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Biag ni Lam-ang (lit. ' The Life of Lam-ang ') is an epic story of the Ilocano people from the Ilocos region of the Philippines.It is notable for being the first Philippine folk epic to be recorded in written form, and was one of only two folk epics documented during the Philippines' Spanish Colonial period, along with the Bicolano epic of Handiong.
The Bicolano people (Bikol: Mga Bikolnon) are the fourth-largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group. [2] Their native region is commonly referred to as Bicol , which comprises the entirety of the Bicol Peninsula and neighboring minor islands, all in the southeast portion of Luzon .
Compared to the more rigid literature of the Spanish era, the American period saw the popularity of the "free verse" in the Philippines, allowing for flexible poetry, prose, and other wordcraft. [8] The introduction of the English language was also of equal importance, as it became one of the most common languages that Filipino writers would ...
Poverty incidence of Bicol Region 10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 54.45 2003 48.50 2006 44.23 2009 44.21 2012 41.06 2015 39.85 2018 26.99 2021 21.90 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Pili nuts (shelled and roasted) Bicol Region has a large amount of rich flatland, and agriculture is the largest component of the economy, followed by commercial fishing. Coconuts, abaca, banana, coffee and jackfruit ...
The Ibalon Monument which shows the four (4) heroes of the epic: Tambaloslos, Baltog, Handyong and Bantong in Legazpi City. The Ibálong, also known as Handiong or Handyong, is a 60-stanza fragment of a Bicolano full-length folk epic of the Bicol region of the Philippines, based on the Indian Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata.
The division of the language into different dialects is mainly because of the influence of other Bikol and non-Bikol languages surrounding the region. The Canaman dialect, despite being used only by a small portion of the population in Camarines Sur, is the standard form of Central Bikol used in literature, Catholic religious rites and mass media.
Ibalon, or Ibalong, is the ancient name of the Bicol Region in the Philippines.The center of settlement is believed to be either beside the Bicol River at present-day Libmanan, Camarines Sur [1] (as based on the Ibalong Epic) or in Magallanes, Sorsogon, Philippines, renowned as one of the first Spanish settlements in the island of Luzon.
Adrian Remodo (born 19 July 1981) is a Bikol essayist and writer, from the Bicol Region of the Philippines, who has been instrumental in the post–World War II literary resurgence of Bikol literature. He was the 2006 winner of the regional Tomás Arejola Prize for Bikol literature in the Saysay (history) category.