Lifestyle

Pangalap

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PANGALAP [pa.nga.lap.] : ritual harvest (n.) from root word KALAP [ká.lap.] : seek out for medicinal plants (v.) This is my second year visiting mga mananambal (folk healers) in Cantabon, Siquijor for the Friday pangalap, which they do on the 6 Fridays leading up to Holy Week. A treasure to witness, learn from & joyfully … Read more

Himughat

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HIMUGHAT [hi.mug.hat.] : cure-all, elixir, remedy, panacea, nostrum (n.) With the introduction of Westernized, modernized forms of life, we are easily disconnected from natural environments. Many folks outside of land-and-sea-based ways of life might believe that ancestral traditions are almost gone & need to be ‘preserved’ (like artifacts in museum boxes). Or worst, irrelevant. But … Read more

Lapis

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Lapis It was World Pencil Day a few days ago! How do you say “pencil” in your language? LÁPIS • (LAH-pis)pencilTagálog (Filipino): lápis EtymologyFrom Spanish lápiz (“pencil”) You may want to read: Colors in Kapampangan

Dakit Cordero

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Kapampángan Culture FeatureDAKIT CORDERO (Fetching of the Lamb) The Dakit Cordero is a Kapampángan procession held on the afternoon of Maundy Thursday where the Lamb of God is brought to the church, symbolizing the sacrificial lamb that is Jesus and His imminent death. The parish priest together with the 12 disciples will fetch the lamb … Read more

Dakit

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Dakit You will often hear this word in the family when we fetch someone from somewhere, such as when a parent picks up their child from school. DÁKIT • (DAH-kit)(to) fetch, pick upTagálog (Filipino): sundô Verb Conjugationdakítan, darakítan, dinákit – to fetch, pick someone up (Object Focus)mandákit, mándákit, méndákit – to fetch, pick up (Actor … Read more