Biag Ni Lam-Ang

The story revolves around Lam Ang who is a very extraordinary guy. He started to talk at a very young age and was the one who choose his name. His adventures began when his father Don Juan Panganiban went to a battle but never come back. At the age of barely nine months he went to search for his father. Her mother allowed him to go.
The epic poem presented some humorous points, like when Lam Ang was on his way home he passed by a river and decide to have a dip. The caused of the death of the fishes, crabs, and shrimps in the river is the dirt from his body. She was gladly attended by some of the women who saw him.
Accompanied by his pets- a rooster, and a dog. He journeyed to court the beautiful Ines Kannoyan. Ines Kannoyan’s palace was filled with suitors, so Lam Ang’s rooster flapped it’s wings and the long house topped. This amaze everybody, especially Ines. The Lam Ang’s dog barked and a big house arose, Lam Ang gave Ines two golden ships filled with treasures and then he married her. Finally, he was eaten by a giant shark called a berkakan while searching for a rare native fish called raring, but was revied by his pets when his bones retrieved. IN an instant, Lam Ang happily rejoined his wife.
The story of Biag ni Lam Ang is a pre-Hispanic epic poem of the Ilocano people from the Ilocos region. It is the one of the greatest Ilocano epic of the pre colonial literature of the country and it is originally written in the volcano language, as time goes it has been translated to different languages. The epic poem showed some of the earlier customs, culture, and belief of the Ilocano people in the Philippines. In the story, you will discover that some of the qualities presented was from the people of Ilocos Region-adventurous, hardy and brave as strongly portrayed by Lam-Ang. It also presented the fact that life is full of trials and problems, so , we must be strong and just accept the reality that it is already part of life.