“ILOKANO LITERATURE”

THE NORTHERN REGION OF THE

PHILIPPINES IS HOME TO THE PEOPLE
OF THE CAGAYAN VALLEY REGION. THEY
INHABIT ILOCOS NORTE,ILOCOS
SUR,PANGASINAN,THE CORDILLERA
REGION, AND OTHER NEARBY AREAS.IN
THIS LESSON, THE RICHNESS OF
LITERATURE PRODUCED IN THE
ILOKANO TRADITION WILL BE EXPLORED.
HOW THE DIVERSITY UNFOLDED:

OVER THE CENTURIES, ILOKANO

LITERATURE HAS PROLIFERATED AND
ENDURED,THANKS TO THE CREATIVE
AND CAREFUL HANDS OF WRITERS
AND SCHOLARS WHO SPEAK THE
ILOKANO LANGUAGE.
 ILOKANO FOLK SONGS ARE FILLED WITH
HAPPINESS,DYNAMISM AND OPTIMISM.

FOLK SONG:
“ DALLOT”
USED FOR CEREMONIAL LIKE BAPTISMAL AND
WEDDING FESTIVITIES.
“ BADENG” WITH PAMULINAWEN AS ONE OF THE
MOST POPULAR. THIS SONG IS ONE OF THE
COURTSHIP SONG.
ILOKANO FOLK SPEECH:
“ BUBURTIA”
IT IS THE ILOKANO FORM OF THE RIDDLE.

“ PAGSASAO” EXAMPLE:
THIS IS AN ILOKANO PROVERB. SAY KOLI PAKALMOAY LIKET
SAY NGIRAS PAKALMOAY IRAP
WHICH MEANS:
INDUSTRY IS THE SIBLING OF PROSPERITY,LAZINESS IS THE SIBLING OF
“FOLK TALES AND MYTHS”

FEATURING THEMES LIKE CREATION ,HEROES,

AND BEASTS.
THE CHARACTERS IN THESE STORIES INCLUDED
THE MYTHICAL CREATURES NAMED “ANGALO
AND ARAN, GIANTS THAT WERE CONSIDERED
TO BE THE FIRST BEINGS THAT ROAMED THE
 “RELIGIOUS ILOKANO LITERATURE”

THE SPANISH CONQUEST LED TO THE PROLIFERATION OF

RELIGIOUS ILOKANO LITERATURE, BEGINNING IN THE 17TH
CENTURY.

1621--- THE PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST EVER ILOKANO

WORK TO BE PRINTED. A RELIGIOUS WORK, IT WAS
INTITLED” LIBRO A NAISURATAN AMIN A BAGAS TI
DOCTRINA CRISTIANA NGA NAISURAT ITI LIBRO NI
TRANSALATED:

 P.FR. FRANCISCO LOPEZ

AN AGUSTINIAN FATHER
 INTO SAMTOY
OVER THE NEXT TWO CENTURIES ,OTHER FRIARS
WITH KEY LITERARY CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDED FR.
ANTONIO MEJIA, FR.JACINTO GUERRERO,FR. ALONSO
CORTES AND FR. GUILLERMO SEBASTIAN.
 POETRY OF ILOKANOS:

POETRY OF ILOKANOS HAS A RICH TRADITION.ONE OF THE

CROWNING ACHIEVEMENTS IN ALL ILOKANO LITERATURE WAS THE
EPIC “ BIAG NI LAM-ANG” ORALLY TRANSMITTED FOR CENTURIES.
“PEDRO BUKANEG” THE 17TH –CENTURY POET.

“ PASION” A RENDERING OF CHRISTS PASSION AND DEATH;

FR.GARRIZ AND FR. MEJIA WERE AMONG THE WRITERS WHO
CREATED THE ILOKANO VERSION S OF THE PASSION.
TODAY, THE ILOKANO LITERARY TRADITION
CONTINOUS TO THRIVE. GUMIL FILIPINAS ( TE
ILOKANO WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF THE
PHILIPPINES) SERVES TO EMPOWER WRITERS
PRODUCING WORKS IN THE ILOKANO LANGUAGE .
GUMIL-------------ILOKANO LITERATURE ---PROSPER
IN THE 21ST CENTURY.