Mahaguyog Festival

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Mahaguyog FestivalSanto Tomas, Batangas, February 27-March 7 It is an annual festival every Saturday of February as a prelude to the feast day of St. Thomas of Aquinas, the town’s patron saint, as a gesture of gratitude and a way of thanksgiving the farmers for the bountiful harvest of crops they reap the whole year … Read more

Pawu

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Pawu It’s World Turtle Day! The concept of reverse psychology in Kapampángan is expressed with a verb that originates from the Kapampángan root word for “turtle”! PAÛ / PAWÛ • (puh-WOO’)turtle, sea turtleTagálog (Filipino): pagóng, pawíkan (sea turtle) Kapampángan Reverse PsychologyThe concept of reverse psychology is expressed in Kapampángan with the verb magpawû (magpauo in … Read more

Aslag

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Aslag It’s International Day of Light today, so let’s take a look at some light-related words in Kapampángan as we are about to end our summer season! ASLAG • (uhs-LUHG)(1) ray of light; sunlight(2) rise, rising (of the sun, moon, etc.)Tagálog (Filipino): síkat, sínag Derived WordASLÁGAN • (uhs-LAH-guhn)east (literally “place where the sun rises”)Tagálog (Filipino): … Read more

Aklap

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Aklap Did you know that Kapampángan has a unique word that means “to spread light throughout the world”? AKLAP • (uhk-LUHP)spread of sunlight over the Earth’s surface Verb Conjugationmaklap, mámaklap, miklap – for light to spread throughout the world (Actor Focus) You may want to read: Lusis Aslag

Munag Sumala

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Munag Sumala Kapampangan history and mythology commenced with the great war in heaven. Aring Sinukuan, the god of the sun, war, and death, had four offspring – the first of them is Munag Sumala, the goddess of dawn. Munag Sumala is the radiance by which you can tell that the morning is about to break … Read more