CORDILLERA LITERATURE

(United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization 2009)

1. HUDHUD
 originated before the 7th century 3. GASSUMBI
 narrative chants traditionally performed by the Ifugao  Northern Kalinga epic that narrates the story of Gawan
community during the rice sowing season, at harvest  Usually sung at night and during harvest season
time and at funeral wakes & rituals.  Narrates story of headhunting and courtship (Talaver n.d.)
 divided into 40 episodes composed of more than 200 4. SALIDOM-AY/SALIDUMAY
chants  The word has no direct translation but it usually
 chanted with a single melody by a narrator and choir, expresses thanksgiving, worship, and courtship among
alternately other positive themes
 uses figurative expressions and repetitions and  Said to emerge in its early forms around the Second
employs metonymy, metaphor and onomatopoeia World War
 narrates ancestral heroes, customary law, religious  Said to be originally sung during the war between
beliefs, traditional practices and reflects the importance soldiers and young & unmarried women
of rice cultivation (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization n.d.)  For the Itneg, it is the response of young
2. ULLALIM women to the kalkalimusta songs of men during the
 began after the 16th century weaving season. (igorotage 2017)
 sung by men or women during festive occasions like the  It is used for the projection of the Cordilleran identity
celebration of peace pacts (budong) containing  Requires “congregational singing”
narratives that eulogize Kalinga bravery and is non-  In 1960’s it evolved into songs with themes of activism
ritual in character and environmental preservation in Northern Luzon
 chanters are called mansaw-ay (folklore.aboutphilippines.ph n.d.) (Yoneno-Reyes 2010)
 also called as unnanim in Lubuagan, urrarim/allalim in 5. AYOENG/AYOENG
Tanudan river area, gassumbi in Northern Kalinga
 Songs from the Bontok
where the main hero is Gawan and dangdang-ay in Day-
 Sung while working in the fields
as area of western Kalinga where the main hero is
Magliya or Gono.
6. NAWAY
 Other famous ullalims are a)“Magic Birth of Banna”, b)
 song from the Tinguian
“The Heroic Exploits of Banna” (Tanglag Version), c)
 sung after the mourning of the dead.
“Gongonaw: A Non-heroic Day”, d)Marriage between
Enemies (Nibalya da Kalinga) and e)“Banna Becomes a
Python(Banna we Mumalaga) (Pinoy Folk Tales 2012) 7. DIAM
 The ullalim among the Kalinga is not the epic itself but  type of myth from the Tinguian
the medium for epic stories and ballad rendition, i.e. the  used for rituals and explains the origins of the ritual and
music for storytelling and ballad rendition an explanation of why it is done
 Sinkolog is the musical unit or stanza of the ullalim. It is
usually composed of three to eight verses.
REFERENCES:

folklore.aboutphilippines.ph. n.d. Salidumay Lyrics. Accessed February 11, 2019. https://aboutphilippines.org/files/SALIDUMAY.pdf.

igorotage. 2017. igorotage. August 3. Accessed February 11, 2019. https://www.igorotage.com/p/X2gq6NLxE.

2012. Pinoy Folk Tales. December 14. Accessed February 11, 2019. http://pinoyfolktales.blogspot.com/2012/12/ang-panitikan-ng-cordillera.html.

Talaver, Maica. n.d. "Academia." Ang Panitikan ng Cordillera Administrative Region. Accessed February 11, 2019.
https://www.academia.edu/21862583/Ang_Panitikan_ng_Cordillera_Administrative_Region.

United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2009. "ichcap." Ullalim Epic. Accessed February 11, 2019.
http://www.ichcap.org/eng/ek/sub3/pdf_file/domain1/004_Ullalim_Epic.pdf.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. n.d. "Silk Roads: Dialogue, Diversity & Development." Hudhud Chants of the Ifugao. Accessed February 11, 2019.
https://en.unesco.org/silkroad/silk-road-themes/intangible-cultural-heritage/hudhud-chants-ifugao.

Yoneno-Reyes, Michiyo. 2010. "Salidummay's Hybridity and Congregational Singing." Humanities Diliman 24-34.

CL 234_Ica Ramos