21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World:

ALBAY LITERATURE
 ALBAY
 A province composed of 15 towns and 3 cities

 Capital: Legazpi City

Tabaco
Ligao
ALBAY named after Miguel Lopez de
Legazpi, a spanish
conquestador who came to the
Legazpi Philippines in 1565 and started
the massive colonization
 Albay is known more as home to the spectacular and
famous Mount Mayon Volcano

the crown jewel of the region and

among the great wonders of the
world because of its perfect cone
shape.

 Albay is also known for its spicy

Bicol Express
 LINGUISTIC IN ALBAY
o BIKOL – is the language used in Albay
Sain kita Aapodan taka.
o The Bikol people have a writing tradition with
maghihilingan?
roots in its ancient folkways. Still extant are charm
verses exploiting the possibilities of words in folk
poems and narratives with mythical content, and Magayonon si
bound with early historical fragments which form Yaon na Madam Lalaine.
ako digdi
part of the people’s lives.

o Inhabitants, called “Bicolanos”,

speak any one of several dialects:
 Bikol Rinconada (Iriga – Buhi Area)
 Bikol Albay (Albay Province)
 Bikol Sorsogon (Sorsogon)
 Bikol Catanduanes
 Standard Bikol is Bikol Naga, and it
is generally understood by other Bicol
speakers.
LITERATURE IN ALBAY
CORRIDO - generic name
for Philippine romances. In
1 Tagalog literature, an awit is
distinguished from the korido basically
by the number of syllables in each line.

COMEDIA - about a courtly love

between, a prince and a princess of
2 different religions, and highlights
concepts of colonial attitudes to
Christian-Muslim relations.

RAWITDAWIT - narrative poem was

3 a vehicle of social and political criticism
 CORRIDO
1
 Metrical romances that became the
main reading fare for many years

 Translation from Spanish to Bikol were

eagerly awaited that writers switched to
translating for the money it brought
them. In time, Bikol corridos were
written.
 Means an extended narrative of the life
and adventures of some person. In  The most popular was Mag-
Tagalog the term, if strictly used, is amang Pobre by Rosalio R.
applied only to poems written in Imperial
octosyllabic lines.
LITERATURE IN ALBAY
CORRIDO - generic name
for Philippine romances. In
1 Tagalog literature, an awit is
distinguished from the korido basically
by the number of syllables in each line.

COMEDIA - about a courtly love

between, a prince and a princess of
2 different religions, and highlights
concepts of colonial attitudes to
Christian-Muslim relations.

RAWITDAWIT - narrative poem was

3 a vehicle of social and political criticism
 COMEDIA
2
 also known as “moro-moro”
 a colorful theatrical tradition in
Christianized Philippines whose
plot generally revolves around
the social, political and
religious conflicts of Muslim
and Christian heroes
dramatized in colorful romantic
and stylized acting, and in
exotic costumes, presented
usually during community
festivals with the support and
patronage of the community.
LITERATURE IN ALBAY
CORRIDO - generic name
for Philippine romances. In
1 Tagalog literature, an awit is
distinguished from the korido basically
by the number of syllables in each line.

COMEDIA - about a courtly love

between, a prince and a princess of
2 different religions, and highlights
concepts of colonial attitudes to
Christian-Muslim relations.

RAWITDAWIT - narrative poem was

3 a vehicle of social and political criticism
RAWIT – DAWIT
3
A form of
literature in
Bicol termed
as a narrative
poem
From the word
yawit which
means remark
 MARIANO
PERFECTO

 In 1890, the first Bikol newspaper An

Parabareta (the Newsman) was
published by Mariano Perfecto, who also
established the first printing press:
Imprenta de Nuestra Señora de
Peñafrancia.

 Two protest plays

— “An Pagguiao kan mga pastores can
pagcamondag ni Jesus duman sa portal sa
belen” (The awakening of the shepherds
of Jesus birth)
— “Comedia na dapit sa Dios o magna
cahayagan can pagcamondag ni
Jesus” (A play about God or matters
concerning the birth of Jesus).
  He is a Bicolano Musician.
POTENCIANO the composer of Sarung Banggi
GREGORIO SR. (One Evening)
 Other works was Pusong
Tagub nin Sakit and Hinuyop
– hoyopan nin Dios

 He was born in Libog (now Santo

Domingo) , Albay.
 He started writing music for the local
church by himself or in collaboration with his
older brother Bernardo who organized the
local band Banda de Lib-og.
 Potenciano later became the
bandmaster of the same band until he
joined the Philippine Constabulary Band in
1919.
 JAIME JESUS
BORLAGDAN

 A contemporary Bicolano writer, musician, graphic

artist, teacher and cultural worker.
 Awardee of several Premio Tomas Arejola
for Bicol Literature both for his poetry and
fiction: his collections “Karangahan” and
“Ini, an mga buhay ta” won first prize for
poetry in 2006 and 2007.
 In 2008, his short story “Daramlagon” won
2nd prize in the Gawad Komisyon ng
Wikang Filipino literary contest.
 He was awarded by the Provincial
Government of Albay as the 2015
Outstanding Albayano Artist for Literature.
ABDON JUN
BALDE JR.  A successful engineer by training,
to follow his father decision on
what he should pursue in college.

 His first short story, Milagro sa Aming

Nayon was published in Liwayway
magazine way back in 1961, when he
was only 16 years old. Then a year
after, it was followed by Kuwento ng
Isang Pag-ibig
 As a prolific writer, he authored a sucession
of books on Philippine literature, three of his
works, Mayong, Hunyango sa
Bato, and Calvary Road won for him the
National Book Awards.
 MAYONG - merges deathless legend and fantastic lore with the romance of
present-day realities, in the process weaving a well-told tale of the crossover
between the natural and the supernatural.
 HUNYANGO SA BATO - published in 2003. It tells of the corruption in the
construction industry and irregularities in public works projects.
 CAVALRY ROAD – published in 2005. A collection of stories in the surreal and
absurd genre took the National Book Awards and the 2005 J. C. Laya Prize for
Best Book Fiction.
 In 2007, he was given the Premio Arejola Lifetime Achievement Award
for Literature
 In 2008, the Omaw sa Oragon Award was given him during a tribute in
his honour by the Aquinas University in Legazpi City.

 In 2009, he received the Bikolinismo

Regional Artist Award plaque.

 Early in 2010, his 8thbook

titled Sibago was launched at the Tomas
Aquinas Research Complex Auditorium,
Manila.