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BIAG NI LAM-ANG

Setting:

Nalbuan- somewhere in the Valley of Naguilan River in La Union where Lam-ang

and his parents lived.

Characters:

Lam-ang- the main character of the story, the only son of Namongan and Don

Juan Panganiban. He had the unusual power of speech and physical form.

Ines Kannoyan- a beautiful maiden, daughter of the richest man of the town of

Kalanutian, and a lady who loved and married by Lam-ang.

Namongan- mother of Lam-ang who help her to match the wealth of the

Kannoyans.

Don Juan Panganiban- father of Lam-ang who go to the mountains to fight an

Igorot band

Sarindang- she tried to seduced Lam-ang.

White rooster- acted as a spokeperson of Lam-ang.

Parents of Ines Kannoyan- they dared Lam-ang to bring gold more than match

of their wealth.

Marcos- diver who rewarded by Lam-ang for collecting all his bones.

Sumarang- Lam-ang’s rival.

Plot

Lam-ang was an extraordinary being, manifesting in his early years when he

started to speak, thus enabling him to choose his own name. His adventure began

when his father, Don Juan, set out for a battle but never returned. At barely nine

months, he went to search for Don Juan in the highlands where the latter was said to

have gone. Aware that her child was a blessed, exceptional creature, his mother

Namongan allowed him to go. Lam-ang then went off to search for his father, leaving his

grieving mother behind.

When Lam-ang reached the area his father purportedly disappeared to, he was

enraged upon seeing Don Juan’s severed head atop of a bamboo pole that was planted

in the ground; the scene came to him in a dream prior to reaching that place. Lam-ang

then demanded to know the reason as to why that had happened to his father, but did

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not receive an answer from the locals. Instead, the chieftain of the village demanded

that he leave under pain of suffering the same fate as his father. Lam-ang defied the

caveat and bravely fought with the chieftain and his tribesmen. The hero emerged

victorious from the battle with little effort, finally avenging his murdered father.

Exposition

Lam-ang was an extraordinary being, manifesting in his early years when he

started to speak, thus enabling him to choose his own name. His adventure began

when his father, Don Juan, set out for a battle but never returned.

Conflict

Lam-ang’s father disappeared and then he was to fight his father's enemies.

Climax

Lam-ang defied the caveat and bravely fought with the chieftain and his

tribesmen.

Resolution

The hero emerged victorious from the battle with little effort, finally avenging his

murdered father.