Unit 5 - Mga Pista at Pagdiriwang (Festivals & Celebrations)

BABASAHIN 1:

The class can discuss in English the significance of the song and the underlying sincretic belief in this practice.  Adults who sing this song infront of  someone’s house expect to get money or anything from the owner of the house. This practice is called Nangangaluluwa. (Being souls)   If the people inside the house don’t wake up and don’t give alms, the “souls” can help themselves with the chicken, fruits, whatever.  And this is all done in jest.  With modernization, people don’t practice this anymore.  They may still do in remote provinces.

A.  Awit:
                        Gising, gising natutulog                Wake up thou sleeping
                        Kaluluwa’y lumilibot                                souls a-visiting
                        Kami’y pinapanaog ng Dios                  God sent us down
                        Upang manghingi ng limos.                to beg for alms.

                        Kung kami po’y lilimusan             If thou art going to give us alms
Dali-daliin po lamang                           make haste
Baka kami’y mapagsarhan                   for heaven’s gate
Ng pinto ng kalangitan.                      might close on us.

Pick out the verbs in the song.  Write the English equivalent and the root word.

Verb                                          English                          Root word

1.manghingi____            to beg_______________                   hingi_________
2. ____________            _________________________            _____________
3. ____________            _________________________            _____________
4.  ____________            _________________________            _____________
5. ____________            _________________________            _____________
6. ____________            _________________________            _____________