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Magindanao
Pearls
W ritten by: Isidro L. Retizos
Characters
OF THE STORY MAGINDANAO PEARLS

Sinag-tala : a 16 year old basket weaver and the daughter of

Pirang Kawayan. She fell in love with Magiting/ Walang Gulat.
Was called 'Lily by the River'
Magiting/ Walang Gulat : son of the Chief of Pasigan. Was already
engaged to Lakambini but fell in love with Sinag-tala.
Lakambini : antagonist of the story. Became jealous of Sinag-tala
and accused her taking pearls.
Pirang Kawayan : father of Sinag-tala. Chief of Maynila.

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Summary
OF THE STORY MAGINDANAO PEARLS
When Sinag-tala was 2 and a half, her grandma came and
placed a fresh lily in one of her hands and a small, pale
pearl on the other. She said the Sinag-tala was to grow as
soft and delicate as a lily and she will own priceless pearls
taken from oysters from the blue seas of Maguindanao.
After 14 years, she was called by Lakambini to make
baskets for the mother of Walang Gulat. So she went to the
riverside to get some bamban reeds and young bamboo
joints. While doing this, she met Magiting.
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They talked for a while but they didn’t know that some people were
watching them. These people said what they saw to Lakambini and
she became furious. She then told Sinag-tala that she did not need the
baskets anymore and ended up hiding the pearls in one of the
baskets. So Sinag-tala was accused of stealing the pearls. Sinag-tala
was then put into trials. Magiting, because he loved her, tried to make
her free by “donating” some jewels to the village in place of the pearls.
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The Judges did not accept this. Sinag-tala
was then placed into the boiling water ordeal
wherein she had to dip her hands in boiling
water and get one stone at the bottom and if
her hands showed no signs of being burned,
she was innocent. Sinag-tala was about to
this when Pirang Kawayan stood. Lakambini
knew that he was going to do something bad
but as she screamed, Pirang Kawayan
stabbed his own daughter.
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Lakambini then admitted that she was the one who hid the
pearls and that Sinag-tala was innocent. But it was too late for
Sinag-tala was already dying.

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 Conclusion
The story Maguindanao Pearls teaches its readers valuable lessons.
This story is about how love can change everything in your life. This
story also states how powerful love is to one person. Sometimes, love is
so blind that we get carried away with our emotions. As they say, “Love
conquers everything” but love can also be a threat to other people. In
every story, jealousy and rivalry between two characters will soon take
place to spice up the story.I think that Lakambini is doing fine in
fighting for her love, but if goes beyond the limit from “fighting fair”
and "fighting until she get what she wants",is that it’s not being realistic
of what is happening around her. But even through this all, she still did
the right thing about fighting for her love, but it would be better if she
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