Legend of Lumawig
Legend of Lumawig
Legend of Lumawig
The sun and the clouds asked him why he was observing the village.
Lumawig reported ``I want to marry of those places”.the sun said take
my spear and precious shell belt for the woman you want to marry”.
He observed that the people‘s method cutting their hairs and their
dressing are not correct /wrong so he left the place, fr. Mount Pulay he
went to Payag-ew found that the people there had faulty haircuts too.
Seeing Lumawig enter the house of sumara said ``this is the man who
should marry my daughter sumar observed that Lumawig a perfined
man according to sadanga tradition,a visitor is supposed to be refined if
he asks for water as soon as he enters a house .
As the time for the canao neared, Lumawig took his wife Fucan to
Engan, a village below Kalinga proper, as he didn’t want to hear
criticisms from his brother in law .Later he called upon all people of
Kalinga to assemble for the canao. The peoples were surprised to see
Lumawig ‘s house was empty . There were no pigs to butchered, no rice
to be cooked. Still Lumawig ordered fires to built aand the couldrons for
the rice prepared.then the cauldrons were miraculously filled with rice.
There were also some of the meat. Ther being no pigs in sight ,the
people began to wonder. So Lumawig faced mount Everest and called
for the pigs to comedown . instead of pigs,a herd of deerscame running
to were lumawig stood calling.he sent the deers back and called again .
this time droves of pigs, came racing down from the mountain .as
there many pigs,chickens,lumawig ordered the people to catch one pig
each was able to catch one save his brother-in-law wh had scorned him.
Fukhan asks her brothers were not able their share of the pigs. To
which Lumawig replied, ``Let them catch the pigs if they can”.i have
instructed the pigs to escape from your brothers were not because they
have scorned me ``However, upon finding ths brothers-in-law tired, he
let them catch a pig each.
After the very lively wedding feast,Lumawig taught the people how to
make rice paddies,how to fish and hunt ,and many many more. And live
happy ever afer.