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The "Lagya Kudarat" tells the adventures of the two children of Lagya (rajah) Mampalai of Lum who are
blown away after Mampalai laments the lack of viable partners for his children. These two children are
Lagya Kudarat and Puteli (princess) Sittie Kumala. Puteli Kumala is blown to a forest where she meets a
kabayan (in all Maguindanao stories, this character is associated with an old unmarried woman). The
kabayan adopts her, as she earlier did the prince named Sumedsen sa Alungan. Although Kumala and
Sumedsen live in the same house, they never speak to each other. Later, because of peeping toms,
Kumala leaves and Sumedsen goes with her. They find their way to Lum, where a happy reunion takes
place. Sumedsen eventually marries Kumala. Meanwhile, Lagya Kudarat is blown to
Kabulawanan. There he meets another kabayan who allows him to live with her. One day while hunting,
Kudarat hears the game of sipa (rattan ball kicked with the ankle) being played. He proceeds to the
direction of the game and is invited to play. Not knowing how to play, he accidentally causes the sipa to
fall in front of the princess who is sitting beside the window. She throws him her ring and
handkerchief. The marriage between the princess and Kudarat is then arranged. After the wedding,
Kudarat feels homesick; his wife then suggests that they go back to Lum. There is a happy reunion. A
week later, Kudarat and his wife returns to Kabulawanan to live with his in-laws.

Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat (1581–1671) was the 7th Sultan of Maguindanao from 1619 to
1671. During his reign, he successfully fought off Spanish invasions and hindered the spread of
Roman Catholicism in the island of Mindanao much like the other Muslim rulers of the southern
Philippine archipelago. He was a direct descendant of Shariff Kabungsuwan, a Malay-
Arab Johor noble who brought Islam to Mindanao between the 13th and 14th
century.[1] The Soccsksargen province of Sultan Kudarat is named after him, together with the
Municipality of Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao, where his descendants of Datus and rulers are still the
current political leaders.

"Pat-I-Mata" narrates the story of two brothers -- Pat-I-Mata and Datu sa Pulu. The former rules
Kabalukan while the latter reigns over Reina Regente. Pat-I-Mata is so-called because he has four eyes;
when his two eyes sleep, his other two are awake. He is also known for his cruelty to women, marrying
them when they are beautiful and returning them after they have gone ugly. Because of this, the people
of Kabalukan can no longer tolerate Pat-I-Mata's cruelty. They approach his brother and ask for his
help. The Datu sa Pulu tries to advise his brother but to no avail. He then decides to kill Pat-I-Mata. So
he builds a cage. Seeing the cage, Pat-I-Mata asks what it is for. The Datu replies that it is constructed
to protect them from an incoming storm. Being greedy, Pat-I-Mata asks for the cage saying that the Datu
can make his own anytime. The Datu pretends to hesitate but later accommodates his brother's
wishes. When Pat-I-Mata and his followers enter the cage, the Datu orders the door shut. Realizing that
he is tricked, he says before being thrown into the river: "Never mind, my brother. We would always be
enemies -- and we will never be reconciled till eternity. I would die but I pray that whenever you go riding
on a boat in the river, my spirit will capsize it".

Biography of Mata Hari Reveals New Information, Casts

Doubt on Her Execution for Espionage
Mata Hari was the prototype of the beautiful but unscrupulous female who uses sexual
allure to gain access to secrets. In 1917, the notorious dancer was arrested, tried, and
executed for espionage. It was charged at her trial that the dark-eyed siren was responsible
for the deaths of at least 50,000 gallant French soldiers. Irrefutably, she had been the
mistress of many senior Allied officers and government officials, even the French Minister of
War: a point viewed as highly suspicious. Worse yet, she spoke several European languages
fluently and traveled widely in wartime Europe. But was she guilty of espionage? And what
propelled Margaretha Zelle, destined to be a Dutch schoolteacher, to transform herself into
Mata Hari, an international symbol of sexuality?
In a new biography, Femme Fatal; Love, Lies and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari, award-
winning author Pat Shipman addresses Mata Hari's guilt and motivation with new
evidence. Shipman, a well-known writer and an adjunct professor of anthropology at Penn
State University, researched the background and early marriage of the woman who was to
become Mata Hari. She also reviewed hundreds of pages of declassified documents in
France and England about Mata Hari's arrest and espionage trial. The book will be published
on 1 August 2007,

KANDIDIAGAO- Crying Over the Dead

Ito ay kakaibang paraan ng pagiyak para sa namatay. Habang umiiyak para sa namatay, ginagawa niya
ito sa magandang tono. Ito ay katulad ng dekir. Iba ang pamamaraan ng Kandidiago ng lalaki sa babae.
Ang tawag sa paraan ng lalaki sa pagkanta ay kakemama (Madale, 1942).
Ang unang halimbawa ay pagiyak ng babae para sa kanyang namatay na anak:

Aidao ikaritan ko, bolawan aken

Ino ko ngka pagawa-i, ikaritan ko
Aidao Tuhan ko, ino ngaka raken kowa-a a wata aken a-i
Ikaritan ko a bolawan aken
Aidao tuhan ko na o ba ba den mapemasa
Na pamasa-an ko; ay Tuhan ko
Ngkaia wata aken, bolawan aken.

My dear child, my beloved

Why did you leave me, my child
Dear God, why did you take away my child
My child, my beloved
Dear God, if I can only buy his soul
I will buy it, dear God
My child, my beloved.

Ang sunod na hlaimbawa ay Kandidiago ng lalaki. Sa pagpasok niya sa silid na mayroong bangkay,
hawak niya ng kampilan sa kanyang kanan na kamay at sa kanyang kanang paa, stump the floor nang
buong lakas. Papahirin niya ang kanyang mga luha sa kanyang kaliwang kamay at sisigaw (Madale,
1942):

Aidao ama ko, ino kami ngaka ganati a mga wata ‘ka
Da kami ngka kanggona-i
Seka i katohanan ami sa donia
Opama ka ba den miaaniaia so niawa ngaka,
Sa ba den aden a kesenditan non
Na di ami den pakatorogan.
Opaka ka ba den mapemasa so niawa ngka a tamok
Na sekami a mga wata ka na bapia mi miapesa a lawas a mi
Na di ami panganogonan
Asar a pekeili ami seka a mga wata aka.
Dear father, why did you leave us all
We have not serve you long
You, our God on earth
If only somebody mudered you
Whom we can take revenge of your death
We will not sleep unless we have revenge;
Or if we can only buy your soul with property
We, your children sell ourselves
Ou body we will treasure so much
If only to see you alive.

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Surveyors of the Liuasan marsh – South of the city of Cotabato lies the famed
Liguasan marsh, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. It is probable that
the author who worked for a time with a surveying company in the province of
Cotabato has taken his material from actual experiences,but the episode in the
novel whether whether the or in the hinterland depict less of the charm and
hospitality of Zamboanga in particular than of the tensions and frustations of
people that part of the world.Strong antagonism is seen between christians and
muslims and the novel while not all sentimental reflects the point of view of the
christians

Subanons – Published in 1993 depicts the lives of the Subanons in Mindanao at the height
of the government’s military campaign against NPAs. The Subanons are not merely caught
in this crossfire; they are singled out as the primary casualties of war. Their days are fraught
with a violence against which their only recourse are their values and their gods.

The novel Subanons by Antonio Reyes Enriquez is a fact-based occurring in the

Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao during the Marcos’ regime. At a surface level, the main
theme is to expose the conflicting situation of the Subanons being sandwiched between
NPAs demand for revolutionary taxes and the Military’s inhuman and unjust killing of
innocent residents of the Zamboanga Peninsula. Other themes could include the tension
between solidarity and individuality, between rational and emotional reactions, preservation
of cultural and personal values and strong faith in their gods amidst the terror of torture and
death.
In the novel, Subanons, adults and children were tortured mercilessly and brutally killed by
military with high powered rifles creating holes on helpless bodies. It happened after the
brave Datu was executed by the guerillas. Atrocious killings followed after the datu’s
nephew was caught with a WWW II grenade vintage which he brought with him to show off
to his friends. The boy was made to name names that should be included in the hotlist as
rebels. The Mayor of that town ordered the murder of all these people in the list.

Unseen war is collection of short stories, landscaped in Zamboanga peninsula and

Maguindanao in the 17th century Spanish colonial days; conflict with religion, tradition and
costum and a war fought between spears, arrows and long knives as only war could only be
fought between Moro and Christian warriors in the olden days.
For me, the stories that Antonio Enriquez wrote is worth reading . I have learn a lot of
things while reading his novels. I personally believe that some of his novels are the keys
in understanding the cultures and present events that is happening right now in
Mindanao.

Antonio Reyes Enriquez is the author of several books of short stories

and novels.Heq was born in Barangay Labuan,Zamboanga city in 1936.He was educated at
a local Jesuit school in Zamboanga.His parents wanted him to study medicine and sent him
to a university in Manila,but after several years, he returned to Zamboanga City without a
college degree.Enriquez later did various jobs like writing a news and other features for
various news papers and magazines.He also joined a surveying company in Cotabato
where his experience provided him settings and characters for his novel Surveyors of the
Liguasan Marsh.Antonio Enriquez won a writing fellowship award which brought him to
Siliman UniversAntonio Reyes Enriquez is the author of several books of short stories
and novels.Heq was born in Barangay Labuan,Zamboanga city in 1936.He was educated at
a local Jesuit school in Zamboanga.His parents wanted him to study medicine and sent him
to a university in Manila,but after several years, he returned to Zamboanga City without a
college degree.Enriquez later did various jobs like writing a news and other features for
various news papers and magazines.He also joined a surveying company in Cotabato
where his experience provided him settings and characters for his novel Surveyors of the
Liguasan Marsh.Antonio Enriquez won a writing fellowship award which brought him to
Siliman University where he graduated with a liberal degree in creative writing.
In 1982 and 1993 Enriquez won the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial grand prize
for Literature.The Palanca award is considered as the most prestigious award for literature
in the country.
In 1996,Antonio Enriquez was recognized with the Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas Award
for Fiction in English by the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas(UMPIL) or Writer’s Union
of the Philippinesity where he graduated with a liberal degree in creative wr ilook noting.
In 1982 and 1993 Enriquez won the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial grand prize
for Literature.The Palanca award is considered as the most prestigious award for literature
in the country.

In 1996,Antonio Enriquez was recognized with the Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas Award
for Fiction in English by the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas(UMPIL) or Writer’s Union
of the Philippines

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