The Legend Of Dumaguete

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AUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHY

Edith L. Tiempo (April 22, 1919 – August 21, 2011),[1] poet, fiction writer, teacher and literary critic was a Filipino writer in the English language.

Tiempo was born in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. Her poems are intricate verbal transfigurations of significant experiences as revealed, in two of her much anthologized pieces, "Lament for the Littlest Fellow" and "Bonsai." As fictionist, Tiempo is as morally profound. Her language has been marked as "descriptive but unburdened by scrupulous detailing." She is an influential tradition in Philippine Literature in English.

Together with her late husband, writer and critic Edilberto K. Tiempo, they founded (in 1962) and directed the Silliman National Writers Workshop in Dumaguete City, which has produced some of the Philippines' best writers.

She was conferred the National Artist Award for Literature in 1999.

THIRD CHAPTER

Everytime the Moros intended invading the island, she would send a swarm of bees to protect the place so that it would look like a big cloud from a far, and that the Moros could not find the island.

The Legend Of Dumaguete

by: Edith Tiempo

SECOND CHAPTER

Terrible rumors spread that Moros were coming to Dumaguete. The people then prayed hared for protection. Families gathered at night to pray to the Neustra Señora and Santa Catalina who had special patronage and affection for these people. Seeing them, she answered their prayer.

Facts of Visayas

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The popular “Tinikling Dance” originated in the island of Leyte.

Homonhon Island in Samar is the site of Ferdinand Magellan’s first landing in the archipelago.

The Visayan Sea is surrounded by the islands of Region VI, VII and VII.

The Spaniards, led by Legazpi, found the people of Panay with tattoos and so it was named “Isla de los Pintados” and its residents “Pintados”.

The 6 major islands of the Visayas are Bohol, Cebu, Leyte, Panay, Negros and and Samar.

Negros is the 3rd largest island in the Philippines. Samar is 4th, Panay is 6th, Leyte is 8th, Cebu is 9th and Bohol is the 10th largest island in the country.

Negros Island, with an area of 13,328 km², is the 62nd largest island in the world and the 3rd in the Philippines.

Cebu Island is the sight where Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactan in 1521

FIRST CHAPTER

The story dates back at the distant past. It was the glorious and chivalrous time of Spanish Señors and the Moros. Now, the Moros were plundering the neighboring islands, abducting the women and the children who were being ground and minted into money and gold by the Moros

DUMAGUETE TODAY . . .

DUMAGUETE CITY

Fourth Chapter

Moros could not go near to the island becuase of fear the the bees could attack them and because of that, they were not able to daguit (meaning to abduct). In other words, the people were "dili-na-daguit" (meaning not abducted). Years passed by, the island was know as Dumaguete.

ab·duct

abˈdəkt/Submit

verb

1.

take (someone) away illegally by force or deception; kidnap.

"the millionaire who disappeared may have been abducted"

synonyms: kidnap, carry off, seize, capture, run away/off with, make off with, spirit away

• It is the capital, principal seaport, and largest city in Negros Occidental
• It is inhabited by more than 120,883 people
• The City is nicknamed "The City Of Gentle People

plun·der

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verb

1.

steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder.

"looters moved into the disaster area to plunder stores"

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