Agawe: A Bagobo Fiction Series 1 Episode 7

Video is in Tagalog

Continued From Episode 6

“Ansel… you’re back,” he said nervously as he stared at the boy and at the sword. He slowly got up. “What do you want?” Agawe forced himself to be calm.

“Apô said I should…” Ansel said seriously as he brandished the sword, “give this to you,” and grinned sheepishly. “She wants you to have a sword,” he put it in the sheath hanging from his waist. He untied the rope and gave the sheathed sword to Agawe. “Apô sends you some clothes, too…”

“Wheww…. You scared me…” 

Agawe: A Bagobo Fiction Series 1 Episode 6

Agawe Series 1 Episode 6
Continued from Episode 5

 Agawe slipped out the door. He heard voices in the front yard. He quietly walked to the side of the house until he could see the front yard. There he saw several men. And he saw two men carrying Waeg by the shoulder. He also saw Maramag walking behind them. 

As they entered the house, Agawe hurried back to the kitchen door. He found a tree stump nearby and sat down.

Voices flared up but Agawe could hardly make out the words. The kitchen door suddenly opened and Agawe jumped up. The old woman came out, “Agawe…get inside,” she said calmly.

Agawe: A Bagobo Fiction Series 1 Episode 5

Video is in Tagalog

Continued From Episode 4


They had been walking for quite sometime when a group of men appeared from across the footpath they were following. The men ran to them excitedly.

“We found your horse so we came looking for you. What happened?” one of the men asked Tadeo. 

He told them about Waeg and Maramag's failed plot against him. He ordered them to find the two men and bring them to him immediately.

Agawe: A Bagobo Fiction Series 1 Episode 4

 Video is in Tagalog

Continued From Episode 3

Agawe prepared for his journey that afternoon. When darkness fell, he said goodbye to his Innà and to his Apô Ugay. He held his apô’s hand, “I am not sure if I can be back or if you will be here when I come back …” he paused, “goodbye, Apô.” 

His apô’s tear fell on his hand.

He looked at them one last time and was out the door. He ran towards the forest. He went straight to the stream where he and Egul used to bath. It was their own find. No one ever went there. He was safe there for the night. It was cold but he did not mind. 

His body could withstand the cold. There were times when he would wonder why he was tougher than anyone else. When Egul would shiver from the cold or almost faint from the heat, he would be alright. 

Many times, Egul would joke, “You are not human.”

More Bagobo Words With English Translation

 

You will find a few of this symbol “Ə” which is the symbol for the schwa sound that is most common in the Bagobo dialect. 

1. KirƏm - lightning 

2. Kayaan – shy/ashamed 

3. Kalingasa – angry/irritated/annoyed 

4. Abu (stress on the first syllable “a”) – ashes 

5. DakƏl – big