WEDDING DANCE

BY: AMADOR DAGUIO

Amador Taguinod
Daguio

- Born on January 8, 1912 at Laog , Ilocos Norte

- Finished his Bachelors Degree in Philosophy
at UP and complete his Master of Arts in
English as government scholar at Stanford
University.
- Married to Estela Fermin.
- Filipino poet and short story writer
- Author of Wedding Dance and Man of Earth

Summary

Awiyao and Lumnay are husband and wife

but need to separate because Lumnay was
not able to give him a child, thats why
Awiyao marry another girl and that was
Madulimay. On the night of the wedding ,
Awiyao goes to his and Lumnays house to
personally invite her to the wedding dance
and also asked for forgiveness of what
happened to their marriage. Then,in their
conversation they came to know how they
love each other but they need to separate
because of their tribes custom and
tradition .


Long time ago

SETTINGS

In a tribe in
which it is
mountainous
and surrounded
by rice fields

CHARACTERS

Madulimay

Amiyaos new
wife

Awiyao

Lumnay

- Lumnays husband
but choose to left her
because they cant
have a child and
marries Madulimay
and hopes that
through marrying her
they can have a child.

- Awiyaos first
wife but her
husband left her
because they
cant have a
child.

PLOT

Introduction
Awiyao enters to their
house and asked for
forgiveness to Lumnay.

Rising Action
Awiyao told
Lumnay to search
for another man.

Climax
Lumnay doesnt want another man.
And she wants to complain to the
elders of their tribe not to follow
their custom and tradition.

Falling Action
Awiyao return to the
wedding ceremony and left
Lumnay at their house.


Denoument /
Resolution
Lumnay cant hold the pain so
she run to the fields.

CONFLICT

MAN

SOCIETY
VS


Point of View
Third Person

THEME

LOVE
TRUE LOVE

SYMBOLISM

Love of Awiyao
to Lumnay


QUIZ

1. What is the full name of the author of the

Wedding Dance? (include the middle name)
2. Man vs. Society is the conflict, in the story
society is referring to what?

3. -5 Enumerate the characters of the story.

6. Wedding Dance and ____________ have the
same author.
7-10. Modified True or False
7. Awiyao follow the custom and tradition of
their tribe.
8. Awiyao and Lumnay complain to the custom
and tradition of their tribe.
9. Awiyao told Lumnay that if he cant have a
child to Madulimay they will be together
again.
10. Why true love is the theme of the story?