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Ilocano English
I:Respondent:
maam ,ania Maria ti panangawatAppendix
yo ti EMaam, what is your own definition of
panagbalbaliw ti panawen nang? Transcribed
adiay klima Data
climate change? the climate, the climate
tayo. Adiay Climate Change. change
R: Siyempre ah agpaypayso , isu nga kastoy ti Of course, it is true, This is why our
klima tatta napudot no damdama nalamek, climate is hot and sometimes cold. We
gamin dadiay makalbo ti banbantay ti have deforestation, we experience
panagpupukan ti kayo isu dadiay napudot, flooding during rainy seasons.
wunno pinagtutudo ,awan manun. Malayos
manen. Isu ti pakaalaan ti layos.
I: ania ngai ti kalamidad dagiti napadas yo nga What natural disaster have you
ti gapu na ket ti panagbalbaliw ti panawen, encountered due to Climate Change?
naka padas kayo ti layos ditoy sobra nga have you experienced flood or extreme
pudot? hot?
R: kaasi ti apo saan kami met malaylayos , With the mercy of God, we haven’t
datoy sabali nga barangay mi, ta dita datoy experienced flood. Unlike in Sta.
naglayos dumakel ti danom, na adu nga Cecilia, there were those who were
nanatay ti tao ken ananimal kakasdiay, ken greatly affected by floods. In God’s
dagidiay gamit nga naalalon, iday sta. Cecilia mercy, we haven’t experienced that
nagado idiay, kaasi ti apo , saan kami strong winds because own house roofs
naapektaran, idiay laeng ah no napigsa ti angin, were damaged. That is why sometimes
aina gamin tumayab datoy sim mi. idi maysa we put large rocks to avoid this.
nga bagyo inululi ti kadwak adiay bubongda
ngai gamin ,adiay yero da pinaguli ta ikkan mi
ti bato tapno saan tumayab.
I: adiay ginginid ngai nay? How about earthquake?
R: ai wen ah idiay 1990 pirme. naturog kami Yes, way back in 1990, it was awful.
idtoy(pointing on the vacant area) nga ta saan We slept outside our house(pointing on
ka cguro mamati, awan pay datoy nga the vacant area). Maybe you won’t
balai ,dita kami naglatag ti kahon mi. adda pay believe it, we just lie down outside the
met lako ti babasit nga store, gamin nabuong house, our house then was up and down.
idiay mantika, soy, sigarilyo, naglalaok adiay But everything was a mess. Everything
a. Napardas nga kami bumaba gamin, up and were broken.
down adiay balai mi nga ada adiay sirok na pay
I: ngem duray nagbagbagyo idi , saan mi unay How about typhoon then?Are they
nga maritna nga napigsa? strong?
R: saan met, awan met ti pagdanagan ti balai No, they were not, way back then, we
mi, gamin idi kawayan ken bolo lang met just stay calm our house were made of
bamboo and light bamboo.
i: Ngem kadagitoy makunayo nga napigpigsa How about now? What can you say
dadiay bagyon tatta? about storms?

R: wen ah, adiay napalpalabas tattan pirme
metten
I: kas maysa nga nainterview mi idi maam,
dagidiay pay panag-agos ti karayan yo ket
sumabali ti agos na
R: wen nakong sumabali, idi idiay banda
daya(pointing on the river), ket agpalpalaod
metten asidig idikanyamin ,baka no agtudo ket
awanen, baka idiay kalsada idiay ket ulwun na
kitdin.
I: Iti panagkunayo nang ania ata ngai ti gapo na
no apai dadiay karayan yo ket kasla umasideg
kanyayo?
R: kwa gamin nakong, adiay kalkalyen da ti
karayan, agloader da ,kurkurbun da, tapos
agsabali ti agos ti karayan, haan na nasurot ti
dati nga ayos na idi gapo iti panagkale da.
I: nang nu ada bagyo, ginginid, siyempre
madamag yo met ijay radio tv nu saan ijay
tatao, kabarangayan yo, ania ngai met ti
araramiden yo nu adda kasla nga madamag yo
nga kalamidad ibaga da nga napigsa super
typhoon?
R: ti kwa ak lang dita apo, ta amok met nga
napigsa ti dumanon ditoy ayan mi met
I: Adda preparasyon yo maam?
R: gamin daduma ket awan met, ngem nu adda
adiay silaw, flashlight, kandila ,makan, agdulin
kan ah,,adda met laeng
I: adiay balay yo auntie?
R: nu kaspangarigan kasta(pointing to the
galvanized iron) ngaruden no napigsa ti angin
talaga nga isiglot mi ta balay mi a.
I: Panagkunayo maam , Kasatno a naapektaran
ti panagbalbaliw ti panawen ti biag yo?
R: ai wen no danum ah grabe dadiay, adadiay
nangingina nga gagatangen a ,siyempre
maapektaran kami, wun no kadwa mi nga
agtaltalon ket adiay mulmula da ket matmatay
metten, wunno tatta nga kwaresma haan da met
makasibsibog, awan ti magatgatang nga nateng
ditoy.Ti ammok amin tayo ket marikna tayo
daytoy a panagbalbaliw, no kuaresma, ket
talaga nga nagpudot inggana ti panagtutudo
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Yes, those that passed lately were too
much.
As we had interviewed in the past, the
flow of the river was changed.
Yes, son. It has changed. It is going on
the west(pointing on the river).It became
nearer to us, if there are heavy rains it
might follow the roads.
What do you think is the reason for this
why is the river is moving forward in
you?
Because of what they do in the rivers,
they dig up that part and it change the
water current.
If you hear from radios and television
that typhoons and earthquake are
coming, what do you do?
We pray to the Lord if we know that
there is a strong storm coming.
Do you have preparations?
Sometimes, none at all. But sometimes,
we prepare flashlights, candles, food
then we just keep them.
How about your house?
For example the wind is too strong, then
we tie our hoses to big trees.(pointing to
the galvanized iron)
For you , How does climate change
affect your lifestyle and practices?
Yes, at times the prices of commodities
are sowing. We are affected. Even our
comparisons, the farmers. During
summer, they cannot water their plants.
I know all of us feel the change, during
dry season, it is so hot and until rainy
season, it feels the same even when it
rains it is still warm. But Eating
vegetables and fruits are the best to
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nabara met lang, uray agtudo ay ket marikna make our body healthy and strong
latta ti bara na. Ngem ti panag makan ti
pruprutas ken gulay ket nasayaat iti bagbagi
tayo.
I: tatta kuresma, Adda met ti umanay nga This summer, do you have enough water
supply ti danum, idi iti pangsibog ti mula? supply?
R: Ai wen ah adda met cguro idi ti danum, Yes there is water,it is not like today
saan met nga kasla tatta nga kwaresma adda that is summer,there is water before but
met idi, ngem saan nga kasla tatta talaga nga not like what we are experiencing now,it
dry, agasem nga datoy nga gripo ket parbangon is really dry, imagine this water pump,
inggana alas onse ti rabii adda ti agururay ti from dawn to midnight there are people
danum, ket siak tatta nga aldawak nagsakdo. fetching water, and I fetch at noon.
I: ngem dati ada met?umunay met? But way back then, was it enough?
R: Adu ti diperensya idi ken tatta. Is there a big difference then and now?
I: Idi nang no ikumpara yo ti init idi ken tatta?
How would you compare the
temperature today and in past?
R: mas grabe tatta, pirme tatta Now, it is too much.
I: ket ti danum met idi ngai nang no aglayos How about when it floods? Is it all alike
diay daduma nga lugar, agtudo, pigsa ti in different places? How could you
panagkabuhos ti tudo, no ikumpara yo idi compare?
kakaro ba tatta?
R: kasla agpada, ngem no nabayag nga agtudo It’s almost the same. But if it rains for a
kasla bassit lang met. long time, just a little.
I: Ania ti ar- aramidenyo tapno maisanay yo iti What do you do to adapt to climate
panagbaliw ti klima tatta?kasla maisanay yo ti change? like to adopt the climate
pagbaliw ti klima tayo?
R: agkarkararag kami ti sto. Rosario We pray the holy rosary
agwalwalo sikami,
I: Awan ti sabali nga ritwal yo maam?. Don’t you have other rituals?
R: awan met. None
I: Kaskameng iti Bago Tribe, ania dagiti As a member of Bago Tribe, what
adding nga ararmidenyo tapno Masayaat ti practices do you contribute to lessen the
tiempo? effects of
Climate Change?
R: Agrerecycle ak ti plastic , wen no mapanak We recycle plastic or when we go to the
makitiyenda, agrereuseak ti plastic, ken market, we reuse plastic bags and
maminsan agtretree planting kami ti ayan mi. sometimes we join tree planting
activities here in our community.
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Ilocano
Respondent: Pedro English

I: adiay umuna nga saludsudin mi, ania ti
panagawat yo sir ti panagbalbaliw ti panawen?
R: Nasayaatten, pollution adiay. Dakami nga
saan met nga agar-aramid ti mas maapektaran,
no dagidiay la koma ad- adu ti kontribusyon na
iti panagbalbaliw ti kliman a ti mas
maapektaran ay ket mayat koma, ngem saan
met a ta maymaysa ngarud ti lubong nga
pagdidiyanan tayo.
I: Thank You sir, Bale ania ti panagkuna yo sir
ti dagiti kalamidad nga adiay napapadasen yo
sir gabuay ti panagbalbaliw ti panawen sir?
Our first question is, What is your own
definition of climate change?
It’s already okay. That is pollution. We
that were not the one who used to do
such things were added to be affected, if
only those who has the greater
contribution on climate change be more
affected, but not, because we all live in
one planet
Thank you, sir. So, What natural
disaster have you encountered due to
Climate Change?

R: Maysa datoy nga kuryente, raradyo, TV, This is related to power current, radio,
Cellphone, pati dayta nga,luglugan nga naasok, television, cellphone, even those
(nagsardeng)nagadu nga luglugan. Dagitoy vehicles that release smoke, (pause) a
maparnuay da nga arwaten pati panagtalon ken lot of vehicles. Those invented tools for
paktorya. Mayat met a ta panglakaan nga farming and factories. It is good to have
kunada ngem sumadot met ti tattao tatta. Saan these kinds because it makes work
nga kasla idi nga uray awan dagita nga easier but it also make people lazy.
panglakaan ah ket nagaget amin nga ub ubbing Unlike before, people were very
idi nga maibaon, (nagsennaay), ata ti industrious, all of the kids were very
mangdadael ti kalamidad helpful, (sigh), these destroy our
environment
I: Ania ti masansan nga aramiden yo no adda What do you do when there are coming
nga sumangbay nga kalamidad itoy ayan yo calamities?
sir?, uray manipod idi hangana tatta?
R: Agingana nga, kala kabalinak ah ket As long as I can travel and can help
agpasyarak nga agkita ti mabalin nga other people, I will. But we need more
matulungak no adda ti kalamidad, no help than other people because we just
aginginid wunnu adu ti maapektaran, ngem live in a small house that it can easily be
ditoy ayan mi ket batbatit laeng ti balay mi, destroyed.
madali laeng nga maapektaran ket masapul ti
tulong
I: Ania nga preparasyon sir nga araramiden yo, So, what do you do to prevent further
kasla kuma dadiay daduma kuma ti igid destruction to your house—like what
baybay itali da dadiay balbalay da. other people near the sea do?
R: wen , kasla adiay daduma, kastoy no mut Yes, like what other people do. They
daduma, saan adiay tali, apan mi ikan idiay don’t fasten their house to trees but put
kayo nga ulan na ti balay, kasla tinukol, ikan ti, scaffolds for support. (Smiles)
nayunan adiay adige na, kasla brace(Smiles)
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I: kasla naamwan mi sir nga adda iti We have learned that waters stream
pagdaldalanan ti danum, ania met adiay forcefully (near your house). What do
araramiden yo sir? you do?
R: Nu kasjay dakel ti danum, uhm, mangala We get sack of sand and monitor the
sikami ti sako kitdi, inak bantayan dagiti logs so they will not trap the flow of
kakayo nga madalanan ti danom tapno haan water especially if the current is strong.
mailusti dijay, wun nu sigudun mu nga igkaten The logs need to be removed so that we
ta adda gamin ti tubo nga na duwa, waig nga will not be flooded.
kasla igkam ti duwa nga lusob dadiay nga
lusob no adu nga maibereng met. Malaus ti
kwa, ayusun nga ayusun madadaul manen .
I: Kasatno nga naapektaran ti para kanya yo sir How does climate change affect your
ti pagbalbaliw ti panawen tatta ti biag yo ken lifestyle and practices?
diay inaldawaldaw nga aramid yo wunno
trabaho yo?
R: Kanyak laeng ket ket dadiay pinagangangus For me, I am experiencing breathing
ko, kasla maritnakkon ti kalamidad. Adu pay ti problems due to climate change. There
tattao nga adda sakit nan ti puso tatta. Adu pay are also a lot of people who have heart
ti matmatay ti kasta nga sakit. Ket ti gapu na disease now. Some also died on this
ket ti panagbalbaliw ti klima ken ti taraon nga kind of disease. And this is because of
maipauneg nga adu ti preserbatib na. the climate change and the foods we eat
that have a lot of preservatives.
I: Marigatan kayo umanges? Are you having difficulty in breathing?
R: wen, kaadwan na agangkit no maapektaran , Sometimes, it is hot and sometimes it is
dagidiay adda ti sakit ti puso da sa minsan cold. Due to this, people have difficulty
napudot damdama no nalammin, no saan mo in breathing. People were becoming
maiwasan ket maritnam ti sakit. Dagiti tattao weaker and weaker, they are not healthy
tatta ket kumapsot nga kumapsot metten, saan anymore. They even easily got sick.
da nga nasalun- aten.Nalaka da nga makaptan
ti sakiten.
I: pero dati sir, adiay mapaspadasan yo tatta, no How about before, sir? How do you
ikumpara yo idi umununa nga panawen? compare your experiences before and
now?
R: No kanyak lang kuma nga maysa, diay “For me, a simple colds and flu is
simple nga panagpanateng ko ken normal, but now it’s different, if you
panangtrangkasok ket tatta saan nga have flu you need a very strong
kasdiayen,trangkaso met a sabalin ta masapol medicine, so frightened that nowadays
met ti napigsa nga ag-agasen, nakaam amak we don’t even know where these
tattan ta di pay ammo ti pakaalaan ti diseases came from”,(frowned).
sakiten,”(nagrupanget)
I: para kanya yo nga sir nga teknolohiya nga Do you think technology has something
kuna da nga maysa ti makadadael ti klima tayo to do with climate change; and that
sir ken aramid ti tao ta kunna da panagbalbaliw people also have their fair share of this
yo ti klima sir, ania ngarud ti araramiden yo destruction? What do we do now to
sir tapno maisanay yo ti panagbalbaliw ti klima adopt to this?

maadaptaran yo.
R: Cguro dadiay pinagpupuor ti naangot ket
saan, daduma nga saan makaapektar, saan
puoran, ngem dadiay saan makaapektar ti
kalamidad ti puoran, adu gamin tatta ti
mapuoran no angutem ket madi. Adda gamin ti
pinagmetingan mi nga kasatnu ti nasayaat nga
agpuor
I: kas maysa nga kamang ti Bago ti tribo, ania
ti mabalin nga aramiden yo nga makatulong ti
pananglappet ti epekto ti pagbalbaliw ti klima
sir?
R: Tinulong, ket nu masapol ti meeting,
maiwasan kuma ti makaapektar ti klima ket
han kuma aramiden, mayat kuma ti
panagmulmula ti kayo nga haan kuma pukanun
gamin data ti agpapintas , gamin madadael ti
kalamidad tayo nu awan ti kayo nga agpintas ti
angin.
I:Dagidiay aramid yo idi unang panahon, dakel
ti tulong na tapno masaysayaat bassit iti
panawen compared no saan?
R: wenwen, maysa pay dagiti karkarayan ,saan
kuma pagbilingan iti basura tapno nasayaat, idi
ket saan narugit ti karkarayan, idi ket
maininom ti danom idiay karayan, ngem tatta
ket ngan-ngani saan mo paglabaan
I: Bale dagidiay ti mabalin nga maitulong yo ti
barangay yo wunnu maisuggest yo, tapno saan
kumaro ti posibilidad nga panagbalbaliw ti
panawen
R:dagidiay umumay ti masabsabak ti inaldaw
adda pay kabalinan nga aramiden nasaysayaat
ah nga tumulong ti tao, tapno sumayaat ti
nangrunruno ti ubing ta nalaka da nga
maapektaran,
I: Ania ti panagkunayo sir, maymayat ti
panagsimple nga biag idi nu tatta nga moderno
na nagadu ti teknolohiya nga maususar, kasla
idiay panagtalon, idiay para balay, datta lugan
nga naasok ti usar ti gasolina, gamin ditoy sir
adda met ti agususar ti makina na nia sir?
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I think the burning of materials
contributes to the pollution. We have
now talked about this and now resolving
this matter.
As a member of Bago Tribe, what
practices do you contribute to lessen the
effects of
Climate Change?
I will help. There should be meetings to
disseminate information to plant more
trees and to cut them because that
contributes to the destruction of the
environment.
Do you think what you’re doing now
may significantly contribute to the
solution for climate change or not?
Yes. The rivers, for example. There was
a time before when rivers are clean—
you can drink waters from them. Now,
you cannot even do laundry there.
So, what help or suggestions can you
give to your barangay to avoid the
possibilities of climate change?
There are people who may still share
their help for other people, especially
the kids because they are more prone to
its effects.
What do you think, sir? Are your lives
better before due to its simplicity or
today which depends to technology for
easier operation like the machines you
use in the field and cars that use
gasoline? You also use machines here,
don’t you?

R: Ti simple a biag a ket namaymayat
(nagsarimadeng), madi kami agus- usar ti
makina idi. Idi dakami guyguyuden laeng ti
nuwang, ket dakkel nga tulong ti panagtalon
mi. Dagiti tattao ket agubra da a uray no lakay
dan.
I: ania ngarud ti maibaga yo dagiti kabataan ,
tapno saan da mapadas ti nakakaro ti
pagbalbaliw ti panawen, ania ti maisuggest mu
tapno maisubli da dajay nasayaat nga panawen,
dajay simple nga pangbiyag, kasla sursurwan
yo dajay ububing.
R: Nasayaat nga talaga koma nga ibaga
dagidiay ub ubbing nga saan da nga iruwar
dagidiay baro nga aramid nga makadadael ti
klima, ngem baka saan da nga kayaten gamin
kastoy ti henerasyon tattan
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A simple life is better (pause), we did
not use machines before. The carabao’s
were big help in our farming. Men used
to work efficiently despite their old age.
What can you suggest to the youth
today to prepare them for climate
change and help them not to experience
it?
It is really good to educate the youth
now, not to do things that would destroy
our nature. However, they may have
different lifestyle now.
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Ilocano
Respondent: Panchito English
I: Ania ti panagawat mo iti panagbalbaliw ti What is your own definition of
panawen? Tatta nga napapadasan tayo climate change?
R: Datoy nga climate change adda ti napudot, Yes, the climate is changing as they
adda ti nalamiss, no agtudo ket nabara met latta, say, our climate sometimes becomes
tapos aginit nga dagos ken marikna nga nasaniit hot or cold, when it rains it is still
ket kasla puoran na ti kudil payen ket nagado ti warm and the sun shines like it hurts
agkaskasakit no kasdiay. and burns our skin and a lot of people
got sick.
I:wen ngarud sir,Adu met dagidiay natangken ti Yes sir, many were hard headed
ulo na gamin,babaam aramiden dagidiay mayat people. Don’t mind them. Let us just
kunada lattan, matay nu matay kunada ngem do what is right, they say. If you die,
dagidiay dadduma nga pilosopo then we die.
R:ta dakami nga belong iti indigenous people(IP) We, who belong to the IPs, don’t
ket kunada, kami nga pilosopo, ngem dakami ti conform, but we, rarely burn, we
husto, manmano kami nga agpupuor, ken rarely cut trees, those who are really
manmano kami ti agpukpukan ti kayo, dagitoy hard-headed, they run, no matter how
met ti gobierno, ti natangken ti uloda, suda met ti hard we try, I buy these, then they
agtuturay, ta uray nu kasatno ti ayatmi, awan met cut. How is this?
mabalin mu nu nangato nga tao, ginatang ko data
kayo , pukanen da latta met, kasatno ngay?
I:Awan mabalin tayo. There’s nothing we can do
R: Wen Ah. Yes
I: Ania ngay ngarud dagiti kalamidad nga What natural disaster have you
napadasanyo ditoy a gubuay ti panagbalbaliw ti encountered due to Climate Change?
panawen?
R:Adun ah, napadasan min ti layos A lot. We have experienced flood.
I: ditoy sir? Here, sir?
R:Wen, saan dumanun ti danum ti karyan Yes, way back then, the river is still
ditoy ,ngem atoy ar-arian mi, pagmulmulaen mi far from us. The floods do not reach
idiay ket nalayos, napadas mi met ti gingineden, our fields. We have already
uram ti saan pa’y ,Bagyo,halos amin a natural experienced earthquakes but not fire.
disaster napadas min We have had almost all natural
disaster already.
I: Ania ti masansan nga ar-aramidenyo no adda ti What do you do if there are disasters?
sumangbay nga kalamidad?adda preparasiun yu
sir?
R:ay adda no adda mabuya idiay TV no ada We are warned through watching
kalamidad idi agurnong kan ti kanem, agas, TV . We prepare food, medicine,

flashlight, ket no dingroim mo kut tasakun ken
safety mun.
I: Kasatno naapektaran ti panagbalbaliw ti
panawen ti trabaho yo nu iti inaldawaldaw sir nga
araramiden yo?
R: saan laeng a trabaho ti maapektaran, tano idi
awan ti Climate change, da kami agmulmula iti
mais maminduwa laeng dakami agpapadanum, ta
narabaw ti ubbog, tatta mamin lima sakbay nga
apit no maysa, kasla met ti pagay saan nga
abnormal payen ti panakatudo na adda kuma diay
rainy season makaraepkami, awan pay laeng ket,
ikkanda ti abuten adda met diay dadduma a
panagbubunubun pay laeng isu ayan ti
panagtutudon, haan ka met makaraep no awan ti
tudo, tun panagraraep awan ti tudon.
Maapektaran pay ti salun-at ti tattao, dakami nga
kas miyembro ti tribo a ket marikna mi met. Ti
pigsa mi tatta ket saan payen a makaanay iti
nadagsen a trabaho, no maminsan ket masapol ti
kadua nga agubra, saan nga kasla dati nga
makatrabaho kami latta nga agmaymaysa. Sa adu
payen ti agus-usar ti mapartuat nga abono,ngem
siak a ket madik kayat ti agsida wenno mangan ti
adda ti abono na, kagurak ti agsida ti nateng no
kasta nga naikkan ti komersyal nga fertilizer.
I: Manu ngarud a crop ti kwa sir, ada pay 2 nd
crop, sir?
R: Ai Awan 2nd crop idtoyen
I: Maminanu laeng?
R: Idi adda ti 2nd crop, tatta awanen, awan pay ti Before we had 2nd cropping. Now,
mainum a danum
I: wen ngrud sir, nadamag mi a maysa ti
pinagalalaan ti danum, ngem dadiay pinagalalaan
danum data sir masuplayan na ta buong sitio?
R: No ininuten masuplayan na, no haan
masadwan , saan na kaya, kaya’t ko satwen no
amin idiay pagdigos mu, paginnaw , pagsibog,
saan na kaya ta karayan mapanda met aglablaba,
pagdigdigusan, paginawan no adduma iminimize
da payen idiay pagmulmula ti nateng ararubayena
ta awan ti pagsibog
I: Talaga a naapektaran kanya tayo , Ania ti ar- Really? We are indeed affected. What
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flashlight and run for safety.
How does climate change affect your
lifestyle and practices?
Not only our work is affected. If
climate change does not occur. We
can plant corn twice. We have
enough water from deep well. We
no longer have to wait for the rainy
season. Now, we wait for the rain
to come and sometimes, it rains
even if we are not yet prepared,
you cannot plant without rain,
when it’s planting time there’s no
more rain. It also affects the health
of the people, we as member of the
tribe feel it too. The strengths that
we have now is not enough for
hard jobs, sometimes we need
companion to work now, unlike
before, we can work manually
alone.” And a lot of people uses a
a commercial fertilizer, but I don’t
want to eat those kind. I hate
eating vegetables with a
commercial fertilizer.
How many cropping seasons do you
have?
No more 2nd crop here.
How many times then?
there’s no more water.
Yes, sir we heard that you only have
one source of water supply. Can it
supply the whole sitio?
If we know how to conserve water
and use it wisely, it is enough. But if
we use it in every household chore, it
may not be enough. We even
minimized planting of vegetables in
our backyards.

aramidenyo tapno maisanayyo iti panagbaliw ti
klima?
R: Madi ken mayat mi met talaga sumurot ka
met, awan maaramid mun, masapa ka nga agriing
ken agsado tapno makaabot ti inumum, agriing
ka iti alas dos ti parbangon gamin iti alas singko
awan ti ubbog ti bubonen
I: adiay ubbog ti panagsado yo ngarud sir
parbangon amamin sir, no mapan ti rabii?
R: adan ah, ngem dadiay dadduma ti style da, no
saan da makapoot ti apan da ti ala una ta awan ti
tao.
I: Kasatno nakatulong diay inaramidyo tapno
manglapedmangkessay iti posibilidad ti
panagbalbaliw iti klima?
R: awan ti material a banag a matulong mi diay
laket ti bagi min ah, no adda kuma ti programa ti
gobierno nga ifull support para dadiay IP , uray
siguro ti manpower bagimin ngem awan met.
I: Wen a, adda iti, sabagay asideg met kayo iti
town sir?
R: Uh. Ditoy parte ti aringay more or less 7km
from town, dito’y tubao mga 4km
I: Ngem adda met umay ditoy nga social Worker,
BNS a kunkunada.
R:Adda kada barangay programa ti barangay data
BNS , dagita scholar
I:Saan Kayo pay met dadiay ayan ti salsalingot
R: ai awan pay met ,mayat pay met, kaadwaan
nga sakit lang dito’y ket cancer……Cancer ti
bulsa..(tumatawa)
I: Ania kasla ti maibaga yo tapno atoy kuma a
saan kumaro a sigod ,diba nga adda ti climate
change idin ngem kumaro a kumaro?
R: dayta kuma ti kitain ti gobierno tayo , ditta ti
gobierno no ania ti kailangan, agpasyar da kuma
tatno madamag da no ania ti kailangan, aniya
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do you do to adapt to climate change?
Whether we like it or not we cannot
do anything but accept. We wake up
early to get water for drinking, we
have to be early at around 2:00 in the
morning. If you go there at 5:00,
there will be no more water from the
well.
Do you fetch water only in the
morning, Sir? Or, do you also go at
night?
Some, but others have their own
style. If they cannot wake up early,
they go out at 1:00 when there are no
other people.
How are your Practices helpful to
lessen the effects of Climate Change?
We cannot help in terms of material
things but we can offer our services.
If there are government programs, we
will support, even if through
manpower only.
Yes, besides you are near the town
proper.
In this part of aringay, more or less 7
kilometers from town. In Tubao,
about four kilometers.
Are there social workers or BNS
here?
There is one per barangay. BNS is a
program of the barangay ,even the
scholars
Not yet. It is still fine here. Most of
us just suffer cancer, purse
cancer(Laughing)
What can you say to lessen the
effects of climate change ?
That is what the government should
focus on. They should consider
coming here to know the situation,

dapat ti proyekto per barangay , lalalo ti barangay
I: wen ah sir, ngem dadiay aduduma panagkunada
ket itoy, ayan ti town ti problema, dagita nga
namodernized nga perme a kunada, ket nu iti
pinagkunada dadiay daduma no dajay ka
barbarangayyo siyempre nalaing ka agmula
kayo. saan nga agpupuor dagita, nasarimetmet da
kunkuna.
R: Isu met , no adda la kuma ti obra ti gobyerno
no dagita kuma kasta, panagmula ti kayo, ikkan
da proteksyon, kan da ti , napintas kuma,
importante kadakami, no para kanya ak laeng
information dissemination dagidiay reremote iti
barangay no ania ti akemda , data nga proyekto
data, haan nga da impormasyon dagidiay nga
usually a aramiden da ket isu met latta, saan da
amo ti climate change nga kwa da.
I: wen sir, Adiay pinagpopoor kuma
R: wen siyempre, wen no adda kuma
agkakaingin, dagita aguguging, awan met dita
lang suda ili, saan da met mapmapan ditoy , kaya
lumalala.!
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what are then needs, what projects
should be given per barangay,
especially in the barangay.
Yes sir. But some say the problem is
in the town proper. They have
embraced modernization. In your
barangays you know what to do. You
plant trees, do not burn not cut trees.
That’s it. If only the government
could do something. If it could help
people to plant, and protect, it will be
good. For me, information
dissemination is needed. If they have
projects not informed to people
properly, then climate change
continues.
Yes ,sir, when we burn.
Yes, of course, if there’s none in the
town proper. They do not come here,
that is why it worsens.

Ilocano
Respondent: Florentina
I: maam ,ania ti panangawat yo ti
panagbalbaliw ti panawen nang?adiay klima
tayo. Adiay Climate Change.
R: Siyempre ah agpaypayso , isu nga kastoy ti
klima tatta napudot no damdama nalamek,
gamin dadiay makalbo ti banbantay ti
panagpupukan ti kayo isu dadiay napudot,
wunno pinagtutudo. Malayos manen. Isu ti
pakaalaan ti layos.
I: ania ngai ti kalamidad dagiti napadas yo nga
ti gapu na ket ti panagbalbaliw ti panawen,
naka padas kayo ti layos ditoy sobra nga
pudot?
R: kaasi ti apo saan kami met malaylayos. Di
mi pay met napadasan napigsa nga angin.
I: adiay ginginid ngai nay?
R: ai wen ah idiay 1990 pirme. naturog kami
idtoy(pointing on the vacant area).
I: ngem duray nagbagbagyo idi , saan yo unay
nga maritna nga napigsa?
R: saan met, awan met ti pagdanagan ti balai
mi, gamin idi kawayan ken bolo lang met
i: Ngem kadagitoy makunayo nga napigpigsa
dadiay bagyon tatta?
R: wen ah, adiay napalpalabas tattan pirme
metten
I: kas maysa nga nainterview mi idi maam,
dagidiay pay panag-agos ti karayan yo ket
sumabali ti agos na
R: wen nakong sumabali, idi idiay banda Yes, son. It has changed. It is
daya(pointing on the river), ket agpalpalaod going on the west(pointing on the
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English
Maam, what is your own
definition of climate change? the
climate, the climate change
Of course, it is true, This is why
our climate is hot and sometimes
cold. We have deforestation, we
experience flooding during rainy
seasons.
What natural disaster have you
encountered due to Climate
Change? have you experienced
flood or extreme hot?
With the mercy of God, we
haven’t experienced flood.. We
haven’t experienced that strong
winds.
How about earthquake?
Yes, way back in 1990, it was
awful. We slept outside our
house(pointing on the vacant area).
How about typhoon then?Are they
strong?
No, they were not, way back then,
we just stay calm our housere were
made of bamboo and light
bamboo.
How about now? What can you
say about storms?
Yes, those that passed lately were
too much.
As we had interviewed in the past,
the flow of the river was changed.

metten asidig idikanyamin ,baka no agtudo ket river).It became nearer to us, if
awanen, baka idiay kalsada idiay ket ulwun na there are heavy rains it might
kitdin. follow the roads.
I: Iti panagkunayo nang ania ata ngai ti gapo na
no apai dadiay karayan yo ket kasla umasideg
kanyayo?
R: kwa gamin nakong, adiay kalkalyen da ti
karayan, agloader da ,kurkurbun da, tapos
agsabali ti agos ti karayan, haan na nasurot ti
dati nga ayos na idi gapo iti panagkale da.
I: nang nu ada bagyo, ginginid, siyempre
madamag yo met ijay radio tv nu saan ijay
tatao, kabarangayan yo, ania ngai met ti
araramiden yo nu adda kasla nga madamag yo
nga kalamidad ibaga da nga napigsa super
typhoon?
R: ti kwa ak lang dita apo, ta amok met nga
napigsa ti dumanon ditoy ayan mi met
I: Adda preparasyon yo maam?
R: gamin daduma ket awan met, ngem nu adda
adiay silaw, flashlight, kandila ,makan, agdulin
kan ah,,adda met laeng
I: adiay balay yo auntie?
R: nu kaspangarigan no napigsa ti angin talaga
nga isiglot mi ta balay mi a.
I: Panagkunayo maam , Kasatno a naapektaran
ti panagbalbaliw ti panawen ti biag yo?
R: ai wen no danum ah grabe dadiay, adadiay
nangingina nga gagatangen a ,siyempre
maapektaran kami, wun no kadwa mi nga
agtaltalon ket adiay mulmula da ket matmatay
metten, wunno tatta nga kwaresma haan da met
makasibsibog, awan ti magatgatang nga nateng
ditoy
I: tatta kuresma, Adda met ti umanay nga
supply ti danum, idi iti pangsibog ti mula?
R: Ai wen ah adda met cguro idi ti danum,
saan met nga kasla tatta nga kwaresma adda
met idi, ngem saan nga kasla tatta talaga nga
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What do you think is the reason
for this why is the river is moving
forward in you?
Because of what they do in the
rivers, they dig up that part and it
change the water current.
If you hear from radios and
television that typhoons and
earthquake are coming, what do
you do?
We pray to the Lord if we know
that there is a strong storm
coming.
Do you have preparations?
Sometimes, none at all. But
sometimes, we prepare flashlights,
candles, food then we just keep
them.
How about your house?
For example the wind is too
strong, then we tie our houses to
big trees.
For you , How does climate
change affect your lifestyle and
practices?
Yes, at times the prices of
commodities are sowing. We are
affected. Even our comparisons,
the farmers. During summer, they
cannot water their plants.
This summer, do you have enough
water supply?
Yes there is water,it is not like
today that is summer,there is water
before but not like what we are
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dry, agasem nga datoy nga gripo ket parbangon experiencing now,it is really dry,
inggana alas onse ti rabii adda ti agururay ti imagine this water pump, from
danum. dawn to midnight there are people
fetching water.
I: ngem dati ada met?umunay met? But way back then, was it enough?
R: Adu ti diperensya idi ken tatta. Is there a big difference then and
now?
I: Idi nang no ikumpara yo ti init idi ken tatta? How would you compare the
temperature today and in past?
R: mas grabe tatta, pirme tatta Now, it is too much.
I: ket ti danum met idi ngai nang no aglayos How about when it floods? Is it all
diay daduma nga lugar, agtudo, pigsa ti alike in different places? How
panagkabuhos ti tudo, no ikumpara yo idi could you compare?
kakaro ba tatta?
R: kasla agpada, ngem no nabayag nga agtudo It’s almost the same. But if it rains
kasla bassit lang met. for a long time, just a little.
I: Ania ti ar- aramidenyo tapno maisanay yo iti What do you do to adapt to climate
panagbaliw ti klima tatta?kasla maisanay yo ti change?like to adopt the climate
pagbaliw ti klima tayo?
R: agkarkararag kami ti sto. Rosario We pray the holy rosary
agwalwalo sikami,
I: Awan ti sabali nga ritwal yo maam?. Don’t you have other rituals?
R: awan met. None
I: Kaskameng iti Bago Tribe, ania dagiti As a member of Bago Tribe, what
adding nga ararmidenyo tapno Masayaat ti practices do you contribute to
tiempo? lessen the effects of
Climate Change?
R: Agrerecycle ti plastic , ken maminsan We recycle plastic and sometimes
agtretree planting kami ti ayan mi. a simple we join tree planting activities here
nga biag ket atoy ayan tayo pumintas. in our community. A simple way
of living is the best way of making
the environment stay good.
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Ilocano
Respondent: Purita English

I: Datoy ti guide question mi maam, ket Makita
yo adda met kanyayo ken mabasa yo. Ag-
ilokano tayo laengen niya maam, ta maymayat
ken maawatan ta nga duwa. Anya ti
panakaawat yo iti panagbal-baliw ti klima, diay
mapadpadasan tayo tatta?
*(Here’s our questionnaire ma’am,
You may look at it. Let’s use Iloko
language so it would be more
convenient and we could understand
better.First question is, What is your
own definition of climate change?)

R: Wen ah, datoy nga panagbal-baliw ti klima *(Yes, the climate is changing as they
nga kuna da ket, datoy nga climate change say, our climate sometimes becomes
adda ti napudot, adda ti nalamiss. hot or cold.

I: Ngem para kanyayu mam, adda ketdi But for you ma’am, is there any
dagidiay mabalin nga kasla, adda ti rason no reasons why climate change occurs?
apay nga agbalbaliw ti panawen tatta?

R: para kanyak ket, ti panagba-lbaliw ti *( For me, those emerging

panawen tatta ket, dagitoy maus-uso nga adu technologies nowadays are just one
nga teknolohiya. factor of climate change.

I: Ngem,ti panagubing yo maam, iti padas yo? *(But during your childhood ma’am,
Panggep iti panagbal-baliw ti panawen dati how was it? Was it quite different
saan nga kastuy? with regards to climate change
compared now?)

R: Adu a talaga ti nagbalbaliwan na. Ta idi
ubbing kami ket apan kam lang agpidot wenno
agala ti mabalin nga kanen mi .No panagani,
agusar kami ti singkaw wenno kumpay
kuanada, ibaot mi diay pagay iti kawayan.
Agusar kami tay mallukong nga sabot, aklo
ken baso nga tay natangkenan a kawaya, ti sida
mi ket nat nateng nga awan ti fertilizer na, ti
meryenda mi idi ubing kami ket prutas.
*( Yes of course. There are a lot of
differences. For example, during our
childhood days, we just harvested
something for us to eat. During crop
period, we used rake, we slapped the
palay to the bamboo (smile), that’s
what we used to remove the palay,
we are very industrious and strong
then..We used soup bowl made from
coconut shell, ladle and cups made
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from matured bamboo, we eat

vegetables fertilized with the organic
or natural fertilizers, our snack when
we were kids were fruits.

I: Apay ayanna ti karayan ditoy maam? *(Where is the river here ma’am?)

R: no bumaba ka, datoy nga dalan ditoy
(pointing direction). idi, manu pay nga pantar,
manu pay nga kuwa ti pagnaem mi idi, tapnu
nga madanun mi diay Karayan idi. Immasideg
gappu iti ar-aramiden da isu nga apay nga
agbaliw ti dalan ti danum. Ket agpakastuy met
ti danumen agpalaud metten ti danum. Diay
tinga, isu awan danumnan ta agpalaod ti
danumen, isu summabali agus ti danumen.
as you go down to that point, you just
have to cross to that irrigation site,
that’s how near it was. But before,
it’s quite far. It moved near to us
because of human activities and the
direction of waterflow has changed..

I: Ay wen ah mam. *(Of course, ma’am.)

R:wen *(Yeah.)

I: Isu ti nadamag mi met mam ti nagbaliwan da *(That’s what we’ve heard about the
diay karayan, no idi nga diay ti lokasyon na, river. It changed its location.)
ket idtoy, ngem tatta, naamwan mi nga adda
gayam diay agpaysu nga kasjay.

R: Wen. Simmabali talaga ti ayos ti karayan *(Yes. It really changed its location
nga kunada, saan siguro nga sumabali ti ayos ti as they said. This may not happen if
karayan no saan met lang nga aramiden ti tao. not to those people and their
activites.)

I: Anya ngata dagidiay inaramid da? *(What do you think are their
activities to affect your
environment?)

R: Diay pinag-dike da. *When they made a hole,.

I: Anya dagidiay kalamidad maam, dagidiay *(What calamities have you

napadpadas yo nga panagbaliw ti panawen, encountered due to climate change?
dadiay atoy panag-ayos diay karayan, ket datoy The change of water path in the river,
pudot na maam, dadiay maawanan ti pangalaan the hot climate you experience, and
ti makan diay ayan ti karayan? lacking of supply of food from the
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river?

R: Diay kalamidad dagitoy nga bagyo, diay *(Those typhoons, are quite different
sabsabali diay pinagbagbagyo na tatta. as compared before. They seem to be
stronger nowadays.

I: Maam, Anya ti masansan nga ar-aramidenyo *(Maam, What do you do if there are
no adda ti sumangbay nga kalamidad? disasters?)

R: Ditoy no adda ti madamag mi nga didigra, When we heard of calamities,the

maipakita latta ti pinagkaykaysa ti tribu. camaraderie of our tribe was still
there.

I: Adu ti nadadael mam latta idi? A lot of destruction mam?

R: Haan met nga as in nga adu ti nadadael. (It is not tatally that big.)

I: Ah,ana met inaramid u id imam? ti kayo na (What did you do then mam?)
mam?

R:maipakita ti pinagkaykaysa ti tribu, *( camaraderie was seen to our tribe.

agtintinnulong, adda diay latta (recalling) We were helping one another. Even
aggiginnaman ti ubra. No anya ti masapol nga in food. Mostly people who live here
tulong, kasdiay aggiginnaman. Kasta met iti are relatives.
makan. Basta no adda dagita nga disaster nga
bagyo, ta mostly met ditoy gamin met
agkakabagian, halos agkakabagian met lang.
No adda man dagidiay agsabsabali, dagidiay
dagiti naikamang. No agpaabagatanka,
agkakabagian met lang dagita, agkakaruba, dita
amianan kasdiay. Ditoy abagatan kabagyan da
met lang ditoy amianan. Kasdiay.

I: Saan kayo nga pumanpanaw ditoy maam no *(Do you leave your place when
adda ti napigsa nga bagyo, ginggined no layos? there are disasters, earthquake or
flood?)

R: saan kami pay nga nalayos, ngem ti *( we haven’t experienced floods yet,
pagdanagan mi tatta isu datoy sabali nga ayos but our concern is all about the river
ti karayanen. Ta siyempre, agpalaod metten. and its path. We haven’t left our
nangato kami, maysa nga na-safety ditoy baryo place yet, for we are in upland as they
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mi ta medyo bantay ngarud ditoy. Isu ti danum say. Water here is quite difficult,
mi ditoy narigat.Ken narigat ti biruken ti ubbog especially when it’s summer.
ditoy ayanmi. Nauneg ti ubbog ditoy ayan mi.
Saan mo nga, datoy lang impatader diay
kaanakakun nga ditoy nga bumbaan nga
kuryente ditoy, manu nga feet atan, nagkit-it
pay. Kasla useless pay diay de-kuryente, ta
diay paniparpar-war na .ngem narigat ti danum
ayan mi, especially ti summer.

I: Tatta ngarud maam, anya ti source ti danum *(So, where is your source of water?
yo?

R: Adda ti maysa nga naipata-der ditoy nga *( There’s one jetmatic water pump
bomba ayan ti danum nga na-ubbog ngem here that was made. It reaches us. It is
maabot met latta. Maabot met latta iah ta isu where everyone gets water, there in
dita ti amin pagalaan, dita ayan ti taltalon dita. the field.)

I: Dita katinga-an maam? *(On that center, ma’am?)

R: Wen. Dita tinga. *(Yes, at the center.)

I: Bubon dijay maam? *(Is that a deepwell, ma’am?)

R: Wen . Bubon. Deep well. Jetmatic met nga *(Yes. A deep well. It is the Jetmatic,
at least didiay met nga natumpungan da met That supplies water to the entire
nga ubbog nga mangsup-supply ti entero nga Barcelona, and that water is for
Barcelona, drinking water didiay. drinking.

I: Aminen didiay maam? *(They are all there ma’am?

R: (Nods). Ngem nupanaglaba ket, karayan a,
ta isu ti pagmimitingan mi ngarud nga no
paglabaan, mapan diay karayanen, or no kastuy
nga summer ta awan ti maala mi diayen nga
inumenen, usaren mi nga pagluto no amin pay
lang, aglaba, agdigos idiay, isu nga
ikukwamimet ta may-maysa lang gamin ti
aktibo.. (Laughs)
*(Nods). But for washing of clothes,
we have discussed during our
meeting that they shall go to the river
and wash their clothes there, Or, if
it’s summer, there is a lack of water
supply for drinking, cooking,
laundry, and taking a bath.

I: Sumarunu nga damag ko maam, kasatnu nga *(Next question ma’am, how does
apektaran ti panagbal-baliw ti panawen ti biag climate change affect your lifestyle
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yo, ken inaldaw-aldaw nga aramid yu wen nu and practices? How does if affect?)
trabaho yo? Kasatnu na nga maapektaran?

R: saan nga mabalinen nga mapan agpidot ti *( it is not advisable anymore to

makan diay karayanen ta saan nganapintas a
maipaunegen Ti tattao ibelleng dad a dagidiay
rugit ken basura da ta karayan. Idi, ket adayu
pay ti karayan toy ayan mi, diay pay maikadua
nga site. No dayta ayan koma ti karayan tatta
ket idi adyo ah, ngem gapu na ti aramid ti tao
met lang, ti agos ti danum ket nagbaliw nga
kas kunada.
harvest for our food because it is not
safe anymore and the water in the
river is already polluted because of
human activities. They throw their
garbage wastes in the river. Ever
since, the river was still on the second
site. We were far from that river, but
because of human activities, the path
of water passing through the river has
changed as they say.

I: Ngem dati maam, saan nga kasta met ti *(How about before ma’am, Are you
kagrabe ti karigat ti danum ditoy? having trouble in the supply of water?

R: Narigat sobra, mas lalo nu pangalaan ti *( It is hard for us, we were tired of
danum narigat sobra ,makabannog met dadiay. fetching water.

I: Anya ti ar-aramiden yu mam, tapnu *(What do you do to adapt on this

maisanayyo ti panagbaliw ti klima? climate change?)

R: makisabay lattan a,kasla adaptaren mi *( just go with the flow, just adopt
lattan(laughs (laughs).

I: Kaskameng iti Bago Tribe mam, anya ti *(As a member of the Bago Tribe,
mabalin nga aramiden yu nga makatulong ti what practices do you contribute to
epekto ti panagbalbaliw ti klima. lessen the effects of Climate change?)

R: madama tatta nga ibagbaga ken ar-
aramiden ket kuwa proper waste management,
dagita panagpuor, kasali met lang ti proper
management, pati panagpuor ti gulong. Dagita,
bawal ti agpuor ti goma, plastic, kasdiay.
*(Proper waste management is one of
those projects our officials are
promoting. Burning of tires and
plastics are strictly prohibited. We
have discussed and agreed on
implementing this project to lessen
the effects of climate change.)

I: para kanyayo makatultulong ti farming iti For you maam is farming helps to
climate change? have climate change?
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R: Wen. Saanen a nga talagan. Tanu dati nga
ar-aramid ngaruden nga, no iti, naipanggep ti
farming ket, modernized metten, Maisubli met
kuma dagidiay nga aramid. diay simple living
lang kuma, ngem may-applica pay ngata ti
simple living tatta? (smiles) Kasla Saan ti
kunak san.
Farming is already modernized
nowadays. These must be preserved.
Those practices must be applied.
Those simple living, can this simple
living can still be applied? (smiles). I
think this is not practiced anymore.

I: Bale para kanyayo maam, kasatnu nga *(In your opinion ma’am, how does
makatulong dagiti inararamid yo nga para ti your practices help to lessen Climate
panagbal-baliw ti panawen, kasla kuma dagijay Change?
napadpadasan tayo tatta, kasatnu nga
makatulong idiay dati nga aramid kasla idi
umununa?

R: Uray no adda tayo iti modern nga panawen,
met nga mailibak nga dakami ket naapektaran
kami met. Ngem kas maysa nga bag bago a ket
madi mi kayat wenno itulok nga dayta kina
modern ket masakop na kami. Wen a, agusar
kami met ngem saan a kinanayun ken ammo
mi a balansien. Sa no maminsan kaniami a ket
namaymayat met lang tay naika ugalian nga
aramid ta mas nagaggaget ti tao iddi. Madi
kami unay agus usar ti kuryente, ti gasoline
ken dagita kasla tatta nga us usaren ti tattao.Ti
supot idi a ket,sabagay inggana tatta (nagisem)
ket lablabaan mi tapno mausar manen. Madi
kami pay unay agpupuor.
*( Even we are in the modern times,
we are also been affected. But as a
member of bago, we do not want that
these modern times and technology
will conquer us. Yes, we use those
things but not too often, we know
how to balance it. And for us, it is
better that we do what we used to do
and on how we brought up with our
culture because people before were
apparently more industrious than
nowadays. We seldom use electric
current, gasoline and those things that
people use now. Plastic bags before,
anyway until now (smile) we wash
and use it again. We seldom burn.)

I: Narigat gamin ti mang-educate ti tao tattan *(It’s hard to educate people

maam. nowadays. I’ve observed this while
we were interviewing you ma’am, if
it is possible, you want to preserve
those practices

I: Wen, isu pay adiay nga maysa, narigat nga *(Yes. It’s really difficult.)
talaga.

R: Wen a, diay panagusar ti kumpay,
panagaksiw no agsakdo ka, panagusar ti
gilingan ken pagbayyuan nga tay bato,
panagusar ti banga kas kada mallukong nga
sabsabot, ay ket mayat a koma no ammo da
pay ti agusar ti kasdiay dagiti tattao tatta
(nagisem).
I:Mam, thank you for the information. (smiles Maam, thank you for the information.
and initiates handshake)
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*( Yes, the use of rake, fetching of
water, use of a stone grinder, used of
clay pot and soup bowl made from
coconut fruit, it so nice if people
knew how to used those things
(smile).
(smiles and initiates handshake)

Respondent: AlmaIlocano
I: Adiay umuna nga saludsudin mi, ania ti
panagawat yo Mam ti panagbalbaliw ti
panawen?
R: Adu met ti agpukpukan sunga napudot iti
tiempo, awanen ti kay-kayo, ken awan pay ti
agpay-yapay ken linlinungen naingpisen ti kwa
ti langit nga kunada, sunga napudoten dagijay
agpur-puor ti cellophane, naimpis kanun ti
ozone layer kunada ti dida met gamin maiwasan
agpu-or dagita gom-guma ken naduma duma
pay, isu nga adu ti agsasakit. Basol da a
dagidiay akin aramid ngem pati dakami nga
madi met mangdaddadael ti lubong ket marikna
mi ti epekto na. Sabagay dakami ket agpuor
kami met ngem manmano, mamin dua kami
lang nga agpuor ti makabulan dayta ti
maksimum na tai kali mi wenno urnungen mi
ket aramiden mi pay a abono diay taltalon.
I: Dagidiay daduma kunada gapu ti technolohiya
kunada diay agusar nga agusar nga kankanayon.
R: Sungarud diay agpuor ti goma dapat kuma
saan nga pur-puoran sunga no rumwar ka
sabalin no dika nga agsweater kasla magsiit ti
kudilen.Agbaliw am-aminen tapos nu
parbangonin na laminen supay ti pagguriguranen
ti tat-tao, no addaduman adda ti aguyek.
I: Su para kanyayo ma’am maysa met nga rason
dadiay isunga adu ti pangalaan ti sakit kasdiay?
R: Wen, wen agpaysu datt
a ma’am ta sabali ti tiempon
I: Ania dagiti kalamidad a mapakasyo a gubuay
ti panagbalbaliw ti panawen?
R: Ta bagyo ah ken dattan ah karayan-min nga
umas-asidigen kanyamin ingana ta metten ti
ayos na, umasideg kanyatayun malmes tayuntun.
I: Medyo bantay sapay ditoy nga kunada ditoy
ayanyu
R: Nangato met kadi ma’am
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English
Our first question is, What is your
own definition of climate change?
Many cut a tree that is why we have
warmer environment. There are no
more trees. The sky layers are
becoming thin. They say not to burn
plastic, the ozone layer is becoming
thinner, but people cannot stop
burning rubbers and everything, that is
why many got sick. It is their fault but
we who did not do it will also feel the
effect. Anyway we do burn but
seldom, we burn for twice a month,
that is the maximum
Others say it is, because of
technologies.
They burn rubbers. That is why when
you go out, it’s different. When you
do not use sweater the skin hurts.
Early mornings are cold, people get
sick, others get cough.
So, do you think this is one reason
why people get sick?
Yes. That is true ,maam ,because of
the weather.
What calamities have you experienced
due to climate change?
Typhoons and the rivers has been
drawn near us, we might get drawn.
Is your place already part of a
mountain?
Yes maam, this place is elevated.
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R: Naka kastoy met gamin diay karayanen, di ba It’s like this. The river, used to be in
daya idi idiay(pointing to the river) diay kayo the east(pointing to the river). Now,
tatta pag alreadybabam langen-in karayanen when you go down it’s already there.
sunga nagadu nga kwa ti tiempo tatta. Gapu Maybe the world is growing older.
siguro ti lumakay metten ti lubungen
I: Ania ti masansan nga ar-aramidenyo no adda What do you usually do in times of
ti sumangbay nga kalamidad? calamities?
I: Nu adda ti kalamidad ania ti preperasion yo, It there are calamities, how do we
syempre umayen datta nga bagyo nga napigsa, prepare. Here comes the typhoon,
umay ti gin-gined, umay ti layos. strong one then comes the earthquake
and flood.
R: Talyanmi metten ah ma’am dagitoy bub- We tie our roof to trees, when it is
bubong-min ah ta kasta met garud ni no napigsa, strong, It could damage even concrete
tukuliin nu kwa haan met ngarud nga konkreto ti ones.
balay.
I:Kasano a naapektaran ti panagbalbaliw ti How does climate change affect your
panawen ti biagmo? daily life?
I: Trabahoyo wenno masansan kaspanga-rigan ti Work or example, your drinking
danum diay pagsatdo. water.
R: Bas-sit metten ti danum saan kasla idi, isu Water is scarce now, unlike before.
siguro ti pinagdin-din-ig na idi umuneg ti ubbog, That is why the water level is now
sunga rabii pay lang agpila-pila kami dittan deep. That is why we have to
narigat ti danum. schedule fetching water even in the
evening.
I: Inumen lang dayta ma’am? Is it just for drinking?
R: Wen inumen ah ta may-maysa met lang ti Yes, for drinking only because we
danum. have only one source.
I: diay paglablaba yo ngay ma’am? How about your laundry?
R: Dita ah amianan(pointing to the north) ti pap- We go to the north(pointing to the
papanan mi adda met ti kakadwamiga sukir north). There are those who do not
umabot a ngaruden ti da pay lang iabot diay follow. I even go to Garcia , Sta.
karayan dita da pay lang met aminen mapanak Ceclia and ride a tricycle.
pay diay Garcia, Sta. Cecilia idiay ah ag tricycle
ka pay.
I: Pagdigos yo ngay ma’am idiay karayanen? How about for taking a bath? In the
river?
R: Adda awanen ah idi ah satdum laengen, There is then. But now it’s gone. For
inumen laengen. drinking only.
I: Tiptipidinyo laengen? Do you conserve water?
R: Tipid ngaruden ma’am itti pinagusar ma’am Yes, We try as much as we can to
conserve.
I: diay pagdigos mamin anu? How many times do you take a bath?
R: Duray manu basta magagetka lang nga It doesn’t matter, as long as you get
mapan dita karayan duray rabii addu pay, Ta water from the river in the evening.

syempre asasidegen
I: Haan kayo met nagaramid ti bubon yo idiay?
R: Haan.
I:Ania ti ar- aramidenyo tapno maisanay yo iti
panagbaliw ti klima?
I: Nu napudot ania ngay ti ar-aramiden yo?
R: Mapan kan ah dagidiay lin-linong ti kay-kayo
ma’am, syempre nagpudot ngarud duray ag
electric fan ka nakar-karo pay ti pudot na. sunga
mapan kami ditta siruk ti kay-kayo ma’am nga
agtungtugawin(laughing)
I: Bago Tribe kayo niya ma’am?
R: Wen
I: Kasatno nakatulong iday inaramidyo tapno
manglapidmangkessay iti posibilidad ti
panagbalbaliw iti klima?)
I: Adalen yo ketdi dagitoy kadwa yo nga Bago
Tribe, ubing yo.
R: Bagaan mi ah nga saan da nga kwa, dagidiay
kakadwa mi a bak-baket da metten kasla kanya
mi di annu da metten, nu adda ti pakaammuan
ibagam met ah diay kadwam.
I: Kunna yu tattay nga ti nagapwanan na diay
pagpuor-puor da anya ngay tu makuna yu?
R: Dagidiay basura ken dagidiay pagkabkabilan
na dagidiay, saan nga pu-puoranen, idulin mu
met nga nasaya-at tapnu saan nga nagangot
I: Da kayu ma’am anya ti arar-armidem yo
dagidiay plastic, saan kayu ketdi nga agpupu-or
ma’am
R: Isak-sako mi.
Kaskameng iti Bago Tribe, ania dagiti adding
nga aramidenyo tapno Masayaat ti tiempo?)
I: Maprebentaran saan nga kumaru diay pang
impis ti ozone layer nga kunayo?
R: iwasan ngarud ti pagpuor ti plastic tapnu
maiwasan iti panagbago ti klima kunada. Ket
impraktis mi met ti reduce, reuse, recycle.
I: Sikayo ma’am agmulmula kayo pay lang ti
kay-kayo?
R: Wen , ah agmula ti kay-kayo tapnu umadu ti
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You don’t dig your own well?
No.
What you do to conform with the
climate change?
With the warm temperature, what do
you do?
We go under the trees, ma’am due to
the warm temperature in
environment. Even if you use electric
fan, it is still warm that is why we sit
under the trees. (laughing)
You belong to the Bago Tribe?
Yes.
How do you help to lessen the effects
of climate change?
Teach your Bago Tribe and your
children.
We tell them, not to do that. We have
our elderlies. We need to inform
others.
You said problems are due to
burning? What can you say about
this?
Waste disposal and the used
containers. You have to secure that
everything is placed properly.
How about you, ma’am. What do you
do to plastic containers? Do you burn
them?
We put them in the rice sacks.
As a member of the Bago Tribe what
do you do to help mitigate climate
change?
We could avoid so ozone layer will
not be depleted.
Don’t burn plastic so that it I will not
aggravate climate change. We practice
re-use, reduce and recycle.
How about you, ma’am, could you
plant trees ?
Yes, I plant trees so that it will
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kay kayo, tapnu nalami-is ti para-aaganin increase in numbers and cool down
the air.
I: Adda met diay ma’am napadasan niyo nga Have you experienced land slides?
agrigka-ay nga dag-daga
R: Wen ah, addayo kami metten, San Francisco Yes, we have that in San Francisco,
idiay asidig a diay bantay, kabanban ban-bantay near the bridge gong to the mountain.
I: Para kanya yo anya diay simple nga pinag- But for you, does simple living means
biag latta kasla diay dati idi pinag-mula ti nat- planting your vegetables, trees,
nateng, kay-kayo, marunggay dagita, prut-prutas malunggays and fruits. Can you say
namay-mayat met lang idi, wennu tattan nga it’s more beautiful before?
moderno ag-angkat ka lang diay palengke, ag-
gatang gapo abroad
R: Agmul-mula met ah ma’am no adda met ti You just buy from the market or those
nalawa nga pagmulaan, awan met ti dag-daga mi that are imported?
ma’am
I: Dagitoy dag-daga nga baka-bakanti? How about vacant spaces?
R: Awan met dag-daga da, ma’am bagoongan ta We don’t own a wide space. We just
awan met ti trabaho mi ma’am ta awan met ti makes bagoong. There are indeed
talunen mi ma’am, nangina met ti magatang many changes. Prices of commodities
nangina ti bagasen adu pinagbaliwan na a talaga have gone up.
idi ke t lima lang ti maysa nga salop tatta nag
double-doublin tatta awanen
I: ma’am dagita ngarud saba sungarud pag How about those bananas. Are those
kakakitaan yo tatta agmulmula kayo met lang? that you produce?
R: Apan mi ah nga daw-dawaten ma’am diay We go to other barrios and ask for
bar-baryo adda apan dumawat ti saba bananas.

Respondent :FelitaIlocano
I: Adiay umuna nga saludsudin mi, ania ti
panagawat yo Mam ti panagbalbaliw ti panawen?
R: Adu ti agpukpukan ti kayo isu napudot, awanen
ti kay-kayo, ken paglinungan. Dagijay agpur-puor ti
cellophane, naimpis kanun ti ozone layer kunada.
Adu ti agsasakit. Basol da a dagidiay akin aramid
ngem pati dakami nga madi met mangdaddadael ti
lubong ket marikna mi ti epekto na. Agpuor kami
met ngem manmano, mamin dua kami lang nga
agpuor ti makabulan dayta ti maksimum na ta ikali
mi wenno urnungen mi ket aramiden mi pay a abono
diay taltalon.
I: Gapu ti technolohiya nga maus- usar.
R: Sungarud diay agpuor ti goma dapat kuma saan
nga pur-puoran sunga no rumwar ka sabalin no dika
nga agsweater kasla magsiit ti kudilen.
I: Su para kanyayo ma’am maysa met nga rason
dadiay isu nga adu ti pangalaan ti sakit kasdiay?
R: Wen, wen agpaysu dayta ma’am ta sabali ti
tiempon
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English
Our first question is, What is your own
definition of climate change Mam?
Many cut a tree that is why we have
warmer environment. There are no
more trees. People burn plastic, the
ozone layer is becoming thinner. Many
got sick. It is their fault but we who did
not do it will also feel the effect.
Anyway we do burn but seldom, we
burn for twice a month, that is the
maximum.
Maybe because of technologies.
They burn rubbers. That is why when
you go out, it’s different.
So, do you think this is one reason why
people get sick?
Yes. That is true ,maam ,because of the
weather was changed.
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I: Ania dagiti kalamidad a mapakasyo a gubuay ti What calamities have you experienced
panagbalbaliw ti panawen? due to climate change?
R: Ta bagyo ah ken dattan ah karayan-min nga Typhoons and the rivers has been
umas-asidigen kanyamin ingana ta metten ti ayos na, drawn near us, we might get drawn.
umasideg kanyatayun malmes tayun ton.
I: Medyo bantay sapay ditoy nga kunada ditoy Is your place already part of a
ayanyo? mountain?
R: Nangato met kadi ma’am. Yes maam, this place is elevated.
R: Naka kastoy met gamin diay karayanen, di ba It’s like this. The river, used to be in
daya idi idiay(pointing to the river) diay kayo tatta the east(pointing to the river). Now,
pag alreadybabam langen-in karayanen sunga when you go down it’s already there.
nagadu nga kwa ti tiempo tatta. Lumakay metten ti The world is growing older.
lubungen
I: Ania ti masansan nga ar-aramidenyo no adda ti What do you usually do in times of
sumangbay nga kalamidad? calamities?
I: Nu adda ti kalamidad ania ti preperasion yo, It there are calamities, how do we
syempre umayen datta nga bagyo nga napigsa, umay prepare. Here comes the typhoon,
ti gin-gined, umay ti layos. strong one then comes the earthquake
and flood.
R: Itali mi ah ma’am dagitoy sim-min ah ta kasta We tie our roof to trees, when it is
met garud ni no napigsa, matukkol no kwa haan met strong, It could damage even concrete
ngarud nga konkreto ti balay. ones.
I:Kasano a naapektaran ti panagbalbaliw ti panawen How does climate change affect your
ti biagmo? daily life?
I: Trabahoyo wenno masansan kaspanga-rigan ti Work or example, your drinking water.
danum diay pagsakdo.
R: Bas-sit metten ti danum saan kasla idi, isu siguro
Water is scarce now, unlike before.
ti pinagdin-din-ig na idi umuneg ti ubbog, sunga That is why the water level is now
rabii pay lang agpila-pila kami dittan narigat ti deep. That is why we have to schedule
danum. fetching water even in the evening.
I: Inumen lang dayta ma’am? Is it just for drinking?
R: Wen inumen ah ta may-maysa met lang ti danum. Yes, for drinking only because we
have only one source.
I: diay paglablaba yo ngay ma’am? How about your laundry?
R: Dita amianan(pointing to the north) ti pap- We go to the north(pointing to the
papanan mi adda met ti kakadwami nga sukir north). There are those who do not
maabot a ngaruden ti da pay lang iabot diay karayan follow.
dita da pay lang met aminen.
I: Pagdigos yo ngay ma’am idiay karayanen? How about for taking a bath? In the
river?
R: Adda awanen ah idi ah satdum laengen, inumen There is then. But now it’s gone. For
laengen. drinking only.
I: Tiptipidinyo laengen? Do you conserve water?
R: Tipid ngaruden ma’am itti pinagusar ma’am Yes, We try as much as we can to

I: diay pagdigos mamin anu?
R: Duray manu basta magagetka lang nga mapan
dita karayan duray rabii addu pay, Ta syempre
asasidegen
I: Haan kayo met nagaramid ti bubon yo idiay?
R: Haan.
I:Ania ti ar- aramidenyo tapno maisanay yo iti
panagbaliw ti klima?
I: Nu napudot ania ngay ti ar-aramiden yo?
R: Mapan kan ah dagidiay lin-linong ti kay-kayo
ma’am, syempre nagpudot ngarud duray ag electric
fan ka nakar-karo pay ti pudot na. sunga mapan kami
ditta siruk ti kay-kayo ma’am nga
agtungtugawin(laughing)
I: Bago Tribe kayo niya ma’am?
R: Wen
I: Kasatno nakatulong iday inaramidyo tapno
manglapidmangkessay iti posibilidad ti
panagbalbaliw iti klima?)
I: Adalen yo ketdi dagitoy kadwa yo nga Bago
Tribe, ubing yo.
R: Bagaan mi ah nga saan da nga kwa, dagidiay
kakadwa mi a bak-baket da metten kasla kanya mi di
annu da metten, nu adda ti pakaammuan ibagam met
ah diay kadwam.
I: Kuna yu tattay nga ti nagapwanan na diay
pagpuor-puor da anya ngay tu makuna yu?
R: Dagidiay basura ken dagidiay pagkabkabilan na
dagidiay, saan nga pu-puoranen, idulin mu met nga
nasaya-at tapnu saan nga nagangot
I: Da kayu ma’am anya ti arar-armidem yo dagidiay
plastic, saan kayu ketdi nga agpupu-or ma’am
R: Isak-sako mi.
Kaskameng iti Bago Tribe, ania dagiti adding nga
aramidenyo tapno Masayaat ti tiempo?)
I: Maprebentaran saan nga kumaru diay pang impis
ti ozone layer nga kunayo?
R: iwasan ngarud ti pagpuor ti plastic tapnu
maiwasan iti panagbago ti klima kunada
I: Sikayo ma’am agmulmula kayo pay lang ti kay-
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conserve.
How many times do you take a bath?
It doesn’t matter, as long as you get
water from the river in the evening.
You don’t dig your own well?
No.
What you do to conform with the
climate change?
With the warm temperature, what do
you do?
We go under the trees, ma’am due to
the warm temperature in environment.
Even if you use electric fan, it is still
warm that is why we sit under the
trees. (laughing)
You belong to the Bago Tribe?
Yes.
How do you help to lessen the effects
of climate change?
Teach your Bago Tribe and your
children.
We tell them, not to do that. We have
our elderlies. We need to inform
others.
You said problems are due to burning?
What can you say about this?
Waste disposal and the used
containers. You have to secure that
everything is placed properly.
How about you, ma’am. What do you
do to plastic containers? Do you burn
them?
We put them in the rice sacks.
As a member of the Bago Tribe what
do you do to help mitigate climate
change?
We could avoid so ozone layer will not
be depleted.
Don’t burn plastic so that it I will not
aggravate climate change.
How about you, ma’am, could you

kayo?
R: Wen , ah agmula ti kay-kayo tapnu umadu ti kay
kayo, tapnu nalami-is ti para-aaganin
I: Adda met diay ma’am napadasan niyo nga
agrigka-ay nga dag-daga
R: Wen ah, addayo kami metten, San Francisco idiay
asidig a diay bantay, kabanban ban-bantay
I: Para kanya yo anya diay simple nga pinag-biag
latta kasla diay dati idi pinag-mula ti nat-nateng,
kay-kayo, marunggay dagita, prut-prutas namay-
mayat met lang idi, wennu tattan nga moderno ag-
angkat ka lang diay palengke, ag-gatang gapo abroad
R: Agmul-mula met ah ma’am no adda met ti
nalawa nga pagmulaan, awan met ti dag-daga mi
ma’am
I: Dagitoy dag-daga nga baka-bakanti?
R: Awan met dag-daga da, ma’am bagoongan ta
awan met ti trabaho mi ma’am ta awan met ti
talunen mi ma’am, nangina met ti magatang nangina
ti bagasen adu pinagbaliwan na a talaga idi ke t lima
lang ti maysa nga salop tatta nag double-doublin
tatta awanen
I: ma’am dagita ngarud saba sungarud pag
kakakitaan yo tatta agmulmula kayo met lang?
R: Apan mi ah nga daw-dawaten ma’am diay bar-
baryo adda apan dumawat ti saba
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plant trees ?
Yes, I plant trees so that it will increase
in numbers and cool down the air.
Have you experienced land slides?
Yes, we have that in San Francisco,
near the bridge gong to the mountain.
But for you, does simple living means
planting your vegetables, trees,
malunggays and fruits. Can you say
it’s more beautiful before?
You just buy from the market or those
that are imported?
How about vacant spaces?
We don’t own a wide space. We just
makes bagoong. There are indeed
many changes. Prices of commodities
have gone up.
How about those bananas. Are those
that you produce?
We go to other barrios and ask for
bananas.

Respondent : Marlito
Ilocano
I: Ania ti panagawat mo iti panagbalbaliw ti
panawen? Tatta nga mapapadasan tayo
R: Adda ti napudot, adda ti nalamiss, no agtudo
ket nabara met latta, tapos aginit nga dagos ken
marikna nga nasaniit ket kasla puoran na ti kudil
payen ket nagado ti agkaskasakit no kasdiay.
I:Wen ngarud sir,Adu met dagidiay natangken
ti ulo na gamin,babaam aramiden dagidiay
mayat kunada lattan, matay nu matay kunada
ngem dagidiay dadduma nga pilosopo
R:ta dakami nga belong iti indigenous people(IP)
ket manmano kami nga agpupuor.
I:Awan mabalin tayo.
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English
What is your own definition of
climate change?
Our climate sometimes becomes
hot or cold, when it rains it is still
warm and the sun shines like it
hurts and burns our skin and a lot of
people got sick.
Yes sir, many were hard headed
people. Don’t mind them. Let us
just do what is right, they say. If
you die, then we die.
We, who belong to the IPs, don’t
conform, but we, rarely burn.
There’s nothing we can do
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R: Wen Ah. Yes

I: Ania ngay ngarud dagiti kalamidad nga What natural disaster have you
napadasanyo ditoy a gubuay ti panagbalbaliw ti encountered due to Climate
panawen? Change?
R:Adun ah, napadasan min ti layos A lot. We have experienced flood.
I: ditoy sir? Here, sir?
R:Wen. saan dumanun ti danum ti karyan ditoy . Yes, way back then, the river is still
far from us.
I: Ania ti masansan nga ar-aramidenyo no adda ti What do you do if there are
sumangbay nga kalamidad?adda preparasiun yu disasters?
sir?
R:ay adda no adda mabuya idiay TV no ada We are warned through watching
kalamidad idi agurnong kan ti kanem, agas, TV . We prepare food, medicine,
flashlight, ket no dingroim mo kut tasakun ken flashlight and run for safety.
safety mun.
I: Kasatno naapektaran ti panagbalbaliw ti How does climate change affect
panawen ti trabaho yo nu iti inaldawaldaw sir your lifestyle and practices?
nga araramiden yo?
R: saan laeng a trabaho ti maapektaran, tano idi Not only our work is affected. If
awan ti Climate change, da kami agmulmula iti climate change does not occur. We
mais maminduwa laeng dakami agpapadanum, ta can plant corn twice. We have
narabaw ti ubbog, tatta mamin lima sakbay nga enough water from deep well. I
agapit no maysa. ti pagbadbadok ngarud ket tay wear light cotton clothes. Almost
nalalamuyot ken naingpis nga lupot. kaaduan all of us here who are old man and
kadakami nga nataengan babai man wenno even those who are middle aged
lallaki ket isu ti us-usaren mi ta komportable nga man and even women wear light
pagbado ken napresko,madi nga marikna unay ti cotton clothes because it is
bara ti panawen. comfortable to use and you can’t
feel the warm weather.”
I: Manu ngarud a crop ti kwa sir, ada pay 2 nd
How many cropping seasons do
crop, sir? you have?
R: Ai Awan 2 crop idtoyen
nd
No more 2nd crop here.
I: Maminanu laeng? How many times then?
R: Idi adda ti 2nd crop, tatta awanen, awan pay ti Before we had 2nd cropping. Now,
mainum a danum there’s no more water.
I: wen ngrud sir, nadamag mi a maysa ti Yes, sir we heard that you only
pinagalalaan ti danum, ngem dadiay have one source of water supply.
pinagalalaan danum data sir masuplayan na ta Can it supply the whole sitio?
buong sitio?
R: No ininuten masuplayan na, no haan If we know how to conserve water
masadwan , saan na kaya, kaya’t ko satwen no and use it wisely, it is enough. But
amin idiay pagdigos mu, paginnaw , pagsibog, if we use it in every household
saan na kaya ta karayan mapanda met aglablaba, chore, it may not be enough. We
pagdigdigusan, paginawan no adduma iminimize even minimized planting of

da payen idiay pagmulmula ti nateng
ararubayena ta awan ti pagsibog
I: Talaga a naapektaran kanya tayo , Ania ti ar-
aramidenyo tapno maisanayyo iti panagbaliw ti
klima?
R: Madi ken mayat mi met talaga sumurot ka
met, awan maaramid mun, masapa ka nga
agriing ken agsado tapno makaabot ti inumum,
agriing ka iti alas dos ti parbangon gamin iti alas
singko awan ti ubbog ti bubonen
I: adiay ubbog ti panagsado yo ngarud sir
parbangon amamin sir, no mapan ti rabii?
R: adan ah, ngem dadiay dadduma ti style da, no
saan da makapoot ti apan da ti ala una ta awan ti
tao.
I: Kasatno nakatulong diay inaramidyo tapno
manglaped mangkessay iti posibilidad ti
panagbalbaliw iti klima?
R: awan ti material a banag a matulong mi diay
laket ti bagi min ah, no adda kuma ti programa ti
gobierno nga ifull support para dadiay IP , uray
siguro ti manpower bagimin ngem awan met.
Haan sikami nga agpupuor ngem agrecycle kami
ken agreuse.
I: Wen a, adda iti, sabagay asideg met kayo iti
town sir?
R: Ditoy parte ti aringay more or less 7km from
town, dito’y tubao mga 4km
I: Ngem adda met umay ditoy nga social
Worker, BNS a kunkunada.
R:Adda kada barangay programa ti barangay
data BNS , dagita scholar
I:Saan Kayo pay met dadiay ayan ti salsalingot
R: ai awan pay met ,mayat pay met, kaadwaan Not yet. It is still fine here. Most of
nga sakit lang dito’y ket cancer……Cancer ti us just suffer cancer, purse
bulsa..(tumatawa) cancer(Laughing)
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vegetables in our backyards.
Really? We are indeed affected.
What do you do to adapt to climate
change?
Whether we like it or not we cannot
do anything but accept. We wake
up early to get water for drinking,
we have to be early at around 2:00
in the morning. If you go there at
5:00, there will be no more water
from the well.
Do you fetch water only in the
morning, Sir? Or, do you also go at
night?
Some, but others have their own
style. If they cannot wake up early,
they go out at 1:00 when there are
no other people.
How are your Practices helpful to
lessen the effects of Climate
Change?
We cannot help in terms of material
things but we can offer our
services. If there are government
programs, we will support, even if
through manpower only. We
seldom do burning of garbage but
recycle and re-use them instead.
Yes, besides you are near the town
proper.
In this part of aringay, more or less
7 kilometers from town. In Tubao,
about four kilometers.
Are there social workers or BNS
here?
There is one per barangay. BNS is a
program of the barangay ,even the
scholars

I: Ania kasla ti maibaga yo tapno atoy kuma a
saan kumaro a sigod ,diba nga adda ti climate
change idin ngem kumaro a kumaro?
R: dayta kuma ti kitain ti gobierno tayo , ditta ti
gobierno no ania ti kailangan, agpasyar da kuma
tatno madamag da no ania ti kailangan, aniya
dapat ti proyekto per barangay , lalalo ti
barangay
I: wen ah sir, ngem dadiay aduduma
panagkunada ket itoy, ayan ti town ti problema,
dagita nga namodernized nga perme a kunada,
ket nu iti pinagkunada dadiay daduma no dajay
ka barbarangayyo siyempre nalaing ka agmula
kayo. saan nga agpupuor dagita, nasarimetmet da
kunkuna.
R: Isu met , no adda la kuma ti obra ti gobyerno
no dagita kuma kasta, panagmula ti kayo, ikkan
da proteksyon, kan da ti , napintas kuma,
importante kadakami, no para kanya ak laeng
information dissemination dagidiay reremote iti
barangay no ania ti akemda , data nga proyekto
data, haan nga da impormasyon dagidiay nga
usually a aramiden da ket isu met latta, saan da
amo ti climate change nga kwa da.
I: wen sir, Adiay pinagpopoor kuma
R: wen siyempre, wen no adda kuma
agkakaingin, dagita aguguging, awan met dita
lang suda ili, saan da met mapmapan ditoy , kaya
lumalala.!
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What can you say to lessen the
effects of climate change ?
That is what the government should
focus on. They should consider
coming here to know the situation,
what are then needs, what projects
should be given per barangay,
especially in the barangay.
Yes sir. But some say the problem
is in the town proper. They have
embraced modernization. In your
barangays you know what to do.
You plant trees, do not burn not cut
trees.
That’s it. If only the government
could do something. If it could help
people to plant, and protect, it will
be good. For me, information
dissemination is needed. If they
have projects not informed to
people properly, then climate
change continues.
Yes ,sir, the burning .
Yes, of course, if there’s none in
the town proper. They do not come
here, that is why it worsens.

Participant: Petra Ilocano
I: Datoy ti guide question mi maam, ket Makita
yo adda met kanyayo ken mabasa yo. Ag-
ilokano tayo laengen niya maam, ta maymayat
ken maawatan ta nga duwa. Anya ti panakaawat
yo iti panagbal-baliw ti klima, diay
mapadpadasan tayo tatta?
R: Wen ah, datoy nga panagbal-baliw ti klima
nga kuna da ket, datoy nga climate change adda
ti napudot, adda ti nalamiss, ket, ti scientific
term nga kunkunada ket, diay science, no diay
science ti pag-basesan ket, napudot unay diay
uneg ti daga isu nga agkuwa ditoy ngato.
Kumbaga no agpapudut ka ti danom ket,
agsingaw ti pudot ti ngatu gappu ti uneg ti daga.
Kasla kasdiay ti panakaawatak, hanak gamin
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English
*(Here’s our questionnaire ma’am,
You may look at it. Let’s use Iloko
language so it would be more
convenient and we could
understand better.First question is,
What is your own definition of
climate change?)
*(Yes, the climate is changing as
they say, our climate sometimes
becomes hot or cold. The scientific
term they say as related to science,
it is the process of evaporation. For
example, if you boil water in a
kettle, as it boils, evaporation
process will occur. That’s how I
interpret it though I’m not that good
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nalaing ti science(laughs).Ken dagiti tattao tatta in science (laughs).And people

ket ibelleng da met dagidiay basura da idiay now, throw their garbage wastes in
karayanen. the river.

I: (smiles) Ngem para kanyayu mam, adda ketdi *(smiles) But for you ma’am, is
dagidiay mabalin nga kasla, adda ti rason no there any reasons why climate
apay nga agbalbaliw ti panawen tatta? change occurs?

R: Dagitoy kuwa, para kanyak ket, ti panagba-
lbaliw ti panawen tatta ket, dagitoy maus-uso
nga adu nga teknolohiya, maysa nga panagbal-
baliw iti panawen ta aramid ti saan nga naturalen
nya, no di ket aramid ti kuwan, artipisyal. Isu
maysa ti gappu na datuy iti makunkuna nga
climate change
*( For me, those emerging
technologies nowadays are just one
factor of climate change. Activities
are not natural anymore, they are
artificial.)

I: Ngem,ti panagubing yo maam, iti padas yo? *(But during your childhood
Panggep iti panagbal-baliw ti panawen dati saan ma’am, how was it? Was it quite
nga kastuy? different with regards to climate
change compared now?)

R: Ay wen ah. Adu a talaga ti nagbalbaliwan na.
Ta idi ubbing kami ket apan kam lang agpidot
wenno agala ti mabalin nga kanen mi .No
panagani, agusar kami ti singkaw wenno
kumpay kuanada, ibaot mi diay pagay iti
kawayan diay pagibautan (agisem), kasta ti us
usraen mi idi, nagaget ken napigsa kami ah idi.
Ti usaren nga pagarado ket tay landok nga
iguyod ti nuang.Agsakay kami iti nuang wenno
ti pasagad anagragsak idi (nagsipat ken
nagkatawa).Ti us usren mi, no ana ti adda nga
inted ti Apo, kasla koma tay mallukong nga
sabot, aklo ken baso nga tay natangkenan a
kawaya, ti sida mi ket nat nateng nga awan ti
fertilizer na, ti meryenda mi idi ubing kami ket
prutas, dagitay native nga prutas nga kas
bayabas, caimito, salamagi, saba, mangga ken
dadduma pay nga makita ti arubayan (intudo na
diay likod balay da).Dagita bakante ng lugar
*( Yes of course. There are a lot of
differences. For example, during
our childhood days, we just
harvested something for us to eat.
During crop period, we used rake,
we slapped the palay to the bamboo
(smile), that’s what we used to
remove the palay, we are very
industrious and strong then. We
used this old steel for plowing with
the carabao. We rode to carabao or
in the caritella oh so happy before
(clasp hand and laughs).We used
what GOD has given, like soup
bowl made from coconut shell,
ladle and cups made from matured
bamboo, we eat vegetables
fertilized with the organic or natural
fertilizers, our snack when we were

(intudo na diay taltalon ken arubayan da),ket
namulaan ti naduma duma nga natnateng.
Nabaknang kami a ti makan ditoy (nagisem).
sMapan kami diay karayan tapno agdigos. Kasta
ti biag mi idi, simple lang pero naragsak ken
kuntento kami.
I: Apay ayanna ti karayan ditoy maam?
R:Ket no bumaba ka, datoy nga dalan ditoy
(pointing direction) adda gamin ti eskinita nga
umuneg dita. Data kuma nga bumaba ka dita nga
dalan, nga itta laengen balasiw ti irigasyon na, iti
kina-asideg na. Samantalang idi, manu pay nga
pantar, manu pay nga kuwa ti pagnaem mi idi,
tapnu nga madanun mi diay Karayan idi.
Immasideg gappu iti ar-aramiden da isu nga
apay nga agbaliw ti dalan ti danum. Ket
agpakastuy met ti danumen agpalaud metten ti
danum. Diay tinga, isu awan danumnan ta
agpalaod ti danumen, isu summabali agus ti
danumen. Ket para kanyak ta, kaykayat ko a diay
umun-una ta agadayu kami met iti disgrasya no
umay ti panaglaylayos.
I: Ay wen ah mam.
R: Kasdiay.
I: Isu diay kuna da nga maysa nga iku-kuwa da *(That’s what we’ve heard about
no adda ti nagbaliwan da diay karayan, no idi the river. It changed its location.)
nga diay ti lokasyon na, ket idtoy, ngem tatta,
naamwan mi nga adda gayam diay agpaysu nga
kasjay.
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kids were fruits, native fruits like
guava, star apple, tamarind, banana,
mangoes and everything we see
here in our backyard (pointing their
backyard). Those vacant places
(pointing the field and their
backyard) were planted with
different kinds of vegetables. We
are very rich in terms of foods
(smile). We also go to the river to
take a bath. That’s our life before,
simple but happy and contented.)
*(Where is the river here ma’am?)
*(When you go down, this point
(pointing direction), there’s a way
to enter there. For instance, as you
go down to that point, you just have
to cross to that irrigation site, that’s
how near it was. But before, it’s
quite far. It moved near to us
because of human activities and the
direction of waterflow has changed.
For me, I more prefer the situation
before because we are from from
harm, especially when floods
happen.
*(Of course, ma’am.)
*(Yeah.)

R: Wen. Adda nga talaga, adda nga talaga ti
karkarayan. Simmabali talaga ti ayos ti karayan
nga kunada, saan siguro nga sumabali ti ayos ti
karayan no saan met lang nga aramiden ti tao
met lang.
I: Anya ngata dagidiay inaramid da?
R: Diay pinag-dike da ti ammuk ket, diay pinag-
dike da ditoy surong. Inaramidda met nga dike
idtoy surong a talaga nga pagnaan ti danum,
ngem maysa pay met no diay naunget nga talaga
diay danum, Isu diay mangdadael met lang, diay
no ibaga da nga naunget diay danum.
I: Anya dagidiay kalamidad maam, dagidiay
napadpadas yo nga panagbaliw ti panawen,
dadiay atoy panag-ayos diay karayan, ket datoy
pudot na maam, dadiay maawanan ti pangalaan
ti makan diay ayan ti karayan?
R: Diay kalamidad dagitoy nga bagyo, diay
sabsabali diay pinagbagbagyo nga tatta. Idi no
signal, no adda ti signal-signal na, wen napigsa ti
tudo, napigsa ti angin, ngem saan nga kasdiay iti
pirmi nga, diay nga pinagsaplit dagita kaykayo,
diay as in, diay talaga naggrabe diay
panagyuggayog na, kasdiay, naggrabe, naggrabe
talaga. Dagitoy adda ti sig-signal na nga bag-
bagyo, kaysa diay napuutak na bag-bagyo idi,
ken tatta ket, ti bagyo tatta ket , no awan ti bagyo
nga saan nga agtayab ti bubungen. Wen, basta
adda ti lumabas nga bagyo ket, adda nga adda ti
tumagas nga bubong, adda ti maspak nga
kaykayo. Samantalang no bagyo idi ket, saan
met nga kasdiay, agbagbagyo nga agpaysu,
agtudo laeng, ag-angin, ngem saan met nga
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*(Yes. It really changed its location
as they said. This may not happen if
not to those people and their
activites.)
*(What do you think are their
activities to affect your
environment?)
*(When they made a hole, I think.
They made it for sewerage, but
when water flows profusely, it’s
useless
*(What calamities have you
encountered due to climate change?
The change of water path in the
river, the hot climate you
experience, and lacking of supply
of food from the river?
*(Those typhoons, are quite
different as compared before. They
seem to be stronger. Typhoons,
nowadays, would throw up roofs of
several house. Everytime a typhoon
would occur, it brings disaster to
our place. But before, typhoons are
not that strong as compared today.
It only rains and wind blows
slightly strong. As typhoon occurs
nowadays, soil erosion occurs as
well. But here in our place, we
haven’t experienced soil erosion
yet.
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napigsa kasla diay um-umay talaga nga, subra

diay kinapigsa tatta ti bagyo. Signal no.2 laeng
kunada, signal no.3, kasla kasjay, no signal no.3,
kasla signal no. 4, kasjay. Sabali nga talaga no
datoy panggep ti bagyo.Isu nga, ket, syempre
dagidiay nga pinagbagyo, rum-ruma met ah
dagita dag-daga, idiay met nga agkaroon ti, diay
soil erosion, isu nga ngem ditoy ayan mi, di mi
nga nakapadasan ti soil erosion nga makunkuna
da, dita da nga karayan, ta data gamin ket nalawa
nga taltalon. idiay kalawa na nga taltalon, nga
dinalananna ti bagyo nga kunak nga nag-ayusan
ti karayan. Naglawa nga kasdiay, nga manu ti
umap-apitnga da akin-bagi, kunak ngata adu da
met. No tutuusen, bilangen laengen diay mabati,
bassit da, kasdiay. Isu nga kunak nga naggrabe.
Ket manu taon kon, tatta met lang nangyari data.

I: Maam, Anya ti masansan nga ar-aramidenyo *(Maam, What do you do if there

no adda ti sumangbay nga kalamidad? are disasters?)

R: Ditoy no kaspangarigan nga adda ti madamag *(For example, when we

mi nga, no kuma bagyo, idi, madanasan mi ti
ginggined nga 1990 nga earthquake, maipakita
latta ti pinagkaykaysa ti tribu, iti earthquake ti
1990 ket, maysa nga balay nga nagdakkelan ket
nagcollapse.
experienced the 1990 earthquake,
the camaraderie of our tribe was
still alive. During that earthquake,
the house where I’ve grown up was
one of the houses that collapsed.

I: Bimmaba nga talaga maam? *(It really collapsed?)

R: Haan met nga as in nga bimmaba, nawudwud *(It didn’t collapse totally. Because
laeng pero dagidiay, dagiti bal-balay idi gamin houses before was made of of
ketnaka-putting. Putting kunada diay, adda ti cement .. (thinking)
semento na nga… (thinking)

I: Adda ti kayo na mam? *(Is it built with woods?)

R: Kayu met lang, diay pangato. Wen, *(Wood which is elevated. That’s
nakaputing kunada ti balay idi. Isu nga why during that earthquake,
kamkamakem nga paggiyanan idi ta nagkasdiay camaraderie was seen to our tribe.
diay putting, ag-irip met diay balayen, kasdiay, We were helping one another. Even
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ta syempre nangato. Isu adiay, idi earthquake in food. Mostly people who live
nga didiay, maysa nga maipakita ti here are relatives. Thank God,
pinagkaykaysa ti tribu, agtintinnulong, adda diay because we’ve just experienced
latta (recalling) aggiginnaman ti ubra. No anya ti only one disaster, which was the
masapol nga tulong, kasdiay aggiginnaman. earthquake.
Kasta met iti makan. Basta no adda dagita nga
disaster nga kuwa, either bagyo, no kuwa, ta
mostly met ditoy gamin met kuwa,
agkakabagian, halos agkakabagian met lang. No
adda man dagidiay agsabsabali, dagidiay dagiti
naikamang. No agpaabagatanka, agkakabagian
met lang dagita, agkakaruba, dita amianan
kasdiay. Ditoy abagatan kabagyan da met lang
ditoy amianan. Kasdiay. Isu kasla may-maysa
met lang isu nga maipakita latta diay
pinagmaymaysa ti dara ti tribu, dara pay ngata ti
kinabagianen. Asi ni apo dios ket adiay lang ti
maysa nga disaster nga nakuwa-an mi nga,
didiay earthquake lang ditoy ayan mi.

I: Saan kayo nga pumanpanaw ditoy maam no *(Do you leave your place when
adda ti napigsa nga bagyo, ginggined no layos? there are disasters, earthquake or
flood?)

R: Asi ni apo dios nga saan kami pay nga *(Thank God, we haven’t
nalayos, ngem ti pagdanagan mi tatta isu datoy experienced floods yet, but our
sabali nga ayos ti karayanen. Ta siyempre, concern is all about the river and its
agpalaod metten. Isu duray nga kunam no kasla path. We haven’t left our place yet,
bantay datoy ku-muan na, no simabali ngay latta for we are in upland as they say.
ti tyempu-an na, ket agpakastoy latta, siyempre Water here is quite difficult,
dadiay to iti pagdanagan mi nga talaga. Bassiten especially when it’s summer. We
eh, into ngai sumaruno nga pinagtutudo, sabali don’t experience floods here. Water
met latta ti aramiden ni Inang Kalikasan dita goes down easily.
kuwan, ikkatek ta danumen diay karayanen
kunak man laengen. Ngem no idiay kuwa met,
am-amin met nanipud idi, awan pay met. Ti saan
mi pay met nga pinampanawan datoy baryo mi.
Tamaysa nga kunada met ket ta kuwa, nangato
kami ngarud, maysa nga na-safety ditoy baryo
mi ta medyo bantay ngarud ditoy. Isu ti danum
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mi ditoy narigat.Ken narigat ti biruken ti ubbog

ditoy ayanmi. Nauneg ti ubbog ditoy ayan mi.
Saan mo nga, datoy lang impatader diay
kaanakakun nga ditoy nga bumbaan nga
kuryente ditoy, manu nga feet atan, nagkit-it pay.
Kasla useless pay diay de-kuryente, ta diay
paniparpar-war na ti,. Di ba no de kuryente ket
as in nga “plsshh”(demonstrating water sound)
data ket kasla bumba nga kasdiay, diay ti
kinakit-it na pay lang.Isu nga imbes nga de-
kuryente ket, diay makadalan-dalan kuma nga
tubo ditan, “psshh” (demonstrating) kunam
lattan idiay uneg balay mon. Ur-urnungen na da
pay nga nakakabil ti drum, kuryente pay ti
mampa-uli. Ta no bumba-em ata, saan nga
makaruwar ti danum, isu nga narigat ti danum
ditoy ayan mi nga talaga ta kinangato ditoy ayan
mi nga saan nga malayos nga agpayso, ngem
narigat ti danum ayan mi, especially ti summer.
Saan nga malay-layos ditoy ayan mi, malayos
man, ngem nalaka lang nga ag-ayus ti danum ta
nalaka lang nga bumaba dita katal-talunan,
bumaba dita kataltalunan.

I: Tatta ngarud maam, anya ti source ti danum *(So, where is your source of
yo? water?

R: Adda ti maysa nga naipata-der ditoy nga *( There’s one jetmatic water pump
bomba ayan ti danum nga na-ubbog ngem here that was made. It reaches us. It
maabot met latta. Maabot met latta iah ta isu dita is where everyone gets water, there
ti amin pagalaan, dita ayan ti taltalon dita. in the field.)

I: Dita katinga-an maam? *(On that center, ma’am?)

R: Wen. Dita tinga. *(Yes, at the center.)

I: Bubon dijay maam? *(Is that a deepwell, ma’am?)

R: Wen . Bubon. Deep well. Jetmatic met nga at *(Yes. A deep well. It is the
least didiay met nga natumpungan da met nga Jetmatic, That supplies water to the
ubbog nga mangsup-supply ti entero nga entire Barcelona, and that water is

Barcelona, drinking water didiay.
I: Aminen didiay maam?
R: (Nods). Ngem nupanaglaba ket, karayan a, ta
isu ti pagmimitingan mi ngarud nga no
paglabaan, mapan diay karayanen, or no kastuy
nga summer ta awan ti maala mi diayen nga
inumenen, usaren mi nga pagluto no amin pay
lang, aglaba, agdigos idiay, isu nga
ikukwamimet ta may-maysa lang gamin ti
aktibo. Adda met nga masungat nga gripo, ngem
kasla dita kuma, ngem bassit-bassit lang.
Nasayaaten no adda ti sangapulo nga lata ti mai-
ubbog na. Adda pay maysa nga gripo dita
abagatan na. Maysa man nga gripon tatta, inikkat
da diay kuwa nan, balet inikkat da diay kuwa
nan ta awan met lang ubbog na. Summer.
Maatsanan. Sa man ag-ubbogen no panagtutudo
manen. (Laughs)
I: Sumarunu nga damag ko maam, kasatnu nga *(Next question ma’am, how does
apektaran ti panagbal-baliw ti panawen ti biag climate change affect your lifestyle
yo, ken inaldaw-aldaw nga aramid yu wen nu and practices? How does if affect?)
trabaho yo? Kasatnu na nga maapektaran?
R: Tatta saan nga mabalinen nga mapan agpidot
ti makan diay karayanen ta saan nganapintas a
maipaunegen ken diay danum ket na pollute
metten gapu ti aramid ti tao. Ibelleng dad a
dagidiay rugit ken basura da ta karayan. Idi, ket
adayu pay ti karayan toy ayan mi, diay pay
maikadua nga site. No dayta ayan koma ti
karayan tatta ket idi adyo ah, ngem gapu na ti
aramid ti tao met lang, ti agos ti danum ket
nagbaliw nga kas kunada. Idi madi mi nga
napadas no ana ti mapadpadasan mi tatta. Ti
panag kirang ti danum no kuwaresma. Adda
maymaysa nga bubon nga pagal alaan mi ti
danum nga mang supply metten ti sibubuo nga
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for drinking.
*(They are all there ma’am?
*(Nods). But for washing of
clothes, we have discussed during
our meeting that they shall go to the
river and wash their clothes there,
Or, if it’s summer, there is a lack of
water supply for drinking, cooking,
laundry, and taking a bath.
*( Now it is not advisable anymore
to harvest for our food because it is
not safe anymore and the water in
the river is already polluted because
of human activities. They throw
their garbage wastes in the river.
Ever since, the river was still on the
second site. We were far from that
river, but because of human
activities, the path of water passing
through the river has changed as
they say. Before we never
experience what we have now.
Water shortage during summer. We
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Barcelona..) only have one deep well which

supplies entire Barcelona.

I: Ngem dati maam, saan nga kasta met ti *(How about before ma’am, Are
kagrabe ti karigat ti danum ditoy? you having trouble in the supply of
water?

R: Narigat sobra, mas lalo nu pangalaan ti
danum narigat sobra ,makabannog met dadiay.
Idi adu met ti grigripo ta idi diay balay mi nga
kunak nga dinakkelak, adda pay lang ti gripo mi
idiay. Ngem awan met sa ti tubbog na itan ..
*( It is hard for us, we were tired of
fetching water. Before, we have a
lot of jetmatic pump, we also have
one in our house before where I
grow. But there is no water coming
out on it.)

I: Anya ti ar-aramiden yum am, tapnu *(What do you do to adapt on this

maisanayyo ti panagbaliw ti klima? climate change?)

R: Hmm… Kuwa ah lattan, kumbaga bagam ket,
sumayaw ka sa agos nalang (laughs). Nu anya ti
kuwa ket, kasjay nga talagan. Awan ti,.. no
choice, nu madi nga, makikuwa ka lattan, nu
anya ti adda. Ket nu kanyak ket, nu kuma adda
met ti kasla, adda ak met ti posisyon, maysa met
kuma dyay met ti goal ko kuma, tapno nu kasta
met, adda met kuma ti maitulong ko, pero nu
kaskasnu kuma nu adda met maaramidak nga
adda maitulong ko nu adda ti kasla nga,
maaramidan, diyay kasla, ikukuwak met nga
organisasyon kaspangarigan dya’y panagdawat
kuma ti assistance, kasjay, ta adda met ti
bagbagik nga organisasyon ken maysa met lang
datoy nga organisasyon nga bagbagik, isu nga,
diyay panagdawat ti assistance, ket, tumultulong
ak met laeng, tapno kasta metmakatulong ak met
laeng ti panagbalbaliw tapnu nu kasta met di mi
met maranasan dagitoy kuma nga climate
change, kasla dyay panagrigat mi ti danum mi,
kasjay. Isu nga adda ti ifo-focus mi nga water
system nga project, kasjay. Makitin-tinnulong ak
met ta maysa ak met nga opisyal ditoy tribo,
*(As they say, just go with the flow
(laughs). But for me, since I’m a
member of the tribe, I’m willing to
offer my help. For example, I’ve
asked assistance, being a member
of the organization, so that to
experience those disasters caused
by climate change, like what we
experienced in lacking of water.
We are focused to a water system
which is our project for the
community. I’m actively
cooperating for I am an officer to
our tribe and the President of the
Women’s chapter of the
Organization R.I.C. That’s one
thing I can share to my community.
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maysa met nga opisyal ken bagbagi ti women’s

chapter nga adda datoy organisasyon nga R.I.C.
nga kunkunada. Siak met lang ti president na
diay. Kuwa ti women’s diay met lang ah ti
maaramidak, diay maishare nga maibingay ko ah
nga kuma.

I: Kaskameng iti Bago Tribe mam, anya ti *(As a member of the Bago Tribe,
mabalin nga aramiden yu nga makatulong ti what practices do you contribute to
epekto ti panagbalbaliw ti klima. Malaksid diay lessen the effects of Climate
kasla ngay diay ayat yo nga, diay imbaga yo nga change?)
kayat yo nga makatulong diay panagdawat yo ti
assistance no sino ti mabalin nga pagdawatan ti
tulong. Anya pay maam ti mabalin nga
panakasa-o ti sabali nga kadwa yo no anya ti
dapat nga aramiden?

R: Maysa tatta nga i-kuwa nga ipro-promote ti *(Proper waste management is one
dagitoy nga kagawad mi, tribu da met lang of those projects our officials are
ngarud, proper waste management, dagita promoting. Burning of tires and
panagpuor, kasali met lang ti proper plastics are strictly prohibited. We
management, pati panagpuor ti gulong. Dagita, have discussed and agreed on
bawal ti agpuor ti goma, plastic, kasdiay. Isu nga implementing this project to lessen
adda ti impakuwa da nga agkali kami ti abot. the effects of climate change.)
Mayat ngarud dagidiay programa dagitoy
kagawad mi, isu nga kasla umay-ayon siguro nga
kuwa, natacle mi met amin, isu nga kunak ket
nga bar-bareng no datoy ti maysa nga pamay-an
na tapnu, one-way tapnu no kasta ket
maprebentaran met ti aramiden mi nga paraan
mi, wen no, datoy ti praktisenmi nga kuwa no
kasta ket para kanyami met lang tapnu
maprebentaran datoy climate change.

I: para kanyayo makatultulong ti farming iti For you maam is farming helps to
climate change? have climate change?

R: Wen. Saanen a nga talagan. Tanu dati nga ar- Farming is already modernized
aramid ngaruden nga, no iti, naipanggep ti nowadays with regards to infra, we
farming ket, modernized metten, no idtoy, have lots of that already. Those

mapanggep ti infra, adu met infran ditoyen, nga
agpapata-der met ti kastan. Isu nga kunak nga
dagidiay nagka-unan, nalipatan lang nga talagan
nga aramid. Saan a nga nalipatan, maseset-aside
laeng. Saan met nga nalipatan, pero, maseset-
aside laeng panggappo ti paglag-anan la ammu ti
taon. Isu nga dapat kuma, ma-preserve kuma pay
dagidiay ar-aramid ta no kasta ket, maiwasan
kuma. Maisubli met kuma dagidiay nga aramid.
diay simple living lang kuma, ngem may-applica
pay ngata ti simple living tatta? (smiles) Kasla
Saan ti kunak san.
I: Bale para kanyayo maam, kasatnu nga *(In your opinion ma’am, how does
makatulong dagiti inararamid yo nga para ti your practices help to lessen
panagbal-baliw ti panawen, kasla kuma dagijay Climate Change?
napadpadasan tayo tatta, kasatnu nga
makatulong idiay dati nga aramid kasla idi
umununa?
R: Uray no adda tayo iti modern nga panawen,
ken saan met nga mailibak nga dakami ket
naapektaran kami met. Ngem kas maysa nga bag
bago a ket madi mi kayat wenno itulok nga dayta
kina modern ket masakop na kami. Wen a,
agusar kami met ngem saan a kinanayun ken
ammo mi a balansien. Sa no maminsan kaniami
a ket namaymayat met lang tay naika ugalian
nga aramid ta mas nagaggaget ti tao iddi. Madi
kami unay agus usar ti kuryente, ti gasoline ken
dagita kasla tatta nga us usaren ti tattao.Ti supot
idi a ket,sabagay inggana tatta (nagisem) ket
lablabaan mi tapno mausar manen. Madi kami
pay unay agpupuor.
I: Narigat gamin ti mang-educate ti tao tattan *(It’s
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practices before, even though not
forgotten but being set aside,
because of easy ways of working
nowadays. These must be
preserved. Those practices must be
applied. Those simple living, can
this simple living can still be
applied? (smiles). I think this is not
practiced anymore.
*( Even we are in the modern
times, we are also been affected.
But as a member of bago, we do not
want that these modern times and
technology will conquer us. Yes,
we use those things but not too
often, we know how to balance it.
And for us, it is better that we do
what we used to do and on how we
brought up with our culture because
people before were apparently more
industrious than nowadays. We
seldom use electric current,
gasoline and those things that
people use now. Plastic bags
before, anyway until now (smile)
we wash and use it again. We
seldom burn.)
hard to educate people
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maam. Imbag kanyayu maam ta ti panakadlaw
ko iti kas-kainterview mi kanyayu, kasla
kanyayo ket no mabalin ket i-preserve, ta gamin
ket diay padas tatta, talaga maritna yun ti
napaspasama tatta no ti ited mi nga example ti
T.V. nga ibaga nga kastuy, adu gamin ti saan nga
mammamati, adu ti pilosopo.
nowadays. I’ve observed this while
we were interviewing you ma’am,
if it is possible, you want to
preserve those practices, because
nowadays, there are lots of people
who doesn’t believe this.)

I: Wen, isu pay adiay nga maysa, narigat nga *(Yes. It’s really difficult.)
talaga.

R: Wen a, diay panagusar ti kumpay, *( Yes, the use of rake, fetching of

panagaksiw no agsakdo ka, panagusar ti gilingan
ken pagbayyuan nga tay bato, panagusar ti banga
kas kada mallukong nga sabsabot, ay ket mayat a
koma no ammo da pay ti agusar ti kasdiay dagiti
tattao tatta (nagisem).
water, use of a stone grinder, used
of clay pot and soup bowl made
from coconut fruit, it so nice if
people knew how to used those
things (smile).

I:Mam, thank you for the information. (smiles Maam, thank you for the
and initiates handshake) information. (smiles and initiates
handshake)