Kabuntalan Granny's Bayuk (Part 2)

A prominent example of Maguindanaon folk speech is the bayuk, or alternatively, bayok (lyric poetry). Bayuk also refers to a Maguindanaon chant which is syllabic and tetrachordal. As the Maguindanao language is metaphorical, whenever extra care is needed to express a feeling, it is done through bayuk. Nowadays, there has been a diminishing number of Maguindanaon pababayuk (bayuk-reciters) who could spontaneously compose bayuk or know them by heart. One of these remaining pababayuk is Bai Baubang Mauyag of Barangay Bagumbayan, Municipality of Kabuntalan, Province of Maguindanao. According to her estimate when I interviewed her in May 2018, she is almost a hundred years old, and a descendant of Sultan Namil of the Rajah Buayan whose graveyard is also near her house. #bayuk #bayok #kabuntalan Share, Like and Share! Part 1:    • Kabuntalan Granny's Bayuk (Part 1)   === MINDANEWS.com Columnist - MARGINALIA https://www.mindanews.com/author/mans... Founder, MUTARJIM – Marginalia of a Persian-to-English Translator’s Multidisciplinary Taste http://www.mlimba.com Founder, MUSLIMANDMONEY.com http://www.muslimandmoney.com AMAZON AUTHOR'S PROFILE https://www.amazon.com/author/mansoor... SMASHWORDS AUTHOR'S PAGE https://www.smashwords.com/profile/vi...