Do-ansowan

Role: father of Amau · First appears: Tale 20 · Part 1

In Tale 20 · Part 1, Do-ansowan was Langa-ayan’s husband; she helped him wash his hair. In Tale 20 · Part 2, he and Langa-ayan called Amau their daughter, and he invited Kanag to eat with them, addressing him as “nephew.”

In Tale 20 · Part 2, Do-ansowan and Langa-ayan agreed to Kanag and Amau’s marriage, and the couple married. Not long after, Do-ansowan and Langa-ayan held a Sayang for them and invited their relatives. When Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen paid the requested bride-price for Kanag’s wife, they said they would take the couple to Kadalayapan.

Relationship record

Life events

• Kanag and Amau married after her parents agreed to the marriage.(Tale 20 · Part 2)
  • With: Kanag Amau Langa-ayan
  • “The father and mother of the girl agreed to what Kanag said, for the girl wanted to marry him, so they were married.”
• Do-ansowan and Langa-ayan held a Sayang for Kanag and Amau and invited their relatives.(Tale 20 · Part 2)
  • With: Langa-ayan Kanag Amau
  • “They made Sayang and they sent someone to invite their relatives, and someone went to Asimbáyan of Ilang and told her that Kanag Kabagbagowan, who lived in Kalaskigan, and his wife Amau were making Sayang.”
• Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen paid the requested bride-price for Kanag's wife.(Tale 20 · Part 2)
  • With: Aponitolau Aponibolinayen Langa-ayan Kanag Amau
  • “When they had paid all, they said, ‘Now we are going to take them to Kadalayapan, for we have paid all you asked.’”

Tale 20 · Part 1

• married with Langa-ayan “Do-ansowan washed his hair first and Langa-ayan helped him, for he was her husband.”

Tale 20 · Part 2

• child: Amau “Go and call our daughter Amau.”
• married with Langa-ayan “Do-ansowan said to his wife, ‘How long you have staid at the river, my wife.’”
• younger kin: Kanag “Come and eat now, nephew, with our daughter who never goes outdoors.”

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Extracted from the original text of Traditions of the Tinguian. Made with Rho MD.