THE WEDDING DANCE
by: Amador Daguio
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BACKGROUND OF THE STORY
BACKGROUND OF THE STORY
Have you ever asked yourself after reading the story where did the author gets the title?
Well as we all know Igorots have other traditions in way of weddings. Maybe it has little similarity to us but they are different. After the wedding ceremony and vows, in the night the couple dances together with other people in their community. The dance performed is not like our tradition where a couple dances sweetly to a love song because in them it's like a dance with ritual they use their traditional instruments and creates a sound. It is related to the story as it was titled "The wedding dance" because the story pertains to a man who wants to marry again that in his wedding night he dances with his new wife, then suggested to his first wife to dance also in the crowd to find another man to be with.
CHARACTERS IN THE STORY
Lumnay
Lumnay
Lumnay is a good and loving wife. A perfect woman in outward and inward appearance.
Awiyao
Awiyao
Awiyao is a good and loving husband. He craves for a child to continue his legacy in the tribe.
Madulimay
Madulimay
Madulimay is the second wife of awiyao.She is younger than the two and the one who gives hope for Awiyao to get his desired child.
SETTING
SETTING
The story happens in a mountain where igorot lives. There is no specific place but it might happened in Baguio Philippines because a large population of Igorots live there or maybe in Ilocos Norte because the author lives there.
AUTHOR
AUTHOR
The author is Amador Daguio. He was a Filipino writer and poet during pre-World War II. He was a Republic Cultural Heritage Awardee for his works. In “The Wedding Dance”, he draws upon the culture of his ancestors to explore Filipino traditions along with the universal themes of love, suffering, and societal expectations.
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