What is Wedding Dance by Amador Daguio?

Answer 1

They have been married for seven harvest periods yet Awiyao and Lumnay weren't able to produce children and Awiyao badly need one to affirm his virility and to establish his place among his tribesmen so he decided to leave Lumnay and marry Madulimay.The story is set in one of the mountainous provinces in the northern Philippines on the eve of Awiyao's wedding to Madulimay, while gangsas beat and women dance to celebrate the union. Awiyao slipped away from the celebration to convince Lumnay to join the dancing women. Instead, their conversation turned to a passionate goodbye, each expressing love for the other, their speeches filled with recollection of precious memories, finding it hard to let go of one another.The climax was reached with Awiyao running, blood surging, resolved to stop the dance and complain against the tribe's culture that permits a man to marry another woman if the first wife couldn't bear him children. But suddenly she stopped and turned back, defeated.Daguio, in the story presented a clash against a basic human emotion and culture and thus established two important points: that culture transcends love and the bitter truth about the inequality of the sexes. He did not establish though that Lumnay was sterile. Awiyao could have been the one with fertility problems, who knows? Awiyao's pride forced him to leave Lumnay, no matter how he loved his wife. But if he was the one with fertility problems, would Lumnay's love be enough to take him back?On the second point, their culture permits man to leave his wife and take another woman hoping the second wife would bear him children but no such provision for women exists. And although the first wife may remarry, it would only be after her husband left her. And what if, in Lumnay's second marriage, she would bear children, what of the culture now?

Answer 2

"Wedding Dance" is a short story written by Amador Daguio, a Filipino writer. The story revolves around Awiyao and Lumnay, a married couple from a traditional Igorot community in the Philippines. The narrative explores themes of love, culture, tradition, and gender roles, as Awiyao decides to marry another woman in order to have a child, despite his enduring love for Lumnay. The story delves into the complexities of human relationships and societal expectations within a cultural context.

Answer 3

The Wedding Dance by Amador T. Daguio is about Awiyao and Lumnay, a long married couple from the Mountain tribes. Awiyao is going to marry another woman, Madulimay, because Lumnay was not able to give him a child.

Awiyao went back home to see Lumnay because he didn't find her among the dancers at his wedding. He wanted Lumnay to dance at his wedding for the last time but she cannot. On their moment, there are many flashbacks about how Lumnay did her best to have a child, through offering to the god, Kabunyan; and how Awiyao and Lumnay's love was as strong as the river; but "it is just that a man must have a child", and he had to leave her. He promised her that if he fails to have a child, he will come back to her.

She wanted to protest against the written rule that a man can marry another woman, so Lumnay went to the wedding dance. But while seeing her husband married to another woman, she could not take it anymore and just went to the mountain to clear away the beans she had thought about.

And so Lumnay, waiting for Awiyao a long time, thought of Awiyao's promise as she cleared away the growing bean plants.

Answer 4

He was born in Laoag, Ilocos Norte. He lived in the Mountain Province until he was 12 years old. He went to Rizal High School(my alma mater) in Pasig City and at 16, he entered the University of the Philippines, where he graduated in 1932 with a Ph. B. degree. He obtained an M.A, degree from Stanford University on a Philippine Government scholarship in 1952.

The Wedding Dance is about a husband and a wife leaving in the Northern part of the Philippines. As the author described the setting of the story, I believe it is somewhere in Ifugao.

Awiyao and Lumnay are the main characters. I remember the movie, Don't give up on us (which starred Judy Ann Santos and Piolo Pascual).There was a scene in that movie where they attended a wedding dance. I'm not sure, but it could be a tradition of the Ifugao to have a wedding dance.

In the story, Awiyao has to leave Lumnay and marry another woman, for inspite of being a great wife, Lumnay can't give him a child. It is said that there is an unwritten law that a man may take another woman, if his wife can't give him a child. In the mountains before, our fellow Filipinos belonging to ethnic groups rely more on their traditions and cultures.

IN SHORT TRUE LOVE

Answer 5

For me, there is an extensive use of the literary device Symbolism. There are many symbols here, and these are the darkness, the house's four walls, the smoldering embers, and the beads. The darkness symbolizes how the two lead characters feel. Meanwhile, the house's walls symbolize the former couple's "imprisonment." The smoldering embers that become glowing coals symbolize the love that both of them still feel towards each other. Finally, the beads symbolize Awiyao's great love for Lumnay even if she was not able to give him a child.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

i dont know bkit ayaw mong sagutin ang sarili mo tiba may utak ka

Answer 8

Read it and you'll know.

Answer 9

lumnay awiyao madulimnay

Answer 10

awiyao could be find the amador daguio