LEGEND OF “BAIL” POBLACION

Long time ago according to old folks, in a small village which is occupied by a few

households and being populated and being populated by individuals armed with bravery and

hospitality begins the legend of Poblacion. After the proclamation of the Philippine

Independence Day, people from the mountain came to look for a permanent place to stay, and

they found out this place which is good for agricultural and live stocks. So, they built there

houses by row.

Being industrious, they were able to build their houses and dug some part of their rice

field in a short period of time. After several years of residency, people from the neighboring

places came to visit this village. They were amused by the beauty of the ambiance of this place,

so some families from other villages came to join them and built forest attracts other individuals

to came and reside to this village.

News about this village spread throughout the neighboring villages that they always came

to visit. The hospitality of the people in this village marks its identity; visitors from other places

made a name for this village and called it “BAIN”. It is because when they arrive at this village,

the family from the departing area begun to call them for lunch or either call them to have a cup

of coffee, after wards when there neighbor heard of the call of their neighbor, he also call to offer

lunch or a snack until all villagers came to call them also. So this visitors were ashamed to refuse

the offer of the others so to make it fair for the villagers they pass by until they were out of sight.

So this attitude of being so hospitable makes the village to be named “BAIN” or ashamed.

Years passes by, people continuously migrate to this village called “BAIN” and because of mixed

dialect, it was now called “BAIL” or what we so called new barangay Poblacion after it

proclamation as belong to the sixteen barangay of Tanudan.

HISTORY OF MABACA

Long time ago, there were no people living in Mabaca. People are living in Madanna-ao.

That was during the 1st and 2nd World War because of the occupation of the Spaniards and

Japanese during that time. After the World War, A terrible man named Banglagan went hunting

down to Madanna-ao River and reaches the wonderful side surrounded with forest, where there

are many kinds of wild animals, such as deer, wild pig, wild chicken and etc.

When time passed, he went there to live. He built a house for dwelling and he do

“kaingin” for living. After several days he named the place Mabaca. Years past, he’s alone living

because there is no other people who are living there. Suudenly he decided to invite other people

from Gimma and Agumi-im to come down in Mabaca. Now and then many people are living in

Mabaca.

HISTORY OF DUPLIGAN

Barangay Dupligan comes from the mother barangay Mabaca and because of its area and

population. Barangay Dupligan was separated as one barangay in 1988 followed by its OIC

Officials. The first barangay officials were elected in May 1989 and Hon. Maximo W. Wallis

was the first elected barangay Captain. Originally Dupligan is a pasture land area and located at

the upper area of sitio Bawac that at present it comprises to be the largest barangay in the

Municipality of Tanudan.

LEGEND OF GA-ANG

In the early times of the American Regime, there was an unknown small village occupied

by some people in the upper part of Tanudan.

The villagers lived happily near the Tanudan River bank where they could easily catch

fish for food. They built their houses close to one another for protection from attacking enemies

since tribal wars there were rampant during the early days.

One day, the villagers noticed that one member of their village was missing. They search

for him week-long until they found him unconscious inside the forest.

When they interviewed him, he told the villagers that he was taken away by a “lagayan”

or ghost. The incident happened repeatedly wherein some of the victims were not found or

recovered.

Because of the fearful events, the elders called a meeting among the villagers. They

decided to stop the “lagayan” or ghost taking people out of the village.

The villagers then agreed to make a long and deep canal. It would cut across the

passageway of the ghost to prevent its entrance in the village. Because the ghosts are afraid of

water.

During the construction of the canal, an American citizen, probably the well-known

Sapao happened to pass-by. He curiously as the men what they were working on.

One of the men stood and responded immediately saying that they are constructing a

“caaang” or canal to stop the ghost from coming to the village.

The American visitor wrote in his diary about what the worker thought to him. But e

misheard the word “caang” as “GAANG”.

The American fellow spread to other places he visited Gaang. A place where they were

constructing a canal to stop ghosts.

Today, the village is permanently named Gaang.

LEGEND OF DACALAN

Dakaran (Barangay Dacalan) is derived from the term “dadakkaran” which means the

point where you get after crossing a river either by wading os swimming. Dakaran folks recount

that Kabuniyan gave the name. Kabuniyan went to hunt at Binaratann Mountain. Upon reaching

the mountain, he realesed his dog. The dog began to bark while Kabuniyanwa descending Mt.

Payao and after a few minutes, he could no longer hear his dog because the birds were chirping

noisily. So he whispered to them and bade to keep quiet.

Then the birds stopped chirping (even up to this day). He then followed his dog and found

that the dog killed a wild boar. Kabuniyan hauled his catch to the nearest settlement, he told the

people to call their place “Dakaran” because the only possible pathway to enter their place is

through the “dadakkaran”.

LEGEND OF LUBO

Long ago in a small village called Gumnao, which is now located at the vicinity of the

present Lubo community, lived a man by the name Siggacao. He was the don of Gapao from the

Bacarri tribesmen. Gapao migrated to Gumnao in search of a greener pasture and good health.

He also wanted to run away from dako (malaria). Leading his wife and children, he did not

follow a specific trail or path to rich his destination. Soon to cross the raging Donglayan River,

he had no other option when they reached a narrow portion to jump over it and landed on the

other bank. The distance was more or less three meters. Gapao jumped and made it. He jumped

back and carrying Siggacao on his back, he jumped again at the other side. So he did it to the rest

of his two children and was successful. His last jumped would entail carrying his wife. But he

had grown very tired. Thus after he told her that he could not carry her on his back, they agreed

to jump together holding hands landing at the other side. Only Gapao, made it for his wife could

not sustain holding him. She dropped on a rock, drowned and died. The tragic incident did not

discourage Gapao. He did all means to recover the remains of his wife. Finding them, he buried

her. They continued their journey until they reached the village of Gumnao.

Siggacao grew up and eventually was given to headhunting. With the support of his

children he become a ruthless killer. He collected heads jaws of whom over he killed from near

and far villages. He was so proud of his collections of human skulls and jaws that he displayed

them in his house.

Kabuniyan, angered with the unjustifiable headhunting activities of Siggacao, warned by

saying: Siggacao aggacao tipyacao (Siggacao, I’ll punish you by water should you not stop your

headhunting activities). However, Siggacao answered: Ginuragos de lutot ak adik iportot (If I

deafeted brave men on a duel, how much more of a flowing water).

Kabuniyan appeared in the form of a dog at the upstream of Gappu brook and started to

dam the water. The villagers noticed a dog daming the water. As the dog the picked a pebble

and placed it on a dike, the pebble miraculously turned into a big rock/stone. Likewise, a piece of

small baranti (stick) placed it on the dike became a huge log. The rest of the villagers in

Gumnao and Pongngor transferred to other villages on higher grounds in Ambolinao, Bokus,

Sungang, and Tatakkan. Siggacao and his family did not stay put in Gumnao but went on top of

the big rock/stone called Alingang.

Siggacao and his family did not drown on the first release of the water. So Siggacao

constructed a bigger dam. However, eventually the dike could not hold the water. From a leak

(lubo), the water burst forth. It flashed down along Gappu brook and flooded the whole valley.

Siggacao and his family were not be able to withstand the strong current of the water, much more

the huge log that swept them down. They all got drowned.

Days after the deluge, one of Siggacao’s children was nipingat (found), wedged in

between two big stones. Thus the placed was called Pingat. Another child was nipisok (found) in

a hole at a hill and that hill was called Pisok. The other child was struck to a stone in a hill and

the hill was named Togotog, from the word “tugtug-bang”. The last child named Supak was

found in one of the surrounding hills and the same hill was named after her named. The remains

of Siggacao and his wife were nowhere to be found.

Many years after the deluge, the succeeding generations excavated rice paddies. While

excavating, they found pieces of inasi beads, which they believed to be of Siggacao’s family. So

they named that portion of the Lubo rice terraces Inasi.

When the villagers from the various ayuma (villages) gathered together and formed one

community to excavate payaw (rice paddies) they named their settlement Lubo, from the word

“lubo” meaning leak.

LEGEND OF TANUDAN

By virtue of Executive Order No. 2918 of Frank Murphy, Tanudan was sliced from

Lubuagan on February 16, 1932 and subsequently inaugurated as a municipal district on May,

12th of same year. By Executive Order No. 42, it was a regular municipality on June 25, 1963. It

lies directly south of Tabuk , west of Parecelis , Mountain Province, North of Barlig, Mountain

Province and East of Tinglayan. It is a 6th class municipality where agriculture is the main

source of livelihood. It is the only municipality where the inhabitants do not know what is meant

by a vehicular means of transportation. All they know is to walk to the outside world back and

forth whenever necessary. The population is 100% Kalingas.

The municipality is the most isolated, the most undeveloped and the most abandoned

since this country was granted its supposed independence on July 4, 1946. In fact it is often said

by the older generation that the independence of this country, is a curse for Tanudan. This is

because these older folks saw the better old days when one could gallop on horseback to the then

main barrios of Tanudan which were also connected to Lubuagan and Bontoc by telepoohone

lines. The horse trails and telephone lines were well maintained by the government.

Tanudan comes from the word, “TANUD” which means needle. The inhabitants of this

area raised cotton and twined thread for blankets G-strings and other garments. They made fine

needle from the bones of the bats and feathers of birds. People from the surrounding localities

went to Tanudan to barter their waves to cotton apparels and brought old garments to be damed

for further use. So Tanudan means needle for sewing woven materials and daming old clothes.

LEGEND OF ANGGACAN

Once upon a time, there lived in Kal-iyan, a couple who had three beautiful daughters.

They were proud of their daughters but often the couple was worried because they had no son

neither sons-in law to become heir to their wealth and to rule the domain. They longed for an

heir that would become the chieftain of the tribe.

One day, Labba, the husband felt so lonely and worried, that his wife asked him what was

worrying him so much. He answered, “I’m afraid I am growing old and weak and we have no

son to inherit the place. Let’s ask our daughters to get married so that their husbands could

protect the village in an event of an attack from enemy tribes. “So one day, Tangguing the wife

called for their daughters and advised them to get married. The children were anxious to be

married as their parents were for them to marry, so indeed, they went searching for the man to

marry each of them. The first and second daughters found each a husband for them but the

youngest refused to marry for she loved no one among the village lads.

Meanwhile in a far mountain there also dwelt a young and handsome lad by the name of

Gaccayon, who when hearing about the beautiful Gallin-ao thought of different manner of

courting her, by disguising himself as a poor man and living in a forested area near the village of

kal-iyan. He often helped people who lost their way and feeding them with wild fruits of the

forest, if they were hungry.

Gacayon used to sit near a small lake of Kabilaan where Gallinao used to bathe. One day,

Gallinao and some other companions went to the lake to bathe, he saw Gallinao, and she was

truly beautiful. Gaccayon fell in love with Gallinao. He knew right there and then, that she was

the lady he was going to marry. One day, when Gallinao saw him she, too, fell in love with him

although she was a bit confused of her being alone with him. Everyday thereafter the small lake

was their rendezvous. When Gaccayon told the parents of Gallinao that he wanted the hands of

their beautiful daughter in marriage, the father did not approve, for he believed he was “a do

nothing individual”. When they heard of this, they ran towards the forest where the trees

provided them sanctuary. The lovers stayed together in that lonely forest. They established a

home there, away from the other inhabitants, and also to be away from the anger of Gallinao’s

father.

At the time, a group of Head-Hunters from another tribe attached Kal-iyan. His two son-

in-laws were not able to defend their village; they were not born leaders. Fighting in the little

village raged on several months and the people of Kal-iyan suffered defeat after defeat. They

began to feel desperate as the population decreased. Many of the inhabitants died. It was

inevitable the village had to surrender.

When the people were about to surrender, the parents of Gallinao went towards the

mountains where her daughter and her husband took refuge and sought their help. Gaccayon

admonished his parents-in-law to leave the village right away and come up to them in the

mountains. The village people obeyed and they all trooped towards the mountains where the

young couple lived.

When Gaccayon and his wife sighted the approaching caravan to their mountain abode

they were not surprised. This was the time to show the parents of Gallinao that he was not “a do

nothing man”. Gaccayon a strong, big, muscular young man prepared himself for the battle.

Gaccayon said to himself, “Now is the time to prove my worth”. He went to do his battle arms.

He got his shield, his spears and his arrow, and all the able-bodied men to meet the pursuing

enemies. A great battle raged and Gaccayon fought like he was a whole army. He killed all the

enemies with one sweep of his long bolo and pinned several with his spears. He killed many of

the enemies with his arrow that was never amiss.

When the enemies saw that many of them died in the hands of the new leader, the few that

were left, fled, never o come back again.

After the battle in which Gaccayon and his followers emerged victorious, the people did

not want to return to their village, for fear the enemies would come back to retaliate but rather

they chose to stay with their new chieftain in the mountains and resettled there, and so a new

village was formed and a new chieftain ruled over them for many years in the settlement they

called Anggacan.