39. 12 ANCIENT KAPAMPANGAN RIDDLES

Kapampangans, like all Filipinos, love exchanging bugtung or riddles at social events, funeral wakes and weddings. A favorite past time during the war, playing ‘bugtungan’ was widely practiced in rural areas to while away time during long walks home. See if you can answer these ancient riddles that our folks enjoyed in the good old days.

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ANSWERS:

1. Sulput or amorseco; 2. Sungka; 3, Piña (pineapple); 4. Campana (bell) 5. Mangga (mango); 6. Yamuc (mosquito); 7. Camiseta (shirt); 8. Pluma (fountain pen); 9. Balubad (cashew); 10. Buac (hair); 11. Sampagang saguin (banana blossoms); 12. Angca (jackfruit).

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SOURCES: 

Historical Data Papers of Candaba, Magalang, Mabalacat.

Icban-Castro, Rosalinda, Literature of the Pampangos, University of the East Press, Manila, Philippines,1981.