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‘Kambog ed Kapokokan’ bolsters Binmaley’s rich culture

January 29, 2012 at 10:20 pm Leave a comment


By April M. Montes

A fishing tournament the “Binmaley way” deemed as the ‘Kambog ed Kapokokan’ is up as one of the most anticipated event in this year’s Sigay Festival.
In Pangasinan language, the word ‘kambog’ means the act of catching fish in a drained pond termed as ‘pokok’ by locals. The ‘kambogan’ is usually done in various places in the town due to the fact that there exist a number of fishponds here. Thus, it best explains why Binmaley is known for its aquaculture industry urging it to launch the said fest which is now in its second year.

In this year’s celebration, the committee came up with the idea to include the said activity in their list. According to Edgar Ocampo, market supervisor and in-charge of the said affair, the ‘Kambog ed Kapokokan’ perfectly depicts the rich custom of the Binmaleyans and promotes the indigenous endeavor the town holds.

The requirements and the mechanics for a smooth flow of the ‘kambogan’ slated on January 29 are already prepared. It will be held at 7:00 a.m.on the pond situated near the Bangsal Lechon and Seafood Restaurant in Nansangaan. It is open to all bona fide residents of Binmaley ages 16 years old and above. So contestants must secure residency from their barangay captains. Only two residents from each barangay are permitted to participate in the said competition.

The game will be facilitated by the Disaster Emergency Rescue Team (DERT) and would run in this manner, marine products such as crabs and milkfish will be released in a drained pond. Crabs vary in sizes: 5 big, 10 medium, and 20 small. Each size has a corresponding cash prize. The big ones are worth P500 each, medium for P250, and small for P150. Along with these crabs are 20 milkfishes which are priced at P100 per piece. The crabs and milkfish will be marked by the committee to assure that these were really the products discharged by the facilitators.

As the facilitators declare the “GO” signal, all contestants will lunge on the pond and try their greatest effort to catch the marine products to win a prize. They are only given one hour to gather as much crabs and milkfish as they can. They are not allowed to use any fishing gear like ‘tabal’ (fish net) and ‘talakeb’ (called ‘salakab’ in Tagalog ), a cylindrical fishing device made of bamboo which is open on both ends – one end to trap the fish and the other end to get the trapped fish inside.

This is where the thrill touches down since contestants are compelled to use their bare hands in catching the marine products. This is considered as the “Binmaley way” of fish gathering as mentioned earlier. It sounds messy but indeed insinuates excitement and scores an amalgam of emotions on the part of the spectators. From a simple practice held in most barangays, it now incessantly reflect the rich culture of the town that Binmaleyans will treasure from today and for generations to come. (AMM/ PIA-Pangasinan)

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Maria Clara Suite

"Los Bailes de Ayer"

During the Spanish period, Western European ways of life spread throughout the Islands. Along with them came European dances such as the waltz, fandango, mazurka, polka, and the jota. The Filipinos welcomed these dances and, by adding native flare and style, made them their own. Named in the honor of the heroine in Dr. Jose Rizal's novel, Noli me Tangere, the Maria Clara Suite captures the elegance and charm of the mestiza Filipina as well as the gallantry and boldness of the mestizo Filipino. Courtship, love, and flirtation are all evident in this suite of romantic dances.



Imunan
(San Jacinto, Pangasinan) Imunan, a courtship dance, means jealousy. The dance depicts a love triangle; two girls and one boy. In this dance, the boy tries to please the girls who are trying their best to get his attention and favor. The boy shows an admirable attempt to please both girls by paying attention, flirting, and dancing with them, one after the other. The attempt is successful and at the end of the dance, all is sweetness and harmony among the three dancers.



La Simpatika*
(Pangasinan) Simpatika means demure, charming, and lovable; qualities of a senorita deeply in love. The flavor and context of La Simpatika centers on love exploits of gentlemen suitors who are after the love of their life. In the Philippines where moral rules are strict and binding, society calls for the ladies to be impeccably demure and gentlemen to be prim and proper.

Mariposa
(Libsong, Pangasinan) Mariposa is Spanish for butterfly. The males in the dance are the butterflies and the females are flowers. This dance depicts a butterfly flirting from one flower to another. When he makes his way back to his favorite flower, he is disliked and snubbed for his infidelity. The butterfly is sad and learns the lesson not to make love to many girls. The girl pities him and later accepts his pleas so that in the end, the two are happy once again.



Pampilpelalecan
(Pangasinan) Pampilpelalecan means "to gently touch the palms." At the turn of the century, special dance gatherings meant to entertain out of town guests brought people together; an opportunity taken by love-struck gentlemen to look around for future partners. Though repressed by moral norms, ladies managed to throw meaningful glances at men, a message that drew each closer to each other. At last, when they stood face to face with hands barely touching, courtship was its most passionate. The amorous touch that may last even a moment is what Pampilpelalecan is all about; the pining and longing for a loved one.

Valse Vieja
(Pangasinan) In Pangasinan, Valse Vieja, performed during stately gatherings and fiestas by the upper class of old Pangasinan may still be the waltziest of all Pangasinan dances. The European waltz is interpreted with the "kewet," a hand movement particular to the province of Pangasinan.

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REP. CASIÑO ENJOYS PANGASINAN’S TRANSFORMATION–Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casiño (left), accompanied by Provincial Administrator Rafael F. Baraan (center) and Provincial Sports Consultant Modesto Operania, appreciates the major transformations in Pangasinan that include the rehabilitation of the 14 government-owned hospitals, the Capitol Complex buildings, agri-stations and the river tributaries, all showcased in a photo exhibit mounted at the Pangasinan Training and Development Center in Lingayen, during his visit to the province last January 24. (PIO Photo by Bob Sison)

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Binmaley, Pangasinan

Originally Posted by lightz

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balitok na tolong o santa barbara



Balitok na Tolong o Santa Barbara
pangikinon ed si Don Daniel Maramba
(say malayug ya pangilugay ed sika
pinablin bayani na baley min aya)

limeng yo pa O balon kailalakan
dia’d pugaro ed dapit-letakan
wadia so palbayani tayon inggendan
insipan la ed akualan to nen Adan

sinmulming dia’d pinabpabli tayon baley
nen asagmak iya’d dayon impangoley
aman ‘ma’y panao’y maoges ya miskey
so linmagnap ed luyag tayon abagey

magter so dala’y anakbanuan abangon
nen kanepegan lan bawie'y balangon
inmusbong so sakey a filibustiron
somlang ed saray sankailin adayon

impanengneng to so maasnan ugali
ed agto inyangob ed lima na prayli:
akin et ontewek ak ed sayan lasi?
say alenleneg tin bagui karyan to ni!

balet ontan la so imis ton inala
so lima na praylin amta ton maruksa
akipasamanon andi’y pililikna
sengeg met la na impakapangaw tonia
nen say kawayangan et agamoran to
linman akimoyong ed si Aguinaldo
angolo na liman lasus ya sundalo
akibakal ed gilig na ilog Agno

dakel ma’y atiguay ed bakal ya aman
inlugay to so laylay na Katipunan
angga’d baley na Mangaldan tan Dagupan
inkorit ed dala ra’y bilay-awaran

tan angalompana so dengel na ngaran
dia’d apatiran sokung na Pangasinan
sinayon ya inter to so kagalangan
ed luyag - laut la’d baley a nianakan

lingayen yo pan wala ni’d kalangweran
say kalar na Ama’y Baley ag lingwanan
impangaro to’d saray kailalakan
nen panao’y bakal ya angga ni’d natan

kamaongan so nagnap ton intanggoyor
tan pilalek na karaklan so tinoor
angga’d nen inyorong to lan gobernador
irap na bilay wala’d linawan sipor

saray taytay tan inispalto ‘ran dalan
say kapitolion pilatek tayo natan
saraya et lapu ed sagput na ama’n
agto insiblet so bilay to’d karaklan

tinoor to so sakey a pangoliran:
agto tinepet no anto’y nagawaan
na luyag para ed sikato bang ingen
no anto’y nagawaan to’d kaluyagan

gali! galikayo dia’d Santa Barbara
baley na palbayanin Daniel Maramba
tan say kailalakan na masurin Asna
nanlapu’d boleg nen binari Urduja!

http://www.dalityapi.com/2010/06/bal...a-barbara.html

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Originally Posted by saintm

Valse Vieja
(Pangasinan) In Pangasinan, Valse Vieja, performed during stately gatherings and fiestas by the upper class of old Pangasinan may still be the waltziest of all Pangasinan dances. The European waltz is interpreted with the "kewet," a hand movement particular to the province of Pangasinan.

http://www.hiyas.org/mariaclara.html

Valse Vieja


Indeed, both of these dances were danzas of the Pangasinense elite. The movements were different from many traditional filipino folk dances, and visually the costumes worn were definitely Upper Class.

The vid below is quite lengthy, the actual dance begins at 03:05. Notice the men do not wear the traditional barong tagalog, instead they wear Tuxedoes.

Lanceros de Lingayen

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Dagupan City (1947) historic images

Top Left photo: FACADE OF THE CITY HALL in 1947. Notice the steel mats used for fence. During WW II the American Army constructed instant landing strips for their warplanes using steel mats that were laid side by side in a matter of hours. After the war, these were sold as "surplus junks" together with thousands of 4-wheel vehicles for rough terrain made by Jeep which later became the ubiquitous (and often nasty) Pinoy Jipneys.

Top Right Photo: THE SUNDAY AFTER THE INAUGURATION shows devotees streaming out of the "renovated" St. John Cathedral which, together with the convent adjacent to it, were bombed out during World War II. That war had ended two years earlier when this photo was taken by my father.

Bottom Left photo: MAYOR FERNANDEZ poses for this historic souvenir photo taken by my father Marcial S. Valenzuela (who was a Pangasinense from Mangatarem town). He was sent by The Manila Times to cover the event. My father was one of the very first photojournalists of the Philippines who started taking historic photos in our country and abroad in 1927 at age 19.

Bottom Right photo: FERNANDEZ signs what could have been the first official documents of the new city. A copy of the souvenir program rests on top of the table to his left.

No reproduction without permission.

© Valenzuela Images


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Bagong gawang museo sa Binmaley, Pangasinan, patok na pasyalan
Date posted: Feb 11, 2012

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Lingayen Airfield

Location
Located at the town of Lingayen, parallel to the beach running roughly east to west along Lingayen Gulf. Also known as 'Lingayen Aerodrome' or 'Lingayen Field'.

Construction
This airfield was built prior to the war by the Americans (possibly Philippine Army). The field was used as a landing field by US pilots flying familiarization flights in North Luzon. A Philippine Army contingent (most likely the troops of the 21st Division, Phil Army) was also stationed in the area. When the Japanese struck Clark and Iba on December 8, 1941, some of the USAAC pilots landed their P-40s at Rosales Airfield and Lingayen Airfield.

Japanese Usage
Occupied by the Japanese when they landed at Lingayen Gulf in December 1941. Extensively used by the Japanese in 1944 for both Army and Navy aircraft, flying from the Formosa and Japan, when the threat against the Philippines by American forces approached.

Japanese Units Based at Lingayen
98th Sentai (Ki-67 Peggy)

American Usage
After the American landing at Lingayen Gulf on January 9, 1945, this area was liberated on the first day. Liberating American forces did locate several wrecked planes at the airfield including the wreckage of Ki-67 Peggy and G4M2 Betty 12142.

The airfield was repaired and improved, including a portion on the beach built by the 836th Engineer Aviation Battalion, and Filipino labor, using 'sawali' (woven palm fronds) with marston matting over top to form the surface of the runway, to keep the sand down. The repairs were completed in late February 1945 and it was immediately put into use by fighter and tactical reconnaissance squadrons, and was capable of handling B-25 and larger aircraft. Used as an emergency field for damaged aircraft returning from strikes against Formosa that were damaged or too short on fuel to reach Clark Field.

Also known as APO 70. During July 1945 the control tower was code named "Goatee Tower"

Japanese Air Raids
January 29, 1945 a solitary plane dropped four bombs onto the runway.

Ken Barber adds:
"The Filipino matting was called 'sawali' (woven material used for houses) and was made of woven fine split bamboo. The 38th BG was not at Lingayen but rather at nearby MANGALDAN air field, a much bigger facility I believe. My friend Harry Terrell was with the 38th and flew missions from Mangaldan."

Travis Smith, 41st FS P-51 pilot remembers:
"We were stationed briefly at Lingayan, but because of trouble flying the Mustangs off that strip because the matting and our tail wheels. We ended up at Clark Field, swapping sites with a P-38 outfit. They defiantly got the worst of the deal."

Today
The Lingayen Capital Compound and memorial is located behind the airstrip. The present runway uses part of the original wartime runway but can only accommodate light to medium aircraft. Airport code: RPUG.

Tony Feredo visited in 2004:
"The Lingayen Field was shortened after the war. Its original length covered the grounds of the Lingayen provincial capital and its revetments were near the road that you see now. You have to drive further down the road near the Philippine National Police HQ. You can't miss it as I even walked in the airstrip itself. The length reach part of the capitol. I have photos of Privateers and B-24s taking off from Lingayen as well."

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/airfiel...yen/index.html

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Pangasinan experimental documentary film LAWAS KAN PINABLI, screening at the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ BACOLLYWOOD: CINEMAREHIYON 4 on February 11, 2012 Saturday 10AM at Robinsons Bacolod MovieWorld Cinema 6, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. Admission is Free. Watch trailer at http://vimeo.com/31755415

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DAGUPAN NOSTALGIA: Pangasinan Gov. Agbayani, Vice Gov. Sison, Dr. Blas F. Rayos Sr. (Founder of UPang) and other officials at the University of Pangasinan.

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Faith healers traced to long lost civilization

Jaime T. Licauco, a parapsychologist, claims that the province of Pangasinan and the central Luzon area were once the center of a fabled land called Lemuria.

The Lemurians were believed to have had highly developed spirituality and telepathic powers. “This might explain why there are so many psychics and faith healers in the region,” he says. “The Filipinos’ spirituality and their strong telepathy are a remnant of our Lemurian ancestry.”

Licauco, the author of books The Truth Behind Faith Healing in the Philippines and Jun Labo: A Philippine Healing Phenomenon, has been studying the subject since the 1970s.

“The faith healers in Pangasinan are still actively but silently practicing their craft,” he says, “healing people without medicines and even operating on patients with bare hands, which amazes me.”

He believes that “the spread of Christianity has not curtailed their activities. In fact it has even absorbed some of them, as is evident in fiesta celebrations and religious rites in towns and cities now.”

He has volunteered to take part in an ongoing project to rewrite Pangasinan history, to ensure that historical accounts of faith healing and paranormal activities are not overlooked.

“Although there is no historical or physical evidence of the existence of Lemuria, it remains a fascinating legend, like Atlantis,” he says.

“Atlantis supposedly occupied almost half the known world at that time, including huge tracts of land surrounding the Pacific Ocean.”

By the same token, in one of his writings, Licauco contends that the whole of Asia was at one time part of Lemuria.

Licauco, a former Catholic catechist, says the Pope believes in what his group is doing and the Church subtly recognizes paranormal science and parapsychology, although he does not deny that Western medicine does not acknowledge the validity of faith healing.

From ucanews.com

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1st Pangasinan Literary Awards

MIS 02.15.2012
The Pangasinan Literary Awards, is the province’s 1st literary contest, conceptualized to help develop Pangasinan literature by providing incentives for professional and aspiring Pangasinan writers to craft their most proficient literary works in their native language. This award, is thus, envisioned to also help in the preservation of the Pangasinan language and in the Pangasinenses’ appreciation of their mother tongue, in the written form.

On its first year, the PLA announces that it is now accepting submissions for Poetry and Short Story Categories under the Adult Division, and Poetry and Essay Categories under the Youth Division.

GUIDELINES AND RULES OF THE CONTEST:

1. The contest is open to all writers in the Province of Pangasinan, except those of the organizers, the judges and their immediate kin. Deadline for submission of entries is on March 14, 2012.

2. Entries must be original (not translated from other languages); have not won a prize in other contests; published and produced works can be entered in the contests.

3. The contest has two categories under two divisions: Poetry and Short Story Writing (Adult Division) and Poetry and Essay Writing (Youth Division – 18 years and below). All entries must be written in the Pangasinan language.

4. The theme is open and free, except for the Essay writing, under the Youth Division. The theme for the essay writing shall be “Say bilay na sakey a salita, Wala’d mabunan litiratura”.

5. Authors can submit two (2) separate entries in each category. Each can win a prize.

6. For Poetry category, the entry must be a collection of 8 to 10 poems. Each poem must not be less than 10 lines but not more than 25 lines, and must be typewritten clearly, single spaced or computerized in size 12, font Times New Roman Medium on an 8 ½” x 11” bond paper.

7. For the Short Story category, an entry must be at least ten (10) but not more than twenty eight (28) written pages. It must be typewritten clearly, double spaced or computerized in size 12, font Times New Roman on an 8 ½” x 11” bond paper, with approximately one (i) inch on all sides and the page number typed consecutively e.g. 1 of 28, 2 of 28 and so on. The entry must include a one-page synopsis.

8. For the Essay Category, an entry must be at least four (4) but not more than five (5) typewritten pages. It must carry an original title.

9. All entries should be submitted in four (4) copies. All sets of entry shall bear only the “pen name” of the contestant and not his/her real name. Each entry must be accompanied with a sealed envelope containing a short biography of the author, bearing his/her name and address, the title of his/her entry and a 2”x2” picture and cellphone/telephone no.

10. Entries submitted via e-mail should be a MSWord document file and should be sent as an attachment together with the author’s bio-data and 2”x2” picture (Pls. indicate the E-mail address).

Cash prizes and trophies await the winners. Non-winning authors shall be entitled to a certificate of participation. The cash prizes shall be as follows:

Adult Division / Youth Division

a. Poetry

1st prize Php 10,000. / Php 5,000.

2nd prize Php 8,000. / Php 3,000.

3rd prize Php 5,000. / Php 2,000.



b. Short Story

1st prize - Php 15,000.

2nd prize - Php 10,000.

3rd prize - Php 8,000.



c. Essay

1st prize - Php 8,000.

2nd prize - Php 5,000.

3rd prize - Php 3,000.

The names of the winners shall be announced on April 4, 2012. Awarding of prizes will be during the Commemorative Program of Agew of Pangasinan on April 13, 2012.

For information and submission of entries, please see the Secretariat, Pangasinan Tourism Office, 1st Floor Malong Building, Capitol Complex, Lingayen, Pangasinan. Contact numbers (075) 542-8007 or 542-6853 or email tourismpangasinan@yahoo.com.

Download the PANGASINAN LITERARY AWARDS guidelines, official entry form, and authorization form.

http://dalityapi.com/PLA Guidelines.docx
http://dalityapi.com/PLA Official Entry Form.doc
http://dalityapi.com/PLA Authorization Form.doc

http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-ncca/an...ent.php?i=5831

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What's Up Dagupan?
PANGASINAN HISTORY: The Casa Real, Lingayen - constructed in the 1840s, the Casa Real was a royal house where the Alcalde Mayor resided and held office as the Governor and the Judge of the Court of First Instance. It became the station of the Spanish soldiers and their native recruits who helped fought the Katipuneros during the revolutionary war against the Spanish rule. At the end of that centur...y when the Americans colonized the province, it was named Capitol and served as the Office of the Governor. After the Taft Commission organized Pangasinan as a civil province on February 16, 1901, Judge William Howard Taft and his commissioners went to Lingayen and were given a grand reception in Casa Real. In World War II, the building was used by the Japanese as office during their invasion of the country and was partly damaged by the American naval bombardment in 1945. This 1,728 sqm. - public edifice served at one time or the other as the office and residence of the Alcalde Mayor and the Gobernador Civil, the courts of the judiciary, public elementary school and government offices. It was declared a National Historical Landmark by the National Historical Institute in 2002. It is located between the town hall and the carcel (provincial jail), another historical landmark.

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What's Up Dagupan?
A photo of the Old Engine of the "Dagupan Express"

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What's Up Dagupan?
PANGASINAN HISTORY: In February 22-25, 1986, then Vice Chief of Staff General Fidel V. Ramos, head of the Philippine Integrated National Police and a native of Lingayen, Pangasinan, became one of the instrumental figures of the EDSA people power revolution that led to the overthrow of President Ferdinand Marcos. He later became the first Pangasinan President of the Philippines. Through his leadership, the Philippines recovered from a severe economy after the oil and power crisis of 1991. His influence also sparked the economic growth of Pangasinan.whatsupdagupan