NAME: ANSIL REGINABEL D.

COURSE AND SECTION: BSSW1-B

SUBJETS: PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

MODULE 2

ACTIVITY

Questions

1. What happened to the Filipinos during Pre-Spanish period discuss for not less than 300
words good for ( 30 points )

ANSWER: The Spanish colonial period of the Philippines began when explorer Ferdinand

Magellan came to the islands in 1521 and claimed it as a colony for the Spanish Empire.
The period lasted until the Philippine Revolution in 1898.

Long before the arrival of the Spaniards, ancient Filipinos were living in scattered barangays and
ruled by different chieftains. Although, they were living separately, they were similar in many
ways: their religion, mode of dressing, houses, system of government and marriage practices and
economic activities.

When the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines in 1521, the colonizers used art as a tool to

propagate the Catholic faith through beautiful images. ... They replaced the arts that were once
done in a communal spirit and community setting for rituals. The church, particularly the friars,
became the new patron of the arts.

The existing literature of the Philippine ethnic groups at the time of conquest and conversion into
Christianity was mainly oral, consisting of epics, legends, songs, riddles, and proverbs. Spain not
only brought the Catholic religion to the Philippine islands it also brought with it its culture and
its cuisine. ... When the Spaniards arrived, they brought with them ingredients and labor-intensive
cooking methods that were unknown in the Philippines.

Before the Spaniards came to the Philippines, the people lived in small towns called barangays.
The leader of a barangay was called a Datu. Many barangays would cluster together for safety
and protection. In a period of heavy struggle and conflict, Filipinos of different backgrounds
united with a common goal: to resist colonialism. The revolution against Spain was
sparked in 1896 after Spanish authorities discovered the “Katipunan,” a
Filipino revolutionary society plotting against their colonisers.
 The Philippines were claimed in the name of Spain in 1521 by Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese
explorer sailing for Spain, who named the islands after King Philip II of Spain. They were
then called Las Felipinas.

2. Explain the Tagalog legend ( for 30 points )

ANSWER: a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events brief description accompanying an

illustration that which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints,

formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses. A legend is a genre of folklore that

consists of a narrative featuring human actions perceived or believed both by teller and listeners to have

taken place within human history. Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human values, and possess

certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive participants, includes no

happenings that are outside the realm of "possibility," but may include miracles. Legends may be

transformed over time, in order to keep them fresh, vital, and realistic. Many legends operate within the

realm of uncertainty, never being entirely believed by the participants, but also never being resolutely

doubted

3. Who is Lam- Ang ,Explain in 300 words for ( 30 points )

ANSWER:

Real name: Victor Lammang

Identity/class: mutated human (magically altered)

Occupation: unknown

Affiliations: Sandugo

Enemies: Vital, Igorats

Lam-ang is an immortal with an extensive knowledge of combat and fighting methods. Lam ang
is the man whose life story is depicted in the vovel “BIAG NI LAM-ANG”, A man gifted with,
immorality, he dedicated his life in fighting evel and oppression whenever he is.

4. Translate in English the Folk song ANG OYAYI O HELE for ( 30 points)

ANSWER:
 5. Translate the Talindao folk song in English for ( 20 points )

ANSWER: Oh here am I again, soaring the seashore

whose tears are its stream… of a song long that had been gone!

Alone so dreary and melancholic… beneath the clouds

Whose heart a decaying thorns of sorrow and pains!

Mine eyes ever glued to the banks…

Whose deep in obscurities of laments and weeping!

Whose joy’s are daggers of downhearted

Heavily resentful this heart in grief!

Sail ho! Sail ho! …To this retrospection

~ whose mind a journey in these dolorous waters!

~whose heart like a river flowing bleeding in thorns

A songs so forlorn whose a vast darkening clouds!

Sail ho! Sail ho! In this isolated wanderings

Beneath the moonlight so dark and dreary!

~ Heavily sighs to the long lost lover

That shall forever be lost in my life forever!

6. Give at least 5 kasabihan or sayings ( 2 points each )

ANSWER: EXAMPLES OF FILIPINO SAYINGS

Huwag kang magtiwala sa ‘di mo kakilala.

Never trust someone you don’t know. / Never trust a stranger.

Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating sa paroroonan.

If you don’t know how to look back to where you came from, you will not reach your
destination.

Walang mahirap na gawa ‘pag dinaan sa tiyaga.

Nothing’s hard to do if you pursue it through perseverance.
Ang kaginhawaan ay nasa kasiyahan, at wala sa kasaganahan.
Well-being is in happiness and not in prosperity.

Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang wika ay mahigit pa sa hayop at malansang isda.

A person who does not love his own language is worse than beast and foul-smelling fish. 
(This is a quote attributed to José Rizal.)

Ang tunay na pag-ibig sa bayan ay nasa pawis ng gawa.

Genuine patriotism is in the sweat of action.
(This quote is attributed to Filipino educator Onofre Pagsanghan.)

7. Video yourself with your companion while you are asking or doing your bugtong or
riddles not less than 20 number of bugtong