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Balagtasan Bikol-style and the piece “Sagkod Ngunian”

Posted in Arts & Literature, Tigsik o Rawit-dawit, tagged , , , on October 19, 2008 | 18 Comments »

The Tagalogs are known for “balagtasan” or the tradition of debating in verse. The Bikolanos, too, has a similar art and it is known as “Tigsikan”. Tigsikan is derived from “Tigsik” or the art of expressing a toast or an idea in the form similar to that of the Japanese “Haiku”. Tigsikan is usually heard [...]

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Arak (Liquor)

Posted in Arts & Literature, Tigsik o Rawit-dawit, tagged , on May 16, 2008 | 6 Comments »

TINIGSIK KO INING ARAK! NA IRALAOG KO SA TULAK, PAGNAGING IHI MAPANGHAK, DI BALI NA AKO MATIGBAK, TA DAI KO MAN PERAK. A wonderful contribution of Atty. Benjie of Bulan Observer. This actually forms part of his comments in our article on Kalunggay but I took the privilege to post this tigsik here.

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Tigsík

Posted in Arts & Literature, Tigsik o Rawit-dawit, Uncategorized, tagged , on January 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »

When television was still a fortune, Bicolano families used to gather around a transistor radio weeknights and listen to Zimatar and his adventures. In Albay, the ritual would usually start at six o’ clock to listen also to the “rawit-dawit” and “tigsik” . The ritual died, though, not because Zimatar finally defeated Eng-eng but because [...]

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Bagas

Posted in Arts & Literature, Tigsik o Rawit-dawit, tagged , on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Tinigsik ko an Bagas Na binakal ni Kulas Ini sa tinampo nawagas Kan si Kulas madalinas.

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Kalunggay

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on January 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Tinigsik ko an kalungay Na linuto ni Manay Sa sustansiya sobrang maray Sa siram abaang tunay Sa gutom, pampaumay.

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