{"id":3897,"date":"2024-10-02T14:30:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T06:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangsamororeview.com\/main\/?p=3897"},"modified":"2025-04-21T20:38:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T12:38:25","slug":"laitan-and-tarasul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangsamororeview.com\/main\/laitan-and-tarasul\/","title":{"rendered":"Laitan and Tarasul Sama Tabawan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Omarjan I. Jahuran<\/em><\/p>\n

Laitan<\/strong><\/p>\n

mislang sobangan
\nma kapu’an bihing timbang
\nsahaya bulawan kalangitan
\naminta bangkal ma bilu ayan<\/p>\n

hamiyu baliyu balat-daya
\npajiyara pasiyum ma papa
\nmaglimbay janggay saloka’
\nma jambangan salama lama<\/p>\n

Angalukis pitu’ walna’ biradali ma kagabunan
\nPatandaw ananding na si Matahari ni si Manisan<\/em>
\nmamahi ma kulit tahik magkitaw kitaw ibuhan
\nAngalingan na gusung malanga anussi baran<\/p>\n

ma tapiyan Laitan…<\/p>\n

Laitan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Daybreak comes
\nOn the island on the edge of the ocean
\nThe golden rays in the skies
\nPaints orange in the blue space<\/p>\n

The gusting of the offshore winds
\ngently kissing the cheeks
\nthe coconuts swing their arms
\nin the garden of eternity<\/p>\n

Seven colors marked by the rainbow in the clouds
\nThe sun glances and looks at Manisan
\n<\/em>The sparkle of a thousand stars on the surface of the sea
\nThe high sand calls out now to cleanse<\/p>\n

On the coast of Laitan\u2026<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Tarasul Sama Tabawan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tinagna\u2019an tarasul itu maka Bismillah
\nMa on Tuhan Tunggal Sangat Kawasa
\nKamemon pagpudji, sanglit, babarapa
\nSubay ya Allah muna-muna pinaheya.<\/p>\n

Tarasul ku itu pinasaplag ni ka\u2019am
\nAmahalayak, amasayu, amajantang;
\nPasalan usulan lahat Halo Sukuran,
\nLahat bay pagjanji\u2019an maka bangsa Ira\u2019an.<\/p>\n

Pag addat ma bowahan Kambo\u2019an
\nIyana itu dakayu\u2019 pangilahan kitam;
\nMbal ka kaonan a\u2019a lahat Tabawan,
\nBang alam itu asal ma deyom pangatayan.<\/p>\n

Min Pagtandan ni lahat e\u2019 kambo\u2019mbo\u2019anta
\nSampay pangosol hag Langgal maka Luma\u2019 Maheya;
\nPagjamu, Pagkambo\u2019an maka Pagduwata,
\nSaga paljanji\u2019an subay toongan tinuman e\u2019 ta.<\/p>\n

Pagjamu ma gintana\u2019an maka kapantayan
\nIya na pagjamu ma entosan Pampang
\nHalaman Kassa Samin bang itu pinag-onan
\nSubay masi na pa\u2019in nientom pinaghinang<\/p>\n

Pagjamu tapiyan maka kagusungan Laitan
\nHalaman Salama-lama bang iya pinag-onan
\nIna\u2019an paatag entosan maka dundangan kambo\u2019an
\nPaltanda\u2019an sin pag-ongka\u2019-ongka\u2019an sigam<\/p>\n

Pagjamu bohe\u2019 deya subay du masi pinahalga\u2019
\nNionan itu Halaman Putli\u2019 Dayang Sulga\u2019;
\nBohe\u2019 binarakatan, bohe\u2019 bay pamusaka\u2019,
\nBohe\u2019 pamakosog baran, toolang maka laha\u2019.<\/p>\n

Pakaradja\u2019an pagjamu, t\u2019llu ng\u2019llaw t\u2019llum bahangi
\nPagtagunggu\u2019 llaw – sangom, alam paghali,
\nMag igal saga kar\u2019ndahan, kamatto\u2019ahan, magsubli
\nMagtumbak, magkuntaw, bang nienda\u2019 maka s\u2019lli-s\u2019lli<\/p>\n

Bang angaliyu liyu na kulintangan maka tambul tinitikan,
\nAnuttu\u2019 na agung, sulembat maka bab\u2019nndil padongan;
\nSaga magtagunggu\u2019 pabasag amal\u2019kkas lisagan sigam,
\nIya na pangalingan ma kauman e\u2019 Tagunggu\u2019an Tabawan.<\/p>\n

Suwala tagunggu\u2019an sinahawi saga magduduwata,
\nSinagina pahadil baanan kar\u2019ndahan maka botang matto\u2019a;
\nPareyo\u2019 pasalidda saga umagad kambo\u2019mbo\u2019an maka aruwa,
\nBaanan katurunan katekkahan mag igal maka amissala<\/p>\n

Magtumbak saga kal\u2019llahan, Mag igal Kar\u2019ndahan,
\nGinisan Igalan paluwas ma luma\u2019 pagduwatahan;
\nIgal kayab, Igal Bokko\u2019, Igal Kamun, Igal kamatto\u2019ahan,
\nMaglimbay maka maglenggang ma Igal Tabawan<\/p>\n

Igal Tabawan nilimbayan isab ma pagkawinan ma kauman
\nAddat-pusaka\u2019 bangsa asal pinaghinang\u2019 bay min awal jaman
\nMin diki\u2019-diki\u2019 saga kaanakan sinangbay tin\u2019ppak-t\u2019ppakan;
\nPina-igal ma pantan luba\u2019-labi na bang damlag bulan.<\/p>\n

Damlag bulan magsahaya ma ayan, ma kalangitan,
\npagantung sali\u2019 mbal pagantung ma deyo\u2019-diyata alam;
\nBang pinandang taentom na si Kumala\u2019, si Arung, si Rayang,
\nPabeya ma hamiyu baliyu suwala si Oto\u2019 magleleng ma jambatan.<\/p>\n

Aheka kahinangan kagara\u2019an bang adamlag na bulan,
\nSaga Kamatto\u2019ahan mag anom tepo, mag lege lege ma pantan;
\nMaggara magbeggong saga kasubulan maka kabudjangan,
\nMaglibutan ma sowang kaluma\u2019an , Tabawan Night bang itu nionan.<\/p>\n

Tarasul ku maitu na pinahanti\u2019 pinahali saga dawdanakan
\nJantang-jari paluwahan Sama Tabawan pinabantang ma ka\u2019am;
\nMin lahat mata sobangan, lahat bay niatasan,lahat nibarakatan
\nlahat kambo\u2019mbo\u2019an, lahat pagtibawan, Iyana tunggal Tabawan.<\/p>\n

Minsan magsulang-mangking labayan pagbakan, maingga-mainga ma dunya,
\nMagsurang saingsing saga kaanakan, ka\u2019mpu-mpuhan maka saga panubu\u2019ta;
\nDaa kinalipat paghinang ma lahat gin\u2019llal e\u2019 kamatto\u2019ahan \u201cPonsot Dunya\u201d,
\nBohe\u2019 sulga\u2019 makaam, Salam Duwa\u2019a, Salam Kasilasa.<\/p>\n

Tarasul Sama Tabawan<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

Starting this poem with \u201cIn the name of Allah\u201d,
\n<\/span>In the name of the one and only most powerful God;
\n<\/span>All praises, honor and glory,
\n<\/span>Only due to Allah first and foremost.;<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This poem is made known to all of you,
\n<\/span>To inform, advise and illuminate;
\n<\/span><\/span>About the history of a Blessed Cove,
\n<\/span>A place with a sacred pact with the Ira\u2019an people.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Reverence to the way of the ancestors,
\n<\/span>This is one value that identifies us;
\n<\/span>You cannot be named people of Tabawan,
\n<\/span>If this is not even part of your emotions.<\/span><\/p>\n

From the very beginning when our ancestors landed,
\n<\/span>Until they stick the poles of the oldest mosque and the longhouse;
\n<\/span>The Pagjamu, Pagkamboan and Pagduwata,
\n<\/span>Are the sacred obligations that we should fulfill.<\/span><\/p>\n

The spirits’ appeasement in the land and plains,
\n<\/span>Which is the Pampang log roller ritual offering;
\n<\/span><\/span>Named also as the Crystal Glass Garden,
\n<\/span>Must be always evoked and practiced.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The spirits’ appeasement in the Laitan shoreland,
\n<\/span>Named also as the Garden of Eternity;
\n<\/span>There lies the log roller and the ancestors\u2019 swing,
\n<\/span>Ancient markers symbolizing their playground.<\/span><\/p>\n

The spirits’ appeasement in the Bohe\u2019 Deya must be observed,
\n<\/span>Named as the Fair Maiden Princess from heaven;
\n<\/span>A sacred well, a communal heirloom well,
\n<\/span>Its water strengthens bodies, bones and blood.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Pagjamu rites lasts for three days and nights,
\n<\/span>The music making in daylight and evenings doesn\u2019t stop;
\n<\/span>The dancing of maidens and elders take turns,
\n<\/span>The spear dance and martial dance are exciting to look at.<\/span><\/p>\n

If the kettle gongs are stricken and the drum beats;
\n<\/span>The pounding of the gongs and the sound layer of the sulembat with bab\u2019ndil plays along;
\n<\/span>The ensemble musicians are quickened, then they play with all their might and faster!
\n<\/span>The sound calls out to the community through the music-making of Tabawan ensemble.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The music-making summons the shamans and spirits-bearers,
\n<\/span>Enjoining the women and community elders to witness;
\n<\/span>In the rites, the spirits of the ancestors and the departed will manifest,
\n<\/span>And those who have inherited family traditions dance in trance and speak in tongues.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Speardancing for men and the traditional dancing for women,
\n<\/span>Different types of dances come out in the spirit houses;
\n<\/span>Fan dance, turtle dance, sea mantis dance and ancient dance,
\n<\/span>Arms swinging as if in a tipping boat when dancing the Igal Tabawan.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Igal Tabawan is also danced at weddings in the community,
\n<\/span>This tradition has been observed since time immemorial;
\n<\/span>Ever since as small children, they dance with the tapping of the hands of their parents,
\n<\/span>They are made to dance in the open platform of the sea village especially when it’s full moon.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The full moon shines brightly in the heavens, in the skies,
\n<\/span>It looks suspended but sometimes it is not, beyond outer space;
\n<\/span>If we stare at it, it brings memories of our dear ones, our loved ones, our princess,
\n<\/span>One can hear the soft voice of Oto\u2019 singing leleng on the bridge blown by the breeze.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many things happen when the moon is full and bright,
\n<\/span>The elders weave their mats and sleep on the open porch at night;
\n<\/span>Young men and maidens court each other by sailing on boats,
\n<\/span>Paddling through the village sea channels, \u201cTabawan Night\u201d is what it is known for.<\/span><\/p>\n

My poem rests and ends here my brethren,
\n<\/span>The imageries of the Sama people of Tabawan are shown to all of you;
\n<\/span>A land from the eye of the east, an ordained place, a blessed place;
\n<\/span>An ancestral place, a place of pilgrimage, the one and only Tabawan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even if in the most unlikely place anywhere in this wide world we might meet,
\n<\/span>Even if we have a multitude of children, grandchildren and descendants;
\n<\/span>Let us not forget our place\u2019s traditions that our ancestors labeled as \u201cthe navel of the world\u201d,
\n<\/span><\/span>Wishing you all good tidings, peaceful prayers and love be with you always.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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