4/30/2023 0 Comments The storyo f sleeping beauty![]() ![]() Many a dashing Kalinga young man had offered his love for Lubting but not one of them met the approving eyes of the beauteous village queen. Lubting grew up to become the most beautiful maiden in the whole Kalinga land. She had a beautiful voice which attracted people in the village. Born out of their wedlock was a baby girl who was immediately named "Lubting." The baby had shown unusual talents. There once lived in Dakalan (a barrio/village of Tanudan municipality) a couple whose names were Gamu (wife) and Usa-ay (husband). This is the legend taken from that immortal ballad: So popular is the legend that anyone from Tinglayan, Kalinga, or from the neighboring municipality of Tanudan can sing it in the Ullalim verse by verse. The legend is one of Kalinga's most loved bedtime stories popularly sang in the native ballad called Ullalim. One cannot fully understand and feel the pride that a Kalinga has for this mountain unless he encounters the legend of Lady Lubting. But she is there, supinely lying to remain for today's generation and the generations to come as a symbol of a woman's love for a man of her own choice. Or that she is viewed from another vantage point. She may not be seen at times because of the clouds blanketing the mountain range or because of one's lack of an aesthetic sense. To a casual traveler along the Bontoc-Kalinga national road, the mountain is merely one of these mountain ridges monotonously following him all through the mountain roads from Baguio to the northernmost highland political territory of Apayao. She is the perpetual "Lady Lubting" known to many a Kalinga tribesman today as the "Sleeping Beauty Mountain." She may not even be the most discriminating and nationwide to our country's tourist spot hunters.īut to the Kalingas, she represents their tribalistic pride and honor - the heroism of their forefathers who fought and died in the name of their people and their children's children - and the fidelity of their women to their husbands. She may not qualify for listening as among the "Wonders of the World" - not even for the 9th after her neighbor, the labyrinthine system of rice terraces in Banaue, Ifugao. The Sleeping Beauty Mountain of Kalinga (also known as Mount Patukan, Mount Mating-oy Dinayao, Mount Mantingoy) "Patukan: The Legend of the 'Sleeping Beauty' Mountain of Kalinga" by Scott Magkachi Saboy One version of the story is about Lubting and Mawanga one, about Dinayao and Binsay and the other, Edonsan and Banna - all ending with the female protagonist resting on Patukan, in despair, after the loss of her loved one. The tale of two lovers ended by a tribal war has different versions, depending on the tribe where the story originated, the names of the protagonists are different, but with only a slight variation in the story. The tale is one of Kalinga's most loved bedtime stories popularly sang in the native ballad called Ullalim. There is a folkloric legend regarding the mountain, passed on for several generations. The mountain is known as Mount Mating-oy Dinayao in the Tinglayan dialect. It is usually best viewed from the west near the municipality Tinglayan in the Chico River valley, but it can also be viewed from the east near Tanudan. Mount Patukan (in the Lubo dialect of Tanudan) is the forehead and highest point of 'Sleeping Beauty.' The ridge is located between the municipalities of Tanudan and Tinglayan. ![]() ![]() The mountain is called such because the silhouette of the northern ridge resembles a sleeping woman. The Sleeping Beauty Mountain (also known as Mount Patukan, Mount Mating-oy Dinayao, Mount Mantingoy) is a mountain ridge in the province of Kalinga. ![]()
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