WHAT MAKES LIFE A

100%?
 IF

AB C DE FG H I J K LM N O PQ R STUVWXYZ
is equal to

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26
 ATTI TU D E

A+T+T+ I+T+U+ D +E

1+20+20+9++20+21+4+5 = 100%
IT IS OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE
AND WORK THAT MAKES OUR LIFE A
100%!
 S:
C T HINILAWOD
FA
Hinilawod is an epic
 poem orally transmitted
 from early inhabitants of
a place called Sulod in
Central Panay, 
Philippines.. 
 It recounts the tales of the people who
inhabit the mountains through which the
Halawod River passes, namely the Sulod. It
depicts the culture of the Sulod people including
their sacred rites and healing rituals.
 The epic must have been commonly known to the
Visayans of Panay before the conquest, since its main
protagonists, like Labaw Donggon, were noted in the
accounts of the Islanders' beliefs and recorded by early
Spanish colonizers.
 One of these Westerners' accounts says that the
adventures of this ancient hero of Panay were recalled
during weddings and in songs. It was noted that there
were still native Mondos of Dingle, Iloilo who
worshipped Labaw Donggon even until the last years of
the Spanish rule in the Philippines.
These worshippers would stealthily enter a certain
cave in Dingle in the evening of a certain day of the year,
in order to render homage and to offer chickens, doves,
rice, bananas, and pigs to the ancient Visayan god.
 HINILAWOD is a 29,000-verse epic that
takes about three days to chant in its original
form, making it one of the longest epics
known, alongside that of Tibet's Epic of King
Gesar. Hinilawod is one of the many pieces
of oral literature passed from one generation to
the next, changed and morphed by the chanter
to one degree or another as he told it to his
audience.
 Hinilawod is not just a literary piece but
also a source of information about
culture, religion and rituals of the
ancient people of Sulod; showing us that
ancient Filipinos believed in the "sacred,"
in the importance of family honor and in
personal courage and dignity.
 Hinilawod was first discovered
"by accident" in 1955, when
Filipino anthropologist F. Landa
Jocano became interested in
native folklore.
 He travelled the hinterlands of his home
island of Panay with two colleagues
collecting folk songs, stories, and riddles. It
was during one of those trips to the upland
barrios of Lambunao, Maasin, Janiuay, and
Calinog in Iloilo that his attention was
called to a long and popular tale called
Hinilawod. Portions of the story were sung
to him and his colleague by an old man
called Ulang Udig.
 Returning the following year with a
radio technician from 
Central Philippine University, he then
recorded a portion of the story on tape in
1956. However, when he returned, in
1957 to make a recording of the complete
story, Ulang Udig could only recount the
Epic of Labaw Donggon; he could no
longer recount the much larger Epic of
Humadapnon. 
 Weeks later, Ulang Udig introduced
Jocano to his aunt, an old babaylan named
Udungan. However, the old babaylan
could only chant little portions of the
Humadapnon Epic. Jocano was then
introduced to Udungan's niece, mountain
singer named Hugan-an, who, after much
cajoling, allowed herself to be taped
recounting both her story and the
Hinilawod. It took three weeks to
complete the recording of the 30-hour epic
poem.
 A concise version of the
story of Hinilawod can be
found in the book Philippine
Mythology authored by
Jocano.
 FOR GROUP WORK:
DISCUSS, ANSWER & PRESENT.
1. Describe Labaw Donggon.
2. How did the main characters manage to solve
the conflict. Identify each characters.
3. Point out the Filipino values displayed by the
characters.
4. What tradition and culture are shown by the
characters in the epic?
5. Give existing Ilonggo beliefs and practices
that are in the story.
 FOR ROLE PLAYING:
1. The priest performing the rites to good health for
Alunsina’s triplets.
2. Labaw Donggon challenging Saragnayan to a
duel which led to the former’s defeat and
imprisonment.
3. Humadapnon’s wreaking revenge on Saragnayan
because of his former’s defeat and imprisonment
4. Buyong Matanayon saving Humadapnon from
seductive Pinganun.
5. Datu Umbaw challenging men to remove the
mountain boulders from the village in exchange
for his daughter’s hand in marriage and how
Humadapnon won the challenge.
 FOR GROUP WORK:
LIST down all the
characters (major &
minor) in the story and
give their respective
attributes.