Hi! I’m Ms. Mae.

It’s
nice to meet you!
 Our country, the Philippines,
has always been a home of 110
ethno-linguistic indigenous
groups.

Hi! I’m Teacher Mae.

One of the tribes in our
country that still exist
up to this day is the
Ifugao people or
Igorot.
• They inhabit the Ifugao province
of the Philippines.

• They speak four dialects. Aside

from their mother tongue, they can
also speak Ilocano, Tagalog, and
English language.

• These people value kinship, family

ties, religious and cultural beliefs.
TheSorting Hat
 The Houses

Gryffindor Slytherin Ravenclaw Hufflepuff

Express the house’s
Discuss the conflict of Discuss the external beliefs/convictions/opinion
the story and the non- factors influencing or about the story. Discuss
Discuss the summary of violent resolutions to present in the story whether you disagree or
agree with the characters’
the story. Retell the story these conflicts based on (cultural, historical, and decisions/fate and if love
in chronological order. your understanding and environmental) should be prioritized over
opinion. one’s culture or culture
over love.
 The
Wedding
Dance
A Short Story by Amador Daguio
The Houses
On his wedding night to a
new bride, Awiyao decides to
momentarily leave the
celebrations to go to his
house and visit his previous
wife, Lumnay. The two have
been together for seven years
but their union has not
produced an offspring.
Thus, Awiyao's decision to part ways
with Lumnay and take another wife,
a younger woman named
Madulimay. Awiyao still loves
Lumnay and Lumnay still loves
Awiyao. But in order for Awiyao to
prove himself a man in the eyes of
his community, he must have an
offspring. Someone to carry his
name forward, the way he carried his
father's name.
Awiyao repeatedly asks Lumnay to
leave the house and join the wedding
dance outside. He tells her that if she
joins the dance, one of the men will
take notice of her and might even
ask to marry her. If she's luckier with
the man, she might even bear a child
with him. But Lumnay tells him that
she doesn't want anyone else. She
only wants him.
Awiyao offers Lumnay the house, but
the latter refuses it, telling him that she
needs to go to her parents as they are
already old, and they need assistance
in planting beans and pounding rice.
Awiyao then offers a field, but
Lumnay refuses the offer just the
same. Lumnay only requests that she
keeps her beads as these remind her of
the love that Awiyao has for her. The
beads are worth twenty fields. Awiyao
gave the beads to her and left to rejoin
the festivities.
Suddenly, awash with the courage
to fight for her feelings, Lumnay
decides to go to the wedding and
confront the crowd. To tell the
village chief that it is not right to
take away Awiyao from her just
because she can't bear him a child.
However, as she nears the clearing
where the wedding dance is being
held, the bright lights spook her. She
decides to just get away from there.
She backs away and follows a trail
leading away from the village and up
a mountain. From a clearing at the
top, Lumnay can see the bright lights
of the wedding dance. She walks
away to mourn the end of her
marriage.
The end.
Comprehension
Questions
Who is Awiyao?
Who is Lumnay?
Who is Madulimay?
Why did Awiyao and Lumnay have to part ways despite being
married for seven years?
Do you believe that Awiyao truly loves Lumnay?
Why?
What do you think is the lesson that the author tries
to tell us?
Conquering
Thy
Obstacles
 The Houses

Gryffindor Slytherin Ravenclaw Hufflepuff

Express the house’s
Discuss the conflict of Discuss the external beliefs/convictions/opinion
Discuss the summary of the story and the non- factors influencing or about the story. Discuss
the story. Retell the story violent resolutions to present in the story whether you disagree or
agree with the characters’
in chronological order. these conflicts based on (cultural, historical, and decisions/fate and if love
your understanding and environmental) should be prioritized over
opinion. one’s culture or culture
over love.
Conquering
Thy
Obstacles
Summarizatio
n
 Moral Lesson of the Story
1. Awiyao and Lumnay came from the same ethnic group,
but they have differences. Awiyao chased the demands
of their society, while Lumnay tried to fight for her love.
2. These two characters taught us that fighting for what we
believe in is a courageous act.
3. Letting your loved one go on a different path without
you is a form of love.