English - Balay Mindanaw

LUMADNONG PAGKINABUHI NGADTO SA KALINAWto join the libung but there were many people who went toKapayagan because they said that Dalas-agan would beimmortalized next to Baybayan.”To Amba Palasambag’s view, they were only deceivedby the baylan. “We thought we can already go to heaven asclaimed by the baylan. We were deceived.” Because of thislesson, Amba Palasambag stopped trusting anyone whopretends to be baylan, especially those not coming fromthe Higaunon tribe. For him, the only real baylan was ApoBaybayan since he had already gone to heaven. Duringthe dumalongdong, a ritual celebration in honor of the wiseteachingsoul, in August 2005, there was an officiating baylanbut they knew him because he is a Higaunon. In the case of realand fake baylans, Amba Palasambag said: “If I met someonewho pretends to be a baylan but is really a swindler, I woulddissuade him from pursuing it, telling him it’s bad. There aregood baylans but most of them are swindlers. There are alsothose who pretend to be baylans just so he could have a secondwife or just for the money.”During World War IIJust before the outbreak of World War II, Amba Palasambagwas already working in a logging company. He was alreadymarried at that time but they had no children yet. AmbaPalasambag disclosed: “I was already working in a loggingcompany for a number of years but I stopped because of thewar. In the past, whenever I received my salary, I immediatelygave it to my parents. But when the war broke out, I was notable to return to work anymore.”The Higaunons were not affected by the war. “We couldonly see the warplanes hovering in the sky dropping theirbombs,” noted Amba Palasambag. “We were not the target ofthe war. We only heard of gunfire and explosions in the skybecause they were fighting in the sky,” he added.36