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1. CENTRAL LUZON

2. CENTRAL LUZON
Central Luzon is known as the Rice Granary of the Philippines which
consists of the provinces of Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga,
Tarlac and Zambales.
A large number of Tagalogs are found in Central Luzon together with
Ilocanos from Zambales, Northern Tarlac and Northern Nueva Ecija. The
likewise made their home in Pampanga, Southern Tarlac and Southern
Nueva Ecija

3. Pampango Literature
•Bulk of Pampango Literature is made of
kwentong bayan, awiting bayan, proverbs
and riddles.

4. Proverbs
(Pampango, Tagalog, English translations)
E balang kikinang gintu Hindi lahat ng kumikinang ay ginto
Not all that glitters is gold

5. Ing taung e biasang Ang taong di marunog
Malikid lebasan na lumingon sa pinaggalingan
Ala yang pararasan Walang magandang
A maulaga patutunguhan
A person who does not know how to look back from where he/she
came from will not have a bright future to look forward to

6. E balang megaral matalinu Di lahat ng nakapag-aral ay matalino
E balang e magaral bobu Hindi lahat ng di nakapag-aral ay
boboducated.
Not all who are educated are intelligent Not all who are uneducated are dull.

7. Riddles
(Pampango, Tagalog, English Translations)
Metung a butyl a pale Isang butil ng palay
Sakup ne ing mabilog a Sakop lahat ang buong bahay
Bale ilaw
sulu

8. A grain of palay
Occupies a whole house
Light bulb
Paten me kakaba ya biye Patayin mo hahaba ang buhay
Biyayan me kukuyad ya biye Buhayin mo iikli ang buhay
Kandila kandila

9. Kill it, it’s life lengthens
Give it life and it’s life shortens
candle

10. Matua ne ing nunu Matanda na ang nuno
Eya pa mandilu Hindi pa naliligo
Pusa Pusa
Eya ari, eya pari Hindi hari, hindi pari
Misusulud yang sari-sari Kasuuta’y sari-sari
Sablayan sampayan

11. Not a king and not a priest
It wears numerous clothes
Clothesline
Malati ya pa l kumpari Maliit pa lang si kumpare
Makaukyat ne king tori Nakaakyat na sa tore
Salusad langgam

12. Folk Songs
Atin Cu Pung Singsing
Original Text
Atin ku pung singsing Ecu camalayan
Metung yang timpukan King sucal ning lub ku,
Amana que iti, Susukdul king banwa;
Kang indung ibatan; Pikurus kung gamat,
Sangcan queng sininup Babo ning lamesa;
King metung a caban, Ninu mang manakit,
Mewala ya iti, King singsing kung mana
Kalulung puso ku
Manginu ya keka

13. Dear Me Where is My Ring
English Version
Dear me where is my ring?
Set with it’s precious stone
‘It was a beautiful thing,
Mother gave me to own
Oh! Wistful loving care
I have kept it away
But now it isn’t there
Where is it who can say?

14. The Tagalog Region
• The Tagalog Region covers the provinces of Bulacan, parts of
Nueva Ecija, Cavite, Rizal, Bataan, Quezon, Laguna, Batangas,
Aurora,Marinduque, Mindora, parts of Camarines Norte,
Palawan, and Metro Manila which is the national government as
well.
• The term Tagalog is believed to have originated from taga-ilog
which means people living by the river. Tagalog is the language
spoken in these areas, which is also the basis of the national
language, Filipino, the other being English.

15. The Tagalogs are poets by heart as evidenced by the emergence of
countless men of letters like: Jose Dela Cruz or Joseng Sisiw