Lorlyn T. Galiemba

Reflection

 One of the subjects that education students need to take is Field Study 3 or Community Immersion. This subjectrequires students to participate in school and community activities.

            We gained more knowledge during our community immersion because of the different charateristics of Brgy. Calaya. People in Calaya are very approachable and the students are very courteous to us. They have a simple life but they are happy together with their family.

            Calaya is too far from the market where they can buy their foods and other materials that they needed. That’s why every morning there is a fish vendor passing by Calaya so that people won’t waste their money going to the market.

            College students live in Calaya, studied in Iloilo city. It’s too far to travel from the Island of Guimaras going to Iloilo. Some College students in Calaya went home daily despite of long distance to school.

            People in Brgy.Calaya believed in “Aswang” (witch), and they still use herbal medecines and traditional food preserving like tahong(seafood).

Cultural Memories

            Brgy. Calaya still had their composo songs and binalaybay. Many young people of this generation had forgotten already about this kind of cultural memories but lolo’s (grandfather) and lola’s (grandmother) preserved this kind of literature. Composo song tells us about love, environment and values. Binalaybay is a part of the cultural memories that is still practiced by the people of Calaya.

Composo:

ISDAHANON

By: GREGORIO GALVEZ (85 years old)

Dinhi nakon usuyon, bida sang isdahanon

Senyores inyo pamatii ining malip-ot nga ambahanon

Ang tanan nga mga isda, magapuyo sa kadagatan

Ang iban may opisyo pareho man sang tawo

Didto namatay ang omang, tinyente mayor ang kagang
Kasag ang napriso, inaway sang alimango

Malasugi ang gwardiyamonte sa suba ang San jose

Didto nausisaan si Parangan naalagan.

Pugita ang presidente

Lukos ang bise

Pasayan ang maestra

Hipon ang mga eskwela

Bagis ang maestro

Bagungon ang Obispo

Sapsap among pobre

Wala’y tambo ni Juang pirme.

            This song tells us about the different kinds of animal species under the sea like shrimps, crabs, squids, and other kind of fishes where people can sell in orther to have income.