The document describes various social activities and customs in Pasig, Philippines. It discusses how the market was the center of social life where goods were bartered. It also describes favorite gathering places like the Pariancillo Creek where people would bathe and do chores. Popular pastimes for both men and women included farming activities, cockfighting, dancing, and games. A harana involved groups of men singing from house to house to ask for donations for parties or to express romantic interest in a woman.

2. The place was the center of social life. Here they
displayed their goods consisting of corn, rice, coconuts
and vegetables to be bartered with Chinese traders’
products like spices, jewelry, silks and jars. The natives
spent the day in this market, conversing about their lives
and their business.
The magkakapit-bahay would visit their neighbors and
chat with them, but they were not gossips. Social
occasions like baptisms, weddings, and funerals provided
by a reunion of friends, relatives, and neighbors.

3. A favorite spot for the meeting of the Pasigueños was
the Pariancillo Creek which was navigable all year round,
alive with people on bancas and bantilan, bathing and doing
the laundry and washing other household chores at the
creekside.
Favorite places of social contact also were the sari-
sari stores, especially at night.
They played dama and Chinese checkers at the sari-
sari store.
Almost all the land in Pasig was rice fields. Usually
held in January after the harvesting season. Young men
were invited to join in the pounding of palay, while young
women usually sang and danced with guitar accompaniment.
Both men and women were dressed in colorful and beautiful
attires.

4. Planting and harvesting season in Pasig was a social activity
where men and women met in a prelude to courtship. During
the planting, the men wore the kundiman or red pants and
women the patadyong, and all sang “Magtanim hindi biro” with
guitar accompaniment.

5. Favorite grounds were the vicinities of the Marikina River in Talampas,
Santolan and the Parola located at the boundary of Pasig and Tipas. The
crystal clear water of the Marikina River provided plenty of fresh fish and
shrimps while the nearby are called Bacood vielded fresh fruits and
watermelon, melons, and vegetables.
The cockpit at the Rotonda served as a pastime area for the
sabungeros. It was destroyed by a strong storm in 1905 and replaced by
another cockpit in the place presently occupied by the Meralco office. The
cockpit was convertible: in daytime it was the meeting place of sabungeros
while at night, a meeting place of those who loved dancing with the bellas
from Bicol.
The Pasigueñas spent their
leisure at home. Elderly
women played the
panggenge and other card
games. Young women and
little girls played sungkaan.
The men engaged in tupada
(cockfight) in the
neighborhood.

6. Pasigueños are fond of sports too. Volleyball and baseball were
played in the rice fields on Saturdays and Sundays.
Volleyball and baseball were played in the rice fields on
Saturdays and Sundays.

7. Every evening at 6 p.m there was a banda playing at the
Glorietta. The famous bands were those of the Bedañas,
Marianos and Cerventino Cruz.
The pukulan ng niyog was a game reminiscent of bowling. It
had young ladies , particularly those who about to be married,
as participants. The prospective bridegroom or his parents
provided 100-200 husked coconuts to each of the female
participants who put them by their side.
The game was started by a player who would roll one of her
coconuts towards her opponent who would then try to hit the
rolling nut with one of her own. Whoever broke the coconut won
the broken fruit.
These contents attracted at times between 300-400 pairs
of ladies, all playing at the same time and occupying all
available spaces in town.

8. Games of Huego de Amillo were usually played by the
bangkeros at the Bitukang Manok Creek during the Spanish
Period. The game is a race among banca rowers. From end to
end across the riverbank, a long wire was hung from two
poles, with at least five rings inserted and dangling from wire.
The bangkeros would then race to put the stick through the
ring and return to their bases. The first person able to insert
the stick and return immediately to the base was declared the
winner.

9. The HARANA is
popularly known as an
expression of
romantic intentions in
music, but it means
more than that.

10. In Nueva Ecija, a harana group is organized to sing from
house to house to ask for rice or chicken to fill an
expected shortage of food for a baptismal party, a
wedding or a first death anniversary. This type of harana
is aptly referred to as harana sa manok or harana sa
bigas.

11. Several types of songs are sung in a harana. The singing
of this songs follows a pattern. First, there is the
pananapatan or pagtawag or pagpapakilala.
After being acknowledged, the serenaders sing a song or
two either to thank the host or to praise the beauty of
the lady. The kantahan follows.
Often the serenaders reqest the
lady to sig. This is referred to as
pagtumbok. The subsequent requests
from the haranistas are calles
paghiling. The serenaders also sing a
number of songs after the lady
granted their requests. If she is
known as a singer, the serenaders
usually request a few songs from
her. But one song is enough if she is
not a singer.

12. A harana, which expresses one’s romantic intentions,
usually lasts only an hour, but other types of harana can
last until the wee hours because a lively conversation or
even discussions is likely to come up while coffee or bread is
being served by the host. Before leaving the house, the
serenaders sing the pamamaalam, expressing gratitude for
being entertained, apologizing for causing inconveniences and
bidding goodbye.

13. Ang isang kaugalian sa paghaharana ay ang pagpapahayag ng
damdamin ng binata sa dalaga.
Sa huli, kung magkapitak sa puso ng dalaga ang paninilbihan at
panunuyo ng binata, na kadalasan ay umaabot sa sampung taon,
tinatanggap niya ang pamimintuho at paninilbihan ng binata na
may pagsang-ayon ng kanyang mga magulang. Sa gayon ang
binata at dalaga ay magiging magkasintahan.

14. Pagkalipas ng ilang buwan, mamamanhikan ang mga
magulang ng binata sa magulang ng dalaga. Dito itatakda ang
araw ng kasal at ang dalawa ay magatataling-puso sa kapilya
nayon.
Isa pang kaugalian ng mga binata noon, matapos makita ang
dalaga sa nasabing pagtitipon o kasayahan, ipagtatanong-tanong
na ang bahay ng dalaga at dito na sisimulang balakin ang
paghaharana.
Ang karaniwang suot ng mga haranista ay barong tagalog o
kamisa de ehino at may taling panyo sa leeg. Maayos ang
kanilang pananamit at matitikas ang mga anyo. Kapag nalalapit
na sa bahay ng haharanahing dalaga o mga dalaga, iniingatan
nila na makalikha ng malalakas na yabag lalo pa at nasa tapat ng
binata ang haharanahin.