Wedding Dance
Amador Daguio
There was a couple named Awiyao and Lumnay. They were married for a long time but Awiyao her husband has to marry another girl named Madulimay because Lumnay cannot bear a child. On the night of the wedding of Awiyao and Madulimay, Awiyao went to his and Lumnay's house where they used to live to personally invite his ex wife to oin the dance but Lumnay refuses to oin. Lumnay is the best dancer in their tribe. They had a heart!to!heart tal" about their separation, and on their conversation they found out that the couple still had a thing on each other. They still love each other but they have to separate because their tribe#s custom is!!every man in that tribe should have one $or more% child that would carry his name and if his wife cannot give him a child he can marry another woman. &t's a man's necessity to have a child. Lumnay can hardly let go of her husband. The two both agreed that if Awiyao's second marriage did not wor", he will go bac" to Lumnay's arms and this was sealed by the beads that Lumnay will "eep. Then Awiyao goes bac" to the wedding because someone is calling him already. After being fetched by others, Lumnay decided to go to the wedding not to dance or to oin the celebration but to stop the wedding. 'he decided to brea" the unwritten law of her tribe, but when she is near all her guts to stop the wedding suddenly disappeared. She did not have the courage to break into the wedding feast. Lumnay walked away from the dancing ground, away from the village. She went to the mountain instead and in the mountain is where she diverted all her bitterness in her and she partly reminisce their story of Awiyao.
Awiyao - The Husband stated in the short story. (Wedding dance) Humorous and physically fit. Lumnay - The wife of Awiyao. The woman who was left by her husband (Awiyao) because she cannot bear a child. Beautiful, a good dancer, strong in planting beans, fast in cleaning ars, and a good house!eeper, Madulimay - Awiyao"s new wife. Plot Introduction: The story started when Awiyao went ti his and Lumnay"s house to in#ite his e$%wife to oin the dance. Rising Action: Things get complicated when start tal!ing, and she can"t let go of Awiyao. Climax &o much intense felt in the story when they both stated that they do not want any other man or women for them. There so much intense formed when they stated that they still lo#e each other. Falling Action: When Lumnay and Awiyao ha#e to follow their Tribe"s 'ustom. Denouement: When Awiyao was fetched by his friends and he had no choice but to go bac! to the wedding.
Symbolism and Theme
There are extensive literary devices!symbolism used in this story and here it goes.
'ymbolism
"I'll keep them because they stand for the love you have for me," she said. "I love you. I love you and have nothing to give." !!( Beads- in the Story, the beads represents the great love of Lumnay to her Ex husband Awiyao. Awiyao gave the beads to Lumnay as a gift, he said that she can eep the beads and it is worth !" fields but Lumnay said that she will eep the beads because of her love to Awiyao. "After some moments during which he seemed to wait, he talked to the listening darkness." --> #he $ar ness symboli%es of what Lumnay is feeling. She is feeling sad and somehow lonely li e when you are in the middle of the dar ness, you&ll feel that you&re all alone. " e crawled on all fours to the middle of the room" !!( #he house's four walls symboli%es the Lumnay&s (imprisonment.) *e used the term imprisonment because in the story Lumnay has no choice but to follow the rules of their tribe, even though she do not li e the idea of separation +ust li e when you are in prison, you have no choice but to follow and obey the rules. "!ith bare fingers he stirred the covered smoldering embers, and blew into the stove. !hen the coals began to glow, Awiyao put pieces of pine on them, then full round logs as his arms. "he room brightened." !!( #he smoldering embers that become glowing coals then after a while will disappear symboli%e for the love of Awiyao to Lumnay. At first a warm love then eventually it was fading. Theme #rue Love- is all about sacrifices and hope. #hat in life, love is never enough to have a happy ending. Sometimes you need to set someone free not because you don&t love him,her but because it&s the best for the both of you. setting and Points of View Setting Place: Mountain somewhere in Philippines House of Lumnay's and her Ex husband Awiyao
Time
A long time ago
Mood or Atmosphere !ad" there is regret and intense
Points of View
The (oint of )iew used in this short story is the *mniscient Limited % The author used the third person (he is using pronouns such as they, she, he, it, etc) to tell us the story. We can only see or feel the thoughts and feelings of the characters if he allows it to reveal on us. We only know what the character knows and what the author allow us to know.
'onflict
+an #s. &ociety The conflict here is Man #s !ociety The lead characters have to follow their tribe#s custom " and it is resol#ed when they had a heart-to heart tal$ that they should separate and continue with their separate li#es And if Awiyao's second marriage will not wor$ he will come bac$ to Lumnay's arms again They should follow their tribe's custom and on the part of Awiyao he shows that he really wanted to ha#e a child to follow his name but there is a bit hesitance on Lumnay's part
Amador T. Daguio was a poet, no#elist and teacher during the pre%war. He was best !nown for his fictions
and poems. He had published two #olumes of poetry, ,Bataan Har#est, and,The -laming Lyre,. He ser#ed as chief editor for the (hilippine House of .epresentati#es before he died in /011. 2aguio was born 3 4anuary /0/5 in Laoag, 6locos 7orte, but grew up in Lubuagan, +ountain (ro#ince, where his father, an officer in the (hilippine 'onstabulary, was assigned. He was class #aledictorian in /058 at the Lubuagan 9lementary &chool. Then he stayed with his uncle at -ort William +c:inley to study at .i;al High &chool in (asig. Those four years in high school were, according to 2aguio, the most critical in his life. <6 spent them literally in po#erty, e$treme loneliness, and adolescent pains =6n my loneliness, 6 began to compose #erses in earnest.>3 He was in third year high when he bro!e into print in a national wee!ly, The &unday Tribune +aga;ine (// 4uly /051), with a poem, ?&he 'ame to +e.> He was going to be #aledictorian or salutatorian, but his teacher in ?utter lac! of ustice =put down my mar!s in history@my fa#orite sub ect. That ust about bro!e my heart because then 6 would ha#e had free tuition at the A.(.>0 Thus out of school for the first semester in /053, he earned his tuition (([Link]) by ser#ing as houseboy, waiter, and caddy to officers at -ort +c:inley. He enrolled for the second semester with only ([Link] left for boo!s and other e$penses. He commuted between the -ort and (adre -aura, +anila, wal!ing about two !ilometers from (aco station twice daily. He would eat his lunch alone on 2ewey Bl#d. and arri#e at the -ort about 0 oDcloc! in the e#ening. This continued for three years. Then an uncle arri#ed from Honolulu who paid his tuition during his third yearE before this, he wor!ed &aturday and &unday as printerDs de#il at the A.(. and ser#ed as (hilippine 'ollegian reporter. 2uring all this time, he learned the craft of writing from Tom 6nglis +oore, an Australian professor at A.(., and was especially grateful to A.).H. Hartendorp of (hilippine +aga;ine. His stories and poems appeared in practically all the +anila papers. *ne of ten honor graduates at A.(. in /0F5, he returned to teach at his boyhood school in LubuaganE in /0F3, he taught at Gamboanga 7ormal &chool where he met his wife 9stela. They transferred to 7ormal Leyte &chool in /08/ before the &econd World War. 2uring the 4apanese *ccupation, he oined the resistance and wrote poems in secret, later collected as Bataan Har#est./ B He was a bosom%friend of another writer in the resistance, +anuel 9. Arguilla. 6n /0C5, he obtained his +.A. in 9nglish at &tanford A. as a -ulbright scholar. His thesis was a study and translation of Hudhud hi Aliguyon (6fugao Har#est &ong). 6n /0C8, he obtained his Law degree from .omualde;
Law 'ollege in Leyte. 2aguio was editor and public relations officer in #arious offices in go#ernment and the military. He also taught for twenty%si$ years at the Ani#ersity of the 9ast, A.(., and (hilippine WomenDs Ani#ersity. 6n /0HF, si$ years after his death, 2aguio was conferred the .epublic 'ultural Heritage Award.
