TUWAANG ATTENDS A WEDDING

(E Arsenio Manuel; Saddani Pagayaw)

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 TUWAANG ATTENDS A WEDDING
(E Arsenio Manuel; Saddani Pagayaw)

CHARACTERS:

 Tuwaang - protagonist in the story

Maiden of Monawon - bride of the young man of Sakadna
Gungutar - a bird who has the power to transform itself into a fowl which
 Tuwaang decides to bring.
Young Man of Panayangan - a gallant
Young Man of Linawon - a gallant
Young Man of the Rising Sun - a gallant
Young Man of Sakadna - groom of maiden of Monawon who fought
 Tuwaang
Aunt - aunt of Tuwaang

 Tuwaang received a message of invitation from the wind saying that he

should attend the long waited wedding of the Dalaga ng Monawon.His aunt
warned him not to go but he insisted. Tuwaang just shrugged his shoulder and
prepared to attend the grand wedding. He wore the clothes the goddesses
made for him. He got the heart-shaped basket that could make the lightning
move.
He took along with him his sharp spear and shield and the long knife.

He rode in the lightning and he soon reached the beautiful boundless plain of
Kawkawangan. There, he found a Gungutan, a bright colored bird that could
talk. The bird wanted to go with him to the grand wedding so he took it along
with him. When they reached the town of Monawon, they were politely let into
the hall where the wedding would take place. The guests started coming one by
one.

First to come was the young Binata ng Panayangan, then the charming Binata
ng Sumisikat na Araw. Last to come was the groom, the Binata ng Sakadna
who was with his one hundred well trained men. As soon as he arrived, the
groom ordered all his men to drive away the guests who should not be there or
those uninvited guests. Insulted, Tuwaang told the groom that they, the guests
were all pulang dahon, which meant heroes.

In short time, the ceremony started with the guests being offered several
precious things that they should top with what they had. Two were left for the
groom but the Binata ng Sakadna admitted that he didn’t have a gold flute and
a gold guitar to top what were left. Tuwaang came to the quick rescue. With
his mysterious breath, he produced a gold flute, guitar and gong.
 The beautiful bride came out of her room and started offering a bowl containing
nganga to every guest. Then she sat beside Tuwaang that put the groom in a
very embarrassing situation. The groom felt insulted and degraded. He went
out the hall and challenged Tuwaang to a fight.Tuwaang accepted the challenge
but the bride held him and combed his hair dearly. Tuwaang stared at the
bride and saw her feelings for him.

‘Be careful out there. The bride warned him. He does not know how to fight
fairly.’ 
 Tuwaang held the bride and kissed her. ‘For you my lady, I will be careful’
said he who went outside the hall to start the fight.Tuwaang and the Gungutan
fought the Binata and Sakadna and his hundred men. They fought with each
other and after a short time, Tuwaang and the Gungutan defeated 94 men.
 They easily defeated the six remaining men and after a while, only Tuwaang
and the Binata ng Sikadna were left.

 The groom threw a big boulder on Tuwaang but it became dust even before it
hit Tuwaang. An earthquake happened because of the bloody fight. All the
trees were uprooted. The groom took Tuwaang ang threw him at the ground
until
 Tuwaang reached Hades. In Hades Tuwaang saw Tuhawa, the god of Hades.
 Tuhawa told him that the groom’s life is in the golden flute. Tuwaang rose from
the ground then he got hold of the golden flute and broke it.

After that, he kissed and hugged the bride. And because of his triumph, the
Dalaga of Monawon accepted Tuwaang’s invitation for their own wedding. They
went to Kuaman and lived happily ever after.
 SETTING:

Place - a wedding ceremony of the Young Man of Sakadna and his bride,
Maiden of Monawon
Social Conditions - Tuwaang, a God with the power of lightning
Mood - The story was in a festive mood that turned into an exciting duel
of the groom and Tuwaang.

PLOT:
Exposition - Tuwaang informed his aunt that he will be attending a
wedding which was brought by the wind. While on his way he met a gungutan
bird with a dagger like spur. Upon arriving at Monawon he sits on a golden
stool then came the young Man of Panayangan with the other gallants and the
groom, the Young Man of Sakadna and the bride which was staying inside a
room.

Rising Action - Tuwaang breath magic to produce ancient gong, golden

flute and guitar. The bride decided to sit beside Tuwaang. Young man of Sakadna
challenges Tuwaang to fight.

Climax - Tuwaang was fighting against the groom while the gungutan
bird had also been fighting against the groom’s men until here were only six
gallants remain.
Falling Action - Young man of Sakadna thrusts Tuwaang into the earth and
sinks into the underworld. Tuwaha the god of the underworld tells him the secret to
defeating his foe. Summoning the golden flute where the Young Man of Sakadna’s
life is being kept.

Resolution - Tuwaang used the golden flute to defeat the Young Man of
Sakadna. Then he takes the bride to his home Kaman accompanied by the
gungutan bird where he ruled forever.

CONFLICT:

When the bride decides to sit beside Tuwaang, the groom blushes away.
He is shamed. He decides to fight Tuwaang. Tuwaang is thrown agains a
boulder, which turns into dust. Tuwaang gets hold of his foe, throws him
down so hard hat he sinks into the underworld. The kind of conflict shown is
Man Vs Man which is under External Conflict
THEME:

 Jealousy is the theme because according to the story Tuwaang was

called to attend the wedding but he was chosen to be the groom instead of the
young man of Sakadna. The inability of the groom to produce the dowry left
him embarrassed but Tuwaang decided to save the groom from embarrassment
so he produced it but instead of being thankful. The groom challenged
Tuwaang into a duel and Tuwaang emerges as the winner. Instead of the real
groom. Towering was closed to be the groom. The story is all about jealousy
and love.

LESSON LEARNED:
 The moral lesson of the story of Tuwaang attends a wedding is that at
times it is stupidity to fall in love. -When Tuwaang and the groom get fight and
 Tuwaang ends up marrying the bride.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Manuel was born in Santo Domingo, Nueva Ecija to a Filipino-

American War veteran. He earned his Ll.B. at the University of Manila in
1935, his M.A. at the  University of the Philippines in 1954, and his Ph.D. at
the University of Chicago in 1969. His numerous awards include the 1989
CCP Gawad Para sa Sining, the 1991 National Social Scientist Award, and the
2000 Dangal Alab ng Haraya Award by the National Commission for Culture
and Arts for a lifetime achievement in cultural research.
His more-than-half-a-century work in anthropology includes research and
documentation of the Manuvu community in Mindanao and the discovery and
publication of three ethnoepics from three ethnic groups: the Manuvu,
the Matigsalug,  and the Ilianon.  He also studied Bagobo folklore and made a
survey of Philippine folk epics. His work greatly enriched Philippine
anthropology, history, literature, and linguistics.