Prepared by: Labesores, Jhony M. BSED-MAPE II

a narrative songs that use traditional melodies written in a style that entails the traditional culture of

Filipinos It is a tale song typically about a community of people

of a certain culture or region, which uses customary tune to depict on the people’s outlook and life.

Folk Songs

a form of folk lyric which expresses the people’s hopes, aspirations, and lifestyles

one of the oldest forms of Philippine literature that emerged in the pre-Spanish period. These songs mirrored the early forms of culture. Many of these have 12 syllables.

serves as celebration of their way of life and cultural practicessung with theme such as love, happiness, bliss, melancholy,

misery, uncertainty, trust and distress.

Folk Songs

kundiman – melancholic love songkumintang – war songDalit o Imno- Song of the God of the

VisayansUyayi o hele – lullabyharana – serenadetagay – drinking songmambayu – Kalinga rice-pounding songSubli o diona – dance-ritual song of courtship

/marriageTagulaylay o dungaw- songs of the dead

Kinds of Folk songs:

Leron Leron Sinta (Traditional folk song)

Famous Philippine folk songs:

Ako’y ibigin mo,lalaking matapang

Ang sundang ko’y pito,ang baril ko’y siyam.Ang lalakarin ko’yparte ng dinulang.

Isang pinggang pansit,ang aking kalaban!

Leron, leron sintabuto ng papaya

dala-dala’y buslosisidlan ng bungapagdating sa dulonabali ang sangakapos kapalaranhumanap ng iba!

Leron Leron Sinta (English version by Roberto Verzola)

Famous Philippine folk songs:

I offer you my love,my courage suits you

fine.I’ve got me seven

knives,I’m keeping nine more

guns.A journey, I will make

to distant parts beyond.A plate of noodles isthe foe I will engage!

Leron, leron my love,papaya seeds above.

He took a bamboo boxto keep the fruits he’d

get.Then as he neared the

top,the entire branch broke

up.“It’s not my lucky day;I’ll find another way!”

Si Pilemon (Visayan Folk song)

Famous Philippine folk songs:

Philemon, Philemon went to sea to catch

some fishHe was able to get, to

get only a small mudskipper.

He sold it, sold it at a dilapidated market

For it he got nothing much, nothing much

Just enough to buy tuba.

Si Pilemon, si Pilemon namasol sa kadagatan.

Nakakuha, nakakuha og isdang tambasakan.

Gibaligya, gibaligya sa merkadong guba—

Ang halin pulos kura, ang halin pulos kura,Igo lang ipanuba.

Si Pilemon

(English Translation)

Pamulinawen

(Ilocano Folk Song)

Famous Philippine folk songs:

Issemmo diak kalipatanTa nasudi unay a nagan,Ta uray sadin ti ayan,Disso sadino man,{Aw-awagak a di agsardayTa naganmo nga kasam-itan}No malagipka, pusok ti mabang-aran

PamulinawenPusok indengam manToy umas-asugAgrayo ita sadiam.Panunotem manDika pagintutulnganToy agayat, agrayo ita sadiam.

Famous Philippine folk songs:Pamulinawen

(English Translation)

Please do not be upset,That was just a joke

It won’t happen again,Have faith, my Darling.

If you are still angry,Punish me completelyAnd you will expect

That I won’t feel bad.

made up of stories about life, adventure, love, horror and humor where one can derive lessons about life.

stories that grew out of the lives and imaginations of the people, or folk. They have always been children’s favorite type of folk literature.

classified as myths, legends, fables, and fantastic stories

Animal tales- perhaps the oldest of all folktales- short tales generally involving animals which convey a message or virtue. The usual form is the comparison between two animals to emphasize the moral.

Examples :

Kinds of Folktales

Wonder tales (also known as fairy tales)

- the best known of the traditional folktales

- They are stories of supernatural wonders typically depicting the conflict between good and evil.

Examples:

Kinds of Folktales

Cumulative tales

- the ones in which successive additions are made to a repetitive plot line.

- they are generally very simple in plot and brief, for with each addition, the entire sequence is repeated..

Examples:

Kinds of Folktales

 Pourquoi tales - (“pourquoi” means “why” in French) seeks to explain natural phenomena. They provide primitive explanations for the many “why” questions early humans asked.

Examples:

Kinds of Folktales

Noodlehead tales (Numskull tales) -  light-hearted tales about silly people doing silly

things. These tales are popular because of their pure nonsense and jocularity, and sometimes we enjoy the triumph of the good-hearted simpleton over the craftier evil characters of the story.

Examples:

Kinds of Folktales

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