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- Title:
- THE INVITED
- Date Created:
- 2021-09-01
- Description:
- If one is ANGAP, eager to eat and drink, the best that could happen is to become AGCAT or CANGAY, meaning one invited to a fiesta or banquet. AGCAT also referred to one who tagged along with or who was invited by the invitee. The guest was also called the CANGAYAN and the QUENGAYAN. Kindly note that the G is pronounced softly. At all occasions PACUNDANGAN was expected: politeness. Bergaño cites MAMATAS, to regulate such as is done with food so everyone gets an equal share when there is a crowd around food. PETASAN is the share given in identical amounts. Children then are like children now. They were notorious for MANYAYIT, to keep picking up tidbits of food not just to taste but to eat the dainties being served till nothing was left. SUMULU and MANYULU mean to enter and join those at table who are already eating. It also is used for a dog that arrives. The guest to be wary of is one who is TAMASA, ease-loving, spoiled, and stopping at nothing to get a free meal. MAGTAMASA is one glutting at a baptism or wedding. The 24 posts are a glimpse into culinary culture of Pampanga through just some of the hundreds of words collected by Fr. Diego Bergaño published in 1732. On Saturday we will compare his work with Tagalog of 1754.
- Subjects:
- Diego Bergaño Fiesta Customs Manners
- Exhibition:
- Pampaga 1732
- Source:
- Detail of a carinderia by Jose Lozano. Courtesy of Jose Maria Cariño.
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "THE INVITED", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll252.html