LITERATURE IN REGION VI (WESTERN VISAYAS)

Provinces and Capital

 Aklan - Kalibo
 Antique - San Jose de Buenavista
 Capiz - Roxas City
 Guimaras - Jordan
 Iloilo - Iloilo City
 Negros Occidental - Bacolod City
Hiligaynon is the lingua franca of the West Visayas in Philippines. The mother language of West Visayas is Kiniray-a
or Hiraya.
The popular literary artforms in Western Visayas are the binalaybay or poem, the paktakon or riddle, the
sugidanon or story/folktale, the banggianay or debate, the hurobaton or proverbs, asoy or epic, amba or songs, and
the komposo or traditional song.
MYTH
 Tungkung Langit and Alunsina
 CHARACTERS
 Tungkung Langit
 Industrious
 Loving
 Kind God
 Alunsina
 Lazy
 Jealous
 Selfish Goddess
 THEME AND MORAL / LESSON
Theme
 The myth is about the two Gods who fall in love to each other but ended separated because
they lose their trust and patience to each other.
Moral / Lesson
 Before you do a thing, think it a billion times so that you would not regret at the end.
 Give trust to the one that you love.
EPIC (Asoy)
 Hinilawod
 ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE

The term "Hinilawod" means “Tales from the Mouth of the Halawod River". Hinilawod is an epic poem written
by the early inhabitants of a place called Sulod in central Panay.
Hinilawod is not just a literary piece but also a source of information about culture, religion and rituals of the
ancient people of Sulod; showing us that ancient Filipinos believed in the “sacred,” in the importance of family honor
and in personal courage and dignity.
 THEME AND MORAL / LESSON
Theme
 The epic is about the exploits of three Sulodnon brothers, Labaw Donggon, Humadapnon, and
Dumalapdap of ancient Panay.
Moral / Lesson
 Listen to the counsel of your parents.
 Do not remove yourself from the right path.
 Do not succumb to temptation for it will lead you to tragedy and failure.

RIDDLES (Paktakon)
 Ang puno buko-boko May diotay nga kaban-kaban,
Dahon daw abaniko, Naga-abri keg naga si man,
Bunga daw parasko, Ang sulod puro tul-an
Perdegones ang liso. Kon kaisa nagadunlan.

The trunk is full of nodes There is a small chest

Leaves like fans, That opens and closes by itself
Fruits like large wine bottles, The contents are all bones
Pellets are the seeds. Sometimes it chokes.

 Kapayas / Papaya  Baba / Mouth

PROVERBS (Hurobaton)

Mauntay ang sanga nga linghod, Kon indi ikaw mag-antos, Pero ang pagkasubo amo ang
Ang gulang na, matuod. Indi ka gid magsantos. makapatay.

A young sapling is easily You can’t be a saint, Work can’t kill

straightened, If you don’t sacrifice. But worrying does.
But an old branch is brittle.
Ang obra indi makapatay,

FOLK SONGS (Komposo)

 Si Pilemon, Si Pilemon
 Dandansoy

POEMS (Binalaybay)
 Ang Ermita sa Baryo (The Chapel in the Barrio)
by Magdalena G. Jalandoni
 Fictionist and poet
 “Grand Old Lady of Ilonggo Literature”
 Best-known among Ilonggo novelists, the most represented in the collections of local and foreign
libraries.
 Republic Cultural Heritage Award in 1969
Meter Theme
 Three stanzas  The poem is about the chapel in the barrio
 4 Lines per stanzas which is maid of nipa, cogon and bamboo.
 12 syllables per line

 Diplomat Listening to the Speech of Another Diplomat

by: Dominador Ilio
 Isaias Topacio Domingo, Basilio, Crisostomo de la Cruz, and J.D. Ibarra
 Poet and fiction writer
Meter
 Free verse
 Two stanzas
 First stanza – 12 lines
 Second stanza – 8 lines
Theme
 The poem presents a story wherein the father cannot go out and enjoy special moments with his family
because he is too busy working for his family's future.