Name: Leoj Jundel G.

Diongson Date: July 28, 2019

Section: GAS 2-A Instructor: Ms. Roselyn Bahan

Legend of Balulang (Upper Balulang)

In 19th century, there is an unnamed barangay and there is a hardworking yet

honest guy named Balu and a beautiful lady name Langit which means “Heaven”,
the relatives and friends of Langit often called her as Lang. Most of the men in the
barangay want to get married to Lang but it is not easy as they think.

The father of Lang is the leader of barangay and they want Lang to get
married by a responsible and hardworking guy. As time passes by, the parents of
Lang realized tha she is getting older still Lang is not yet married, the father of Lang
decided to have a competition, the reward is to get married by the most beautiful
lady of the unnamed barangay and a cash. The leader of the barangay
announced the competition and encourages the single men to join the competition

Balu heard the announcement and he decided to join the competition as he

wants to get married by the most beautiful lady in their barangay. Several days later,
all the single men meet where the competition will be held. Afterwards, the leader
announced that there are two rounds of the competition. Meanwhile, the
competition has started and all the participants are very determined to win the
competition. Several minutes ago, the race has finished and only the first 5 can
proceed to the last round and Balu make it to top 1. The audience started cheering
for the remaining participants and later on the leader announces the last round, he
said that they must plant and must grow after 3 weeks after, each of the
participants were given a seed by the leader.

The participants rush to their houses to plant the seed and after two weeks
the participants were worried including Balu because their plant is not growing even
an inch, the 4 participants decided to buy a fully grown plant from the market but
Balu decided he won’t to cheat in the competition. After 3 weeks that were given to
them they returned to the leader’s house carrying their fully grown plant but Balu
carries a pot full of soil without a plant. Meanwhile the leader saw their work, he was
disappointed to the 4 participants but he was amaze to Balu, the audience were
shocked and also Balu, the leader told them that the seed were boiled therefore
the seed surely will not grow and the leader announces that Balu wins the
competition because of his honesty Balu deserves to win.

Balu is very happy to win the competition and happy to marry the most
beautiful lady of their barangay. After a month Balu and Lang were married to each
other. Since their barangay is unnamed the people and the leaders agreed to
name it as “Balulang” as the memory of hardworking and honest guy and to Lang
as the most beautiful lady of their barangay.
Guide Questions:

•What is your realization upon completing this task?

-I realized now that it is very good to now the history of my barangay where I lived, if
this task was not given to me maybe until now I did not know what is the history of
our barangay

•What is the importance of myth and folktales in our culture and history?

-Myths and legends are important to us today for a number of reasons. They have
value as literature, offering timeless and universal themes; they give us insight into
other times and places; and they help us to see how much humankind had and has
in common

•Three most important lessons I learned

-Be honest no matter what happens

-We must exert effort in things we want to achieve

-Be hardworking and reliable in many times