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Kapampángan Folk SongATIN CU PUNG SINGSING Perhaps the most popular Kapampángan song known all over the Philippines is the folk song Atin Cu Pung Singsing. The song is a first-person monologue of someone who lost their heirloom bejeweled ring given by their mother after keeping it in a chest. The song ends with them offering … Read more
The most famous Kapampángan folk song is “Atin Cu Pung Singsing” (I Have a Ring) which is about someone who is in search of their lost ring! Atin Cu Pung Singsing (Kapampángan Folk Song) performed by world-renowned Kapampángan singer Lea Salonga (@msleasalonga) SINGSING • (sing-SING)ringTagálog (Filipino): singsíng Derived WordPALSINGSÍNGAN • (puhl-sing-SEE-nguhn)ring fingerTagálog (Filipino): palásingsíngan You … Read more
The Balsa Aralan is an initiative of the Department of Information and Communications Technology – Mimaropa with its DICT Palawan Provincial Office in partnership with the DepEd Mimaropa. First-ever floating ICT classroom brings digital connectivity closer to a remote island in Palawan. DICT Mimaropa launched the BALSA Aralan Tech4Ed Center – the first-ever floating Tech4Ed … Read more
Kapampangan Oktoberfest:TIGTIGAN TERAKAN KENG DALANAngeles City, Pampanga Kapampángans have their own Oktoberfest held during the last Friday and Saturday of October in the infamously-known Sin City and Las Vegas of the Philippines—Angeles City which is the most populous Kapampángan City. The city’s Tigtigan Terakan keng Dalan (“Playing Music and Dancing on the Road”) is one … Read more
Good noon or Mayap a ugtu from Pampanga! How do you say “noon” in your language? UGTU • (oog-TOO)noonTagálog (Filipino): tanghálì Kapampángan GreetingMáyap a ugtu! [Kap]Magandáng tanghálì! [Tag]Good noontime! [Eng] Derived WordPAUGTUAN • (puh-oog-TWUHN)lunchTagálog (Filipino): tanghalían Verb Conjugationmagtu, mágtu, migtu – to eat lunch You may want to read: Kasibul