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| Salong-salong/Bahaybahayan |
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ages: 10 years up
(Rated *PG at *BS ) |
| Ages below 10
must be accompanied by adults. |
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This
is a pastime wherein the kids in the island are honed in basic carpentry and housekeeping.
Young boys gather bamboos and coconut leaves for the materials needed. The girls do the
*surilap* and cooking using small pot and coconut shells as plates. This is mostly done by barrio kids, among
their neighboors or just kids in the same household. |
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| Patunog |
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| For ages: 5 years
up
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This kind of
pastime is common to barrio kids. Kids will just get two coconut leaves and strip the
midribs. Get a half-pair of the leaf and make a strip at least 20 feet long. Fold it into
two and tie the extreme ends into its midrib. Get another coconut midrib and put it inside
the paired leaf, both ends of the midrib should rest on the extreme ends of the folded
leaf forming a bow. The bow must not be to deep or to hollow. Then holding the midrib
handle, swing it in cicular motion and the leaf will make a humming sound. The sound is
generated by the flapping motion of the paired coco-leaf. |
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| Palibor |
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| For ages: 7 years
up
(Rated *PG at *BS ) |
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Years ago palibor is toyed after the town
fiesta. (Feast of Saint Nicolas deTolentino, second week of September) The reason for this
is that there are plenty of threads hanging around used in street decoration. During those
days there are no plastic straw and the threads used are multi-plier cotton threads. (helo
de bela?). Aside from the thread a softdrink crown is needed. The crown is flattened and a
pair of holes in the center of the crown is made. Attach the thread by fastening both ends
each into the holes. Tie both ends of the thread together. Hook the two middle fingers on
both ends of the thread and position the softdrink crown in the middle. Loosen your hold
and let the circular tin hang freely. By vertical rotation of both hands accompanied by
loosen-tighten motion of the thread the circular tin will rotate like a circular saw. |
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| Pagudor |
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| For ages: 10 years
up
(Rated *PG at *BS ) |
| Ages below 10 must be
accompanied by adults. |
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Pagudor is common to barrio kids. This is a
pastime wherein two or more kids work together. As you can see in the picture, one kid
rides on the *taduok and the other will be the one to pull. Pulling and riding
are done alternately by the pair or group. The best taduok to be used must be the
one that encloses the bract/foliage or flower cluster of a betel-nut palm because this has
a larger size wherein the kid can sit comfortably.
*Taduok - an Asi term for the long-stalked,
sometimes huge, featherlike, or fanlike pleated leaves of a betel-nut palm. (Areca
catechu)
*Paywa - the term for coconut leaves. |
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Articles
on other games such as: sikyuan,
tumba-lata, tubigan and |
sea
pastime such as: boating,
yukyok, panak, tapil, pamana to follow. |
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