Bayambang: A Small Town with Big Dreams

 (I will the supply links to the articles soon, but if you know how to search this blog, you will be able to find everything.)

 

Bayambang: A Small Town with Big Dreams

A compilation of articles on Bayambang’s cultural life

Compiled and largely written and edited by Resty S. Odon, Public Information Office, Local Government Unit of Bayambang

 

 This compilation of works is an offshoot of the Bayambang Culture Mapping Project, a project undertaken by Christopher Gozum and his student-culture mappers at Bayambang National High School in partnership with the Municipal Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office under Rafael L. Saygo and the Center for Pangasinan Studies.

It is dedicated to Mayor Cezar T. Quiambao and wife, Mary Clare Judith Phyllis ‘Niña’ Jose-Quiambao, owing to their prodigious support as the town’s culture and art patrons.

This is also dedicated to the people of Bayambang and to all our fellow Pangasinenses.

November 17, 2021

 

Table of Contents

 

Introduction

Small-Town Paradox (Or, Getting to Know Bayambang)

What’s in a Name?

 

Social Practices

Cosmological Beliefs

Child-Rearing

Tagnawa: Local Version of Bayanihan

Panaglinis na Agagamil (Traditional Cleaning Practices)

Courtship and Wedding Customs

Ambelat Agew: Panaglarak, Lenten Taboos, and Related Practices

Local Wake and Funeral Rituals and Beliefs

Galaw tan Galaw-Galaw (Traditional Games and Toys)

Tariwa tan Libren Panangan: The Tradition of Free Food and Freshly Picked Organic Produce

Pangasinan Conceptions of Time and Weather

Panagtambal: Beliefs about Falling Ill and Indigenous Healing Practices

Bulu-Bulong: Healing in Herbs

 

Language

Pangasinan: A Highly Nuanced Language

Part 1: Verbs for Movement

Part 1.1: Dusa: Verbs for Violence and Punishment

Part 2: Angob: Words that Indicate Smell or Odor

Part 3: Taway tan Nanam: Words for Food Taste and Texture

Part 4: Tanol: Words for Sound

Part 5: Atapis: Words for Crazy

Diparan (Folk Wisdom through Local Sayings/Proverbs and Beliefs)

Ay Agi, Agayla Ya! -- Traditional Expressions

Glossary of Pangasinan Idiomatic Expressions

Local Terms of Kinship, Endearment, and Contempt

Pabitla (Riddles)

 

Publications

 

Inventory of Local Publications: An Attempts

 

A Thoroughly Agrarian Town

History of Local Commerce and Agriculture

Abong na Dumaralos (The Farmer's House)

Farming and Fishing Implements

Local Pottery: A Study in Humility

Quick History: Onion Capital of the Philippines?

Quick History: Corn Farming in Bayambang

Pagey, Ilik, Belas, Niluto…: Our ‘Unli’ Words for Rice

The Carabao in Local Life

The Ubiquitous Mangga

Versatile and Vital: Notes on the Niog

Ponti: Local Banana Varieties and Their Uses

The Lowly Balatong

Unas tan Masamit (Sugarcane and Sugar)

Sitio Caboloan: The Many Uses of Bamboo

Local Standards of Measurement: A Commentary

 

Religion

A Town of San Vicente Ferrer Devotees

 

Feasts and Festivals

Pista’y Baley (Town Fiesta)

The Barrio Fiesta

World’s Longest Barbecue Grill at the Malangsi Fish-tival

SingKapital: The Role of Bayambang in the Birth of Our Nation

Paskuhan sa Bayambang: The Country’s Biggest Animated Christmas Display

 

Monuments/Significant Structures

St. Vincent Ferrer Parish Church

Municipal Plaza

Bayambang Municipal Hall

Bayambang Municipal Library

Examples of Bahay na Bato Long Gone

Gabaldon Buildings

St. Vincent Ferrer Prayer Park: A 2nd World Record for the Town

The Untold Story of PSU-Bayambang: A Teacher of Teachers

PSU's Pride: Pangkat Kawayan

PSU’s Pride: Matalunggaring Dance Troupe

 

Folk Dances

The Kewet in Pangasinan’s Festive Dances

 

Clothing/Wear

Glossary of local clothing terms

 

Singing Traditions

Tambayo, Dangoan, Petek, Turbaan, Suayan: Pangasinan's Folk Music

Local Musicins Through the Years

 

Cuisine

An Acquired Taste: Bayambang’s Culinary Landscape

How to Cook the Local Version of Pakbet

Gipang: Bricks You Can Eat

Innovation Hits the Buro

Inlubi: Food for the Goths

Quick History: The Sancagulis Rice Cracker

 

Flora and Fauna

 

Notable Achievers

Gerry Lacuesta, Father of Philippine Cycing

Home to 3 Top Educators

Actors and Singers

Other Artists

Mayor Quiambao Keeps Bayambang’s Revolutionary Spirit Alive

 

Politics

Political History

 

Economy

 

Quick History

Bayambang Through the Years