Legend of Lubon

Narrator: Many years ago, the cordillera mountain ranges were still teeming with wild animals thatprovide meat for the mountain people.Legend say that there were three brothers from ifugao who decided to go hunting.They were such braveand strong young men. They brought along with them their dogs. (Ed kasin, San cordillera mountain ranges et ado ado San menleleked ay kadumaduma aytalaken ay men maidawat ay kalne isnan metete-e ay ipugaw ed kabilbiligan.San inbagan di story et wada kano San tolo ay lalaki ay men kakabsat ay men nemnem ay umey da menanop.)

Brother 1: let’s go hunting.(entako men anop)

Brother2: let’s also bring along our dogs. (etaken tako met lang sa aso tako

Brother 3:let us go now(entako et)

Narrator:On their way, their dogs started sniffing and begun to move fast. The three brothers followeduntil they deep into the forest. Their paths were separated because there dogs goes to a separated roads.One of the brothers followed his fast moving dog was lost and found frozen in the coldest part of theCordelliaras. The other one named Anno was left in a place called Bugiuas and started a life there.Mantak the younger one went along with his dog named lub-ong. Mantak went along following his doguntil it finally stopped under a Macopa tree. There they saw a wild pig with little piglets. (Edi men dadaan da, San aso da et nen logo ay mensungsung ya nenlogi da ay tumagtag aynapaspas. San tolo ay men kabsat et enonod da San aso da angana sinan nauneg di kabatbatangan. Sandalan da et nensina tay San aso da et teke-teken nan enmeyan da. Isa cnan menkakabsat et inonud nasan aso na ay napaspas ay tumagtag et na made San aso et naanapan cnan mendetek ay lugar ay nen icecnan taleledek ay parten di cordillera. San isa ay aken nagan c Anno et nataynan cnan lagur ay Akinnagan c Bugiaus et nen te-e et sisya sidi. C Mantak ay naododi ay kabsat et enonod na San aso na ay akinnagan c lub-ong. C Mantak et enonod na San aso na anggana nensardeng da cnan teg-an di Macopatree. Ed sidi naila na ay wada isa ay baboy ramo ay wada anak na ay baban eg ay otik.)

Mantak: I will take care of this animal until they grow up. (aywanak san talaken ay nay ang gana masiken da)

Narrator:He took good care of the little pigs. Seeing this is a good sign,(inalagan et c Mantak San babaeg ay open. Inilan Mantak mayat ay sign di.)

Mantak: I will build my house here and live a happy life with my dog Lub-ong. And I will call this placeLub-ong after my dog. (Ed cna ak ay mensapo c baey ko ya mente-e ak cna ay mayat kadwak San aso ay c lub-ong. Yapanaganak San na ay lugar c lub-ong takanagnagan na sa asok.)

Narrator: Mantak decided to build his house there and called that area Lub-ong. Later, it become acommunity.(Mantak et nenemnem na ay mensapo c baey na cdi ya panaganan nan lugar ay c lub-ong. Etc aw awni et wada et )

Narrator: inalagan et c Mantak San babaeg ay open. Inilan Mantak mayat ay sign di. ( I will build my house here and live a happy life with my dog Lub-ong. And I will call this placeLub-ong after my dog.)

Mantak: Ed cna ak ay mensapo c baey ko ya mente-e ak cna ay mayat kadwak San aso ay c lub-ong. Yapanaganak San na ay lugar c lub-ong takanagnagan na sa asok.(Narrator: Mantak decided to build his house there and called that area Lub-ong. Later, it become acommunity.)

Narrator: C Mantak et nenemnem na ay mensapo c baey na cdi ya panaganan nan lugar ay c lub-ong. Etc aw awni et wada et ado ado ay ka baey baey Ed cdi.This beautiful community is now called lubon, “the place of the sweetest wine”.C to di ay lugar et nagan na Ed dwani et lubon, “San teg an d naimas ay tapey”