Oral Lore From Pre-Colonial Times

 

Oral Lore from PreColonial Times (--1564)

 

 What is Oral Lore? 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.

 The transmission is through speech or song or may include folktales, ballads, prose or verses. In this way is possible forknowledge a society to transmitchants, oral history histor y, oral literature, oralway, law, itand other oral across generations without a writing system, or in parallel to a writing system.

 

Pre-colonial Literature •

 The variety and abundance of Philippine literature evolved even even before the colonial period. Folks, tales, epics, poems, and marathon chants existed in most ethno linguistic groups that were passed on from generation gener ation to generatio generation n through word word of mouth. Some Some of these precolonial literary pieces showcased in traditional narratives, speeches and songs are “tigmo” in Cebuano, “bugtong” in tagalog “ potototdon” in Bicol and “ paktakon” in Ilongo.

 

Philippine epics and folk tales are varied and filled with magical characters. They are either narratives of mostly mythical objects,  persons or certain places, or epics telling tell ing supernatural events and bravery of heroes, customs and ideologies of a community. community. Pre-colonial inhabitants of our islands showcase a rich past through their folk speeches, folk songs, folk narratives and indigenous rituals and mimetic dances and affirm our ties with our Southeast Asian neighbors.

 

Literaryy For Forms ms during during the Literar Pre-colonial Period

 

1. Riddles Riddles (Bugt (Bugtong ong or Pala Palaisi isipan) pan) •

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Made up of one or more measured lines with rhymes rhymes and may consist of 4 to 12 sylla syllables bles Showcase the Filipino wit, literary talent, and keen keen observation of the surroundings Involves reference to one or two images that symbolize the Involves characteristics of an unknown object that is used to be guessed

 

Examples ples of Ridd Riddles les Exam •

Nagtag Nag tago o si Pe Pedro dro,, pe pero ro na naka kala laba bass ang ulo ulo..

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Hindi Hin di par pari, i, hin hindi di har hari, i, ngun ngunit it nagd nagdadam adamit it ng sar sari-s i-sari ari..

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Bugtong-pala Bugton g-pala-bugto -bugtong, ng, kadena kadenang ng umuugo umuugong ng..

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Buhok Buh ok ni Ada Adan, n, hin hindi di ma mabil bilang ang-bi -bilan lang g.

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Sa ara araw w ay bung bungbo bong ng,, sa ga gabi bi ay daho dahon. n.

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Isda Is da sa Ma Mare revi vili lis, s, na nasa sa lo loob ob an ang g ka kali lisk skis is..

 

2. FOLK SONGS •

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 A form of folk lyric which expresses the people’s hopes, aspirations and lifestyle.

Repetitive and sonorous, didactic and naïve.  Traditional  T raditional songs and melodies. Inspired by the reaction of the people to their environment.

 

Example mpless of Folk Songs Songs Exa •

Uyayi Uy ayi-- lull lullab abyy

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Kuminta Kumi ntangng- wa warr song

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Kundiman-- melanch Kundiman melancholic olic love love song song

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Mambay Mam bayuu- Kalin Kalinga ga ric rice-p e-poun oundin ding g song

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Subli-- dance ritual song of courtship or marriage Subli marriage

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 Tagulaylay T agulaylay- songs of the dead

 

3. EPICS •

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 A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history history of a nation. nation. Portraying heroic deeds and adventures or covering an extended  period of time.

 

Examples ethno-epics epics populariz popularized ed by Examples of ethnodifferent ethnic groups in the country •

Ilocanos, narrates narrates the Biag Bi ag ni La Lamm-an ang g (L (Lif ifee of La Lamm-an ang) g) of the Ilocanos, adventuress of the prodigious adventure prodigious epic hero. hero. Lam-ang who exhibits extraordi extraordinary nary powers at an early age.

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Manobos is a three three part part epic that that starts starts  The Agyu or Olahing of the Manobos  with thesengedurog pahmara (invocation) theete (a narration narrat ion of thethe past kepu’unpuun and the (an episodethen compl complete itself). All three itself). parts narrate exploits of the hero as he leads his people who have have been driven driven out of their land.

 

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of the story of the hero hero with the same Sand Sa nday ayo o of th thee Suban Subanon on tells of

name who is born through extraordinary circumstances as he fell out of the hair of his mother while she was combing it on the ninth stroke. stroke.

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Ifugaoss tel tells ls the the advent adventure uress of  Aliguyon or the Hudhud of the Ifugao

 Aliguyon as he battles his arch arch enemy, enemy, Pambukhayon Pambukhayon among rice fields and terraces and instructs his people to be steadfast and learn the wisdom of  warfare and of peacemaking during harvest har vest season.

 

4. Prov Pr overbs erbs (Salawikain) •

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Proverb is a simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience. They are often metaphorical.  These have been customarily used and served ser ved as laws or rules on good behavior by our ancestors. To others, these are like allegories or  parables that impart lessons for the young ones.

 

Examples Exampl es of Pro Provverb erbss 1. A broom is sturdy because its strands are tightly tightl y bound.

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People gain strength by standing together.

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, know, it is much harder if they are willfully choosing choosing not to see what is before them.

 

3. If you persevere, persevere, you will reap the fruits of your labor labor.. •

 They don’t don’t call them the fruits of labor for nothing. nothing. Hard Hard work and perseverance are needed to reach reach your goals. But if you keep trying, one day you will enjoy the the result of all your efforts.

4. New king, new character. •

New leadership always bring new ways ways..

 

5. MYTHS Mythology,, body of myths of a particular culture, Mythology culture, and also the study and interpretation of myth. It is a complex cultural phenomenon that can be approached from a number of viewpoints. In general, myth is a narrative that describes and portrays in symbolic language, the origin origin of the basic elements and assumptions of a culture. Mythic narrative relates for example, how the world began, how humans and animals are created, and how certain customs gestures, or forms of human activitie activitiess originated. originated.

 

Myths ffrom rom Different Region Regionss of the Philippines  The Gods and Goddesses (Ilocos)

1. 2.  Why There is a High Tide during a Full Moon (Ibanag) 3.  Why the Dead Come Back No More (Ifugao) Mag-asawa wang ng Tubi ubig g (T (Tagalo agalog) g) 4. Mag-asa 5. How the Moon Moon and the Stars Came Came to Be (Bukidnon(Bukidnon- Minda Mindanao) nao)

 

6. LEGENDS  Traditional narratives or collection of related narratives,  Traditional narrat ives, popularly historically factual but actually a mixture of fact and fiction. The medieval Latin word “legenda” means “things for reading”. A legend is a set of a specific place at a specific time; the subject is often a heroic historical personage.  A legend differs from a myth by portraying por traying human hero rather than one who is god. Legends, originally oral, have been developed into literary masterpieces. master pieces. Legends are stories of real people who are famous for doing something brave or extraordinary. extraordinary.

 

Examples les of Legend Legendss from the Philippine Philippiness Examp  The Legend of the Sleeping Beauty (Kalinga)

1. 2. Leg Legend end of the Dam Dama a de Noch Nochee 3. Legen Legend d of the Banana Banana Plant Legend d of the Firefly Firefly 4. Legen

 

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Prepared By: GROUP 1 1. MARIEL L. BATISTIL 2. MICHELLE B. CALUMPAG 3.  JEANROSE M. M. RADA  RADA  D. JUDILLA  4.  JHONA KRIS D. 5. KRISTINE PEARL CADIAO