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The Wedding Dance

by: Amador Daguio

2. Summary of the Short Story

Awiyao and Lumnay were husband and wife for seven years, but now the husband has to marry another woman, Madulimay, because Lumnay was not able to give him a child. (In their culture in the mountains during those times, having a child to follow after the husband’s name was a must.)

On the night of the wedding, Awiyao goes to his and Lumnay’s house to personally invite her to the traditional wedding dance. However, Lumnay, the best dancer in the entire tribe, refuses to go. Then, during their conversation, it is revealed that both of them still love each other, but because of their tribe’s custom, they have to separate.

Awiyao goes back to the wedding, to the wedding dance, after being fetched by some friends. Lumnay wants to follow, partly because of the dance, and partly because she wants to put a stop to their tribe’s tradition of having to marry another partner just to have a child.

3. Elements of the Short Story

4. Literary Questions

Lower Order

1. What are the issues related to this story?

2. What did Lumnay see in the fire?

3. What was the meaning of the bonfire?

4. What does 'seven harvests' mean?

5. What is the setting of the story?

Higher Order

1. Why is the story entitled "Wedding Dance"?

2. If you were Awiyao, will you do the same?

3. How important is having a child for you?

4. If you were there, what will you say to Awiyao?

5. Why is it important that having a child is a must?

3.3) Plot

1. Introduction

The story opens with Awiyao entering his and Lumnay’s house.

2. Rising Action

Things start to heat up when Lumnay says she does not want any other man.

3. Climax

There is more intensity when Awiyao says he does not want any other woman.

4. Falling action

But they both have to follow their tribe’s tradition.

5. Denouement

Awiyao has to go back to the wedding dance.

3.1) Theme

In our opinion, the theme True love never dies is applicable to this story.

3.2) Characters

1.Lumnay – a woman who was left by her husband because he had to marry another woman

2.Awiyao- the husband of Lumnay

3 Madulimay – Awiyao’s new wife

5. Literary Implications/Real Life Implications

Perhaps, living in a largely Christian society, the issue of divorce and remarriage could be brought up, as Awiyao and Lumnay went through a similar experience. If you would read the story carefully, you would see that not producing children is a good reason for divorce, this may seem inconceivable to us because in our culture, producing an child is important.

1. Author Background

Amador T. Daguio was a poet, novelist and teacher during the pre-war. He was born on January 8, 1912 in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, but grew up in Lubuagan, Mountain Province, where his father, an officer in the Philippine Constabulary, was assigned. He was class valedictorian in 1924 at the Lubuagan Elementary School. Then he stayed with his uncle at Fort William McKinley to study at Rizal High School in Pasig. Those four years in high school were, according to Daguio, the most critical in his life. "I spent them literally in poverty, extreme loneliness, and adolescent pains…" In 1952, he obtained his M.A. in English at Stanford U. as a Fulbright scholar. His thesis was a study and translation of Hudhud hi Aliguyon (Ifugao Harvest Song). In 1954, he obtained his Law degree from Romualdez Law College in Leyte. Daguio was editor and public relations officer in various offices in government and the military. He also taught for twenty-six years at the University of the East, U.P., and Philippine Women’s University. In 1973, six years after his death, Daguio was conferred the Republic Cultural Heritage Award.

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