L5 | BICOLANO AUTHORS

• BICOLANO AUTHORS

  1. ABDON BALDE JR
  2. ESTELITO JACOB
  3. MERLINDA BOBIS
  4. KRISTIAN CORDERO
  5. JAIME JESUS BORLAGDAN
  6. AIDA CIRUJALEs
• ABDON BALDE JR.

  • Oas, Albay
  • An engineer
  • Works:
  • Calvary Road
  • Daragang Magayon
  • Hunyango sa Bato
• ESTELITO JACOB

  • Camaligan, Camarines Sur
  • Works:
  • Caryated
  • Pinagrok
  • Mga Nirukitdukit Mga Rawit Dawit sa Bikol
• MERLINDA BOBIS

  • First a painter
  • Poetry
  • painting with words
  • Works:
  • Banana Heart Summer
  • Fish hair woman
  • The Kissing
• KRISTIAN CORDERO

  • Iriga, Cam Sur
  • Works:
  • Angustia
  • An Sadit na Prinsipe
  • Mayon
• JAIME JESUS BORLAGDAN

  • Tabaco, Albay
  • Works:
  • Hali sa Treseng Tigsik
  • An Estranghero
  • Amater (Tigsik)
• TIGSIK

  • Form of impromptu rhyme or toast in the Bicol region of the Philippines. 
  • Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of the Bicol 
• AIDA CIRUJALES

  • “Tigsik Queen” of Camarines Sur
  • Works:
  • Tanog mo, Tanog ko
• TIGSIK IS CHARACTERIZED BY:

  1. CONCISENESS
  2. IMPROVISATION
  3. SOCIAL INTERACTION
  4. CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
• CONCISENESS

  • Consisting of 3 or 4 lines, emphasizing wit
• IMPROVISATION

  • Composed spontaneously
• SOCIAL INTERACTION

  • Traditionally used in social settings
  • Playful banter
• CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE

  • Reflects the values of Bicolano people