THE WEDDING DANCEAmador Daguio

Amador DaguioAmador T. Daguio was a poet, novelist and teacher during the pre-war. He was best known for his fictions and poems. He had published two volumes of poetry.

He served as chief editor for the Philippine House of Representatives before he died in 1966.

Daguio was born 8 January 1912 in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, but grew up in Lubuagan, Mountain Province

Biological Approach• The author , Amador Daguio, was

born in Ilocos Norte but he grew up in Lubuagan, a place in Mountain Province. This could be the main reason why he wrote the story, “The Wedding Dance”. He could be exposed to the tribal tradition of the native people in Mountain Province.

AWIYAO

LUMNAY

SUMMARY

They have been married for seven harvest periods yet

Awiyao and Lumnay weren't able to produce children.

Awiyao badly need one to affirm his virility and

to establish his place among his tribesmen so

he decided to leave Lumnay and marry

Madulimay.

On the eve of Awiyao's wedding to Madulimay, Awiyao slipped away from the celebration to convince Lumnay to join the dancing women.

Instead, their conversation turned to a passionate

goodbye each expressing love for the other, their

speeches filled with recollection of precious

memories, finding it hard to let go of one another.

The climax was reached with Awiyao running, blood surging, resolved to stop the dance and complain against

the tribe's culture that permits a man to marry

another woman if the first wife couldn't bear him

children.

But suddenly she stopped and turned

back, defeated

important points

•Inequality of the sexes•culture transcends love