Food and Work

1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5

The rest root of all this trouble might go back to the very beginning of mankind.

1. Magkunkuno ti ambon

2. Ka ud aw magkabayong

3. Ud yi may kayo kumon

4. Ud may suro may puon

5. Kan Eba halamanon

6. Kan Adan karan-unon

7. Tunda nakan di siyon

8. Banta may pagdaw-ayon

9. Sa bukid sa ratagnon

10. Sa baribi sa bangon

11. Sa mangyan sa damuong

12. Bukon yi haligaynon

13. Palungpungan kamagong

14. Rinaw yi ti magbaylong

15. Tig pagmatadong talon

Says Ambon to anyone:

Are you not sad too, like me?

Where is still that precious tree?

Even trunk and branch are gone

from the paradise of Eve,

the food supply of Adam.

The real person it was there:

maybe to be visited

by the Bukid, Ratagnon,

by the Baribi, Bangon,

the Mangyan and Damuong

It is not a fairy tale!

Palungpong and Kamagong

were among the ones that grew

in the woods so fine and strong

Introduction to Ambahan
Origin of Ambahan
Ambahan and Its Uses
Birth and Infancy
Childhood
Adolescence
Courtship
Home
Problems
Sickness
Food and work
Traveling
Hospitality and Friendship
Marriage
Old Age
Death


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