How the Tinguian Learned to Plant
A historical Tinguian account tells how Kaboniyan sends Dayapan to teach rice and sugarcane cultivation, connecting agricultural knowledge with a ceremony of gratitude.
After people struggle to live from what they can gather, the powerful Kadaklan directs Kaboniyan to help them. Dayapan arrives carrying the plants and knowledge needed to cultivate them.
The account ties practical instruction to ritual obligation. Its names and wording follow Cole’s 1916 collection and are presented as one recorded telling, not a timeless summary of all Itneg practice.
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Connected lore
Curated relationships invite comparison without implying that distinct traditions are the same.
Sources & citations
Cole, Mabel Cook. Philippine Folk Tales. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1916. pp. 66–69.
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