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Daphane
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Our Culture Defines Us
I'm happy that you were able to witness one of our traditions. Something that we should hold dear and shouldn't fear to impart to the younger generation. My ancestors mostly came from Sagada but I grew up knowing more about my roots in Masla, Mt. Province (our family mostly go to Masla for the Christmas or Summer Break). As my aunt told me before, their are two Dap-ays in Sagada. One for the men and one for the women. It's like the "tambayan" for them before. My mum told me that the men and women stay in the "dap-ayan" during harvest time, and they wake up early to go to the fields. The whole town will be giving food to those who are staying in the dap-ay because those who stay there will not just be harvesting their own rice field but also will be helping the others. Typical "bayanihan". And that is one of the reasons why we have the Begnas.