Wedding Dance

by Amador Daguio

CHARACTERS
1. Lumnay a woman who was left by her husband because he had to
marry another woman/ Developing
2. Awiyao- the husband stated above
3. Madulimay Awiyaos new wife
SETTING
a) place in the mountains somewhere in the Philippines
b) time- a long time ago
SUMMARY
Awiyao and Lumnay were husband and wife for seven years, but now
the husband has to marry another woman, Madulimay, because Lumnay was
not able to give him a child. (In their culture in the mountains during those
times, having a child to follow after the husbands name was a must.)
On the night of the wedding, Awiyao goes to his and Lumnays house to
personally invite her to the traditional wedding dance. However, Lumnay, the
best dancer in the entire tribe, refuses to go. Then, during their conversation,
it is revealed that both of them still love each other, but because of their
tribes custom, they have to separate.
Awiyao goes back to the wedding, to the wedding dance, after being
fetched by some friends. Lumnay wants to follow, partly because of the
dance, and partly because she wants to put a stop to their tribes tradition of
having to marry another partner just to have a child.
CONFLICT
Man vs. Society.