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    TUWAANG                                                         maidens of pinanggayungan. He is received in
                                                                                                                            the
                                                                    house of the young.Man- of pangavukad, who
           Published lgSB; 7925. Transcriber, E. Arsenio                                                                  iour_
                                                                    neys with him to the house of Batooy. There,
       Manuel, The Maiden."f        Buhong Sky, a Co,;ii;;,                                                          Tuwaang
      Song From the Bagobi !:
                                                                    is received. As he lies sleeping near the Maiden
                                FoIk Epic ho_oong, euezon                                                                of thi
                                                                    Buhong Sky, the Maiden ,p"""kr, disrobes, and
      Cty: UP Press, 195g. Transcriblr, E. Arsenio Manuel,                                                              plucks
                                                                    a strand of Tuwaang,s iowlick. The Maiden tells
      llrwaang Attends.a_Wedding, euezon City; Ateneo
      University Press, 1925.                                      Jurlaang her story: she has been running away from
                                                                   the Young Man oi pangumanon, a giant whose
           Tuwaang is the- epic of the Manobo, a                                                                         head_
                                                       group       dress reaches the clouds, who waits to marry her,
     occrrpying the boundary area of Cotabato,
                                                  BukiXnon,        Becauee. she rejected him, the young
     and Davao in Mindanao, near the areas occupied                                                          Man of n"r.,g.r_
                                                           by      manon has burnt her kingdom. Reckilssly pursued"by
                and Tagbanwa. There are over 5O Tuwaani
  lTl"g:l
     songs, but thus far, only two songs from the
                                                                   the gi;rnt, she has soughi shelter in the earthworld.
                                                   epic havE             No sooner has she finished her tale when the
     been published. Both aie in the Nianobo language
                                                          and     Young Man of pangumanon, enyeloped. in
     are perfon4ed during wa.kes,. weddings,                                                                          flames,
  , rituals, and hunts. The first is
                                                tdikrgfi;         arrives, killing Batooy,s people. The Voung
                                                                                                                      Man oi
                                     Mangiaayt nuhing ni          Panga.rukad, Tuwaang,s companion, is among
    Langit (The Maiden of the Buhong"Sky), .e"o.auf,                                                                  the last
                                                           ny     he slays. Next, he attaiks Tuwaang. The
    E. Arsenio Manuel an-d publish"? *iin an Englisir                                                           two warriors
    translation in a_ journal in 1952. It was                     fight, but neither one of them gXins an advantage.
                                                publishe? in      Shields are smashed, ancl spelrs and blades are
    book form in 1958. The other is Midsakip                                'Ilren, the young
                                                   Tnbpopa-
   *o!..quy^ang Attends a Wedding), recorded ind broken.                                       Man of pangumanon calls on
                                                                  his,pan.turru, a span-long-iron bar endJwed with
   published with an English translatiJn by                                                                           super_
                                                 E. Arsenio       natural properties, and coils it around fuwaang. bhe
   Manuel in 1975. Manuel,s principal source for
                                                     the two     pantung bursts into flames, but when Tuwaanglaises
   songs was Saddani pagayaw, hiJcompanion
                                                  in Davao.      his- right hand, the fire is put out. In turn, Triwaang
   Pagayaw dictated the songs or, sepa.ite
                                              occasions. He      calls on his own pantung, i skein of gold. He calls
   never-sung them, but learned them from
                                               one who did,
                                                                                                                            oi
                                                                 the wind to fan the flames of his pantung, which
   a. bard named Inuk, who belonged
                                         to a family of                         Young           pangumanon and kill him.
   singers. Inuk, in turn, had learied Midsakop         "pi. gngulf tl.rerevives Man of
                                                     fab)o_
  poruoy from another bard, Itam.                                Tlyuung               the dead folks by his spittle. Then,
                                                                 riding the lightning, he carries the Maiden on his
    . fuI song of the Tuwaang epic is inhoduced by the shoulder to his country in Kuaman. Tuwaang,s sister
  singer with a proem or prelude known to the Manobo as the
                                                                 greets them with betel chew, After resting for five
  tabbayanon, which, intum, has twoparts: thetabbayanon
                                                                days, a stranger brings death to Tuwaang,sJollowers
 proper, which elicits interest and often expresses the         and challenges Tuwaang. 1'hey fight, aid Tuwaang
 singe/s loves and dreams, and the bantangon, which             overcomes him. The hero revives his followurc ur,i
 announces the beginning of the song proper. The Manobo
                                                                takes another five-day rest. Afterwards, he gathers his
 T=.urp".i{y receptive d.unng epic singing. Th"y express        people to take them to the country of Katusan, the
 their reaction-s
                  Eo"gh the ondion, hth; formof sighs, land without death and one of the heaventy lavers of
 crie_s, a1d yells. Sometimes, their reaction lc expresied,
                                                               the skyworld. The people ride the sinalinfua, an airboat.
 within hearing qf the sitrger, in words of appredation or     Tuwaang places his,, sister and the Maiden on his
encouragement, from a simple word or phrase to a com_
                                                               shoulders and follows the sinalimba to Katusan.
plete poetic line.
                                                                      In the second song, Tuwaang is a wedding guest
         .Tu-!.rl sorg is about Tuwaang getting himself who becomes the wedcling
 a wife.        fu fust presented as un*uitirun""dept at found in the first song
                                                                                                   groo*. Several motifs
            .Hq
 making leglets, at engraving finger rings, ancl at mold_
                                                                                             r"cu. ir, Midsakop Tabpopa-
                                                               ruoy, such as the announcement of the problem'by
ing chains of gold. One day, hJte[s lis sister that the the wind,
                                                                             the lightning rides, and Tuwaang,s making
wind has informed him about the Maiden of the Buhong          friends along his way. Tuwaang tells his aunt that the
Sky. She has come to Pinanggayungan, the counhy oi            wind has informed him about the wedding of the
Batooy, but she refuses to talk to iny of the gallants        Maiden of Manawon. Although the aunt foresees trou_
there. Although his sister is fearful of what may result,     ble, he is determined to attend the wedding, having
Tuwaang_soon gears himself to journey to Batooy,s             given his y9.d. He prepares himself for thJjoumeyl
country. Transported by lightning, bedecked with iris         taking with him his 6lade, his dagger, his shield, and
warrior's cosfume and headdress, and armed like a his spear. Riding
                                                                                     the lightning, he arrives at the kaw-
gallant, he becomes the object of admiration of the           kawangan grassland, where h1 rests and hears a bird

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Reckilssly pursued"by and Tagbanwa. There are over 5O Tuwaani lTl"g:l songs, but thus far, only two songs from the the gi;rnt, she has soughi shelter in the earthworld. epic havE No sooner has she finished her tale when the been published. Both aie in the Nianobo language and Young Man of pangumanon, enyeloped. in are perfon4ed during wa.kes,. weddings, flames, , rituals, and hunts. The first is tdikrgfi; arrives, killing Batooy,s people. The Voung Man oi Mangiaayt nuhing ni Panga.rukad, Tuwaang,s companion, is among Langit (The Maiden of the Buhong"Sky), .e"o.auf, the last ny he slays. Next, he attaiks Tuwaang. The E. Arsenio Manuel an-d publish"? *iin an Englisir two warriors translation in a_ journal in 1952. It was fight, but neither one of them gXins an advantage. publishe? in Shields are smashed, ancl spelrs and blades are book form in 1958. The other is Midsakip 'Ilren, the young Tnbpopa- *o!..quy^ang Attends a Wedding), recorded ind broken. Man of pangumanon calls on his,pan.turru, a span-long-iron bar endJwed with published with an English translatiJn by super_ E. Arsenio natural properties, and coils it around fuwaang. bhe Manuel in 1975. Manuel,s principal source for the two pantung bursts into flames, but when Tuwaanglaises songs was Saddani pagayaw, hiJcompanion in Davao. his- right hand, the fire is put out. In turn, Triwaang Pagayaw dictated the songs or, sepa.ite occasions. He calls on his own pantung, i skein of gold. He calls never-sung them, but learned them from one who did, oi the wind to fan the flames of his pantung, which a. bard named Inuk, who belonged to a family of Young pangumanon and kill him. singers. Inuk, in turn, had learied Midsakop "pi. gngulf tl.rerevives Man of fab)o_ poruoy from another bard, Itam. Tlyuung the dead folks by his spittle. Then, riding the lightning, he carries the Maiden on his . fuI song of the Tuwaang epic is inhoduced by the shoulder to his country in Kuaman. Tuwaang,s sister singer with a proem or prelude known to the Manobo as the greets them with betel chew, After resting for five tabbayanon, which, intum, has twoparts: thetabbayanon days, a stranger brings death to Tuwaang,sJollowers proper, which elicits interest and often expresses the and challenges Tuwaang. 1'hey fight, aid Tuwaang singe/s loves and dreams, and the bantangon, which overcomes him. The hero revives his followurc ur,i announces the beginning of the song proper. The Manobo takes another five-day rest. Afterwards, he gathers his T=.urp".i{y receptive d.unng epic singing. Th"y express people to take them to the country of Katusan, the their reaction-s Eo"gh the ondion, hth; formof sighs, land without death and one of the heaventy lavers of crie_s, a1d yells. Sometimes, their reaction lc expresied, the skyworld. The people ride the sinalinfua, an airboat. within hearing qf the sitrger, in words of appredation or Tuwaang places his,, sister and the Maiden on his encouragement, from a simple word or phrase to a com_ shoulders and follows the sinalimba to Katusan. plete poetic line. In the second song, Tuwaang is a wedding guest .Tu-!.rl sorg is about Tuwaang getting himself who becomes the wedcling a wife. fu fust presented as un*uitirun""dept at found in the first song groo*. Several motifs .Hq making leglets, at engraving finger rings, ancl at mold_ r"cu. ir, Midsakop Tabpopa- ruoy, such as the announcement of the problem'by ing chains of gold. One day, hJte[s lis sister that the the wind, the lightning rides, and Tuwaang,s making wind has informed him about the Maiden of the Buhong friends along his way. Tuwaang tells his aunt that the Sky. She has come to Pinanggayungan, the counhy oi wind has informed him about the wedding of the Batooy, but she refuses to talk to iny of the gallants Maiden of Manawon. Although the aunt foresees trou_ there. Although his sister is fearful of what may result, ble, he is determined to attend the wedding, having Tuwaang_soon gears himself to journey to Batooy,s given his y9.d. He prepares himself for thJjoumeyl country. Transported by lightning, bedecked with iris taking with him his 6lade, his dagger, his shield, and warrior's cosfume and headdress, and armed like a his spear. Riding the lightning, he arrives at the kaw- gallant, he becomes the object of admiration of the kawangan grassland, where h1 rests and hears a bird 379