Waray-waray Caroling in Tacloban
Just about noontime kanina, I was not really in a good mood as I arrived at my Tacloban abode - on a weekend, due to some #$%$^ exigencies.
Then I heard some singing that brightened my eyes and flapped my ears. Whoa, I literally dropped my bag at the gate and ran towards a neighbor's house where the singing seemed to be coming from. Note: I do not know this neighbor (yet) but I entered their gate anyway (yan ang totoong gate-crash hehe) to shoot this video hahaha! And, just as I thought... carolers, in the waray-waray old style way! So here it is:
Akala nyo tapos na?! Nope! I followed them, thinking they would sing at another house hehe. But, argh, they sang at the little corner store where there were a lot of pedicab drivers etc hanging out in the area, and they even crowded around the singers. So, I waited, thinking I could follow them to another house. But they sat down just outside the store, to eat bread and drink sodas - yun kasi ang ibinigay sa kanila after singing. Haruy! But, I still waited, and when they were about done, with most of the trike drivers already gone, I requested that they sing for me another of their waray-waray caroling songs. And here goes:
Okay, here is more: These three jolly kids told me this kind of singing is/was common in Samar (a bystander affirmed it saying 'asya ito an mga orig nga samarnon'). Did I just say "kids"? Oh yes, only one of them (the manang in red) has a single front tooth hehe! But, they sing really well. For me its 'nostalgic'! And I did not anymore ask for explanation, but they tell me that: Manong Guitarist is from Sta Rita Samar, Manang in Red is from Lawaan Eastern Samar, and Manang in Blue is from Basey Samar.
Oh well, so my weekend got 'brighter' hehe!
Then I heard some singing that brightened my eyes and flapped my ears. Whoa, I literally dropped my bag at the gate and ran towards a neighbor's house where the singing seemed to be coming from. Note: I do not know this neighbor (yet) but I entered their gate anyway (yan ang totoong gate-crash hehe) to shoot this video hahaha! And, just as I thought... carolers, in the waray-waray old style way! So here it is:
Akala nyo tapos na?! Nope! I followed them, thinking they would sing at another house hehe. But, argh, they sang at the little corner store where there were a lot of pedicab drivers etc hanging out in the area, and they even crowded around the singers. So, I waited, thinking I could follow them to another house. But they sat down just outside the store, to eat bread and drink sodas - yun kasi ang ibinigay sa kanila after singing. Haruy! But, I still waited, and when they were about done, with most of the trike drivers already gone, I requested that they sing for me another of their waray-waray caroling songs. And here goes:
Okay, here is more: These three jolly kids told me this kind of singing is/was common in Samar (a bystander affirmed it saying 'asya ito an mga orig nga samarnon'). Did I just say "kids"? Oh yes, only one of them (the manang in red) has a single front tooth hehe! But, they sing really well. For me its 'nostalgic'! And I did not anymore ask for explanation, but they tell me that: Manong Guitarist is from Sta Rita Samar, Manang in Red is from Lawaan Eastern Samar, and Manang in Blue is from Basey Samar.
Oh well, so my weekend got 'brighter' hehe!
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