoulder ashore

    amidst the applause of his companions.

    Lam-ang hears about a beautiful maiden named Ines Cannoyan, the daughter of the richest man in

    the town of Kalanutian. He tells his mother of his desire to court the maiden. Although his mother

    discourages him, he goes anyway, dressed in gold and accompanied by his pet rooster and white

    dog. The giant Sumarang blocks his way and belittles him. Lam-ang defeats him in a duel and

    hurls him nine hills away. Later, Sarindadan tries to seduce him but Lam-ang rejects her

    advances.

    Reaching Kalanutian, he impresses Ines with his magic. His rooster crows and topples a small

    outhouse. His dog barks and the outhouse is rebuilt. Ines invites him to the house where the

    rooster acts as Lam-ang’s spokesperson. Ines’ parents ask for a bride price, which Lam-ang

    agrees to give.

    Lam-ang returns home to prepare for the wedding and the presents. He and his townsfolk sail on

    two golden ships to Kalanutian where Lam-ang and Ines have a Catholic wedding. The

    townspeople board the two ships to Nalbuan, Lam-ang’s birthplace, to continue the celebration.

    After the celebration, Lam-ang agrees to hunt rarang, a shellfish. He is swallowed by a giant fish,

    called berkakang, as he has dreamt so. However, a diver recovers his bones. The pet rooster flaps

    its wings and resurrects Lam-ang. He then rewards the diver and lives happily with his wife and

    pets.
    BIAG NI LAM-ANG (Life of Lam-ang) is a pre-Hispanic epic poem of the Ilocano people of the
    Philippines. The story was handed down orally for generations before it was written down
    around 1640 assumedly by a blind Ilokano bard named Pedro Bucaneg.

    Moral Lesson:

    "Life is full of trials and problems; one must be strong and must accept this reality."

    Characters:

    * Don Juan ~ father of Lam-ang

    * Namongan ~ mother of Lam-ang

    * Lam-ang ~ main character of the story

    * Ines Kannoyan ~wife of Lam-ang

    * Sumarang ~ rival of Lam-ang

    Setting:

    -on the mountains

    -in the river (Amburayan)

    Values:

    -brave

    -loving

    Tradition:

    -giving a dowry

    -asking the hand for marriage

    -protecting ones territory


    Analysis:
    The epic Biag ni Lam-ang reflects several truths applicable to human life. More specifically,
    these truths reveal some attitudes, traits, and values of Filipinos, especially among Ilocanos because
    they were the ones responsible of creating and popularizing this phenomenal epic.

    First, Filipinos are very family oriented. When Lam-ang was born, his father was already
    captured by the Igorots in the forest. It is even possible that his father was already dead during the
    time. This means that he never had an opportunity to experience the love of his father or meet him
    even once in his lifetime. However, when Lam-ang learned of what happened to his father, he
    promised that he would avenge for his death. In this instance, we could see Lam-ang, willing to die just
    to seek justice for a man whom he never personally met, but is recognizable to him in terms of their
    family relationship; the father and son relationship. Today, Filipinos would usually defend their family
    members in the face of threat and persecution from other people. Additionally, Filipinos have the
    practice of letting the sons and daughters to still stay in the house of their parents even if they have
    already married.

    Filipinos give emphasis on the rivalry between them and their competitors in the hearts of the
    persons they love. When Lam-ang fell in love with Ines, he killed several monsters and eventually
    fought Sumarang who was also a dedicated suitor of Ines. Among many Filipino teenagers today, if they
    could not get themselves noticed by their crushes, they do something to remove the one who is getting
    in their way. For Filipinos, competition over love is serious. Not getting the person they love because
    someone else was preferred over them is very degrading. This truth though might also apply to some
    other cultures. Since love is universal, it is likely that this particular attitude is not exclusively Filipino.

    Filipinos value and sanctify friendship. When Lam-ang died, his friends were the ones who tried
    to seek for a way for him to regain his life. Nowadays, aside from family, Filipinos would run to their
    friends in times of downfalls and disappointments because they know that the company, comfort,
    compassion, and care that their friends can offer will surely contribute a lot to bringing back the life in
    them.

    The Filipino character traits that I have explained are just some of the many others that are
    reflected in the epic ‘’Biag Ni Lam-ang.’’ Certainly, every aspect of the epic has an implication to the
    Filipino people because it is a very original Filipino-made work of art.
    Pedro Bukaneg (March 1592 – c. 1630) was a Filipino poet. Blind since birth, he is the acknowledged
    author of the Ilocano epic Biag ni Lam-ang (Life of Lam-ang). He is considered the "Father of Ilocano
    literature." A street inside the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) complex in Pasay City, Philippines
    is named in his honor. His surname is lent to the Bukanegan, the Ilocano equivalent of the Balagtasan.

    Biag ni Lam-ang (English: "The Life of Lam-ang") is an epic poem of the Ilocano people from
    the Ilocos region of the Philippines. It is notable for being the first Philippine folk epic to be recorded
    in written form, and was one of only two folk epics documented during the Philippines' Spanish
    Colonial period, along with the Bicolano epic of Handiong.[1](p6) It is also noted for being a folk epic
    from a "Christianized" lowland people group (the Ilocano people),[2] with Jehovah witness elements
    incorporated into the storytelling.[1](p6)
    As oral literature, the poem is believed to have originated in pre-colonial times, evolving as it is
    passed on from poet to poet and generation to generation.[1](p3) The poem's first transcription is
    sometimes attributed to the blind Ilocano poet-preacher Pedro Bucaneg,

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