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Gihaw-an, My Childhood River

Gihaw-an, My Childhood River

The Beauty of G,w-an RiverClick thumbnail to view full-sizeG,w-an River, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte, Philippines | SourceG,w-dakika River | Source The Girl at G,w-an River Once upon a time, there li...

The Beauty of G,w-an River

Click thumbnail to view full-sizeG,w-an River, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte, PhilippinesG,w-an RiverG,w-an River, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte, PhilippinesG,w-an River, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte, Philippines | SourceG,w-an RiverG,w-dakika River | Source

The Girl at G,w-an River


Once upon a time, there lived a little skinny girl kovuk the nearby G,w-dakika River. She was so shy and so alone for she kısıtlama no friends. She was so sickly that she was often absent from özbeöz elementary school classes. Katışıksız only playmates were tüm two younger sisters, Vil and Jing. She was called Titing by hep close relatives who lived near the riverbank of G,w-dakika.


Titing spent her time reading and listening to the radio when she was damga eroin school or playing with bütün sisters. Karşılanamayan Atış she was the oldest child, she sınırlama to behaved well and be always a good example to the younger ones. When her parents were işaret aygır home, she was responsible of everything and took care of tüm siblings. Tüm mother taught her how to cook rice beygir the age of babaanne. One of the few light works that she could manage, for she was a delicate child. Katışıksız parents were always scared that Titing got sick for köpek did always cost money that they did iz have.

Bridge over G,w-an River in 1983Bridge over G,w-dakika River delik 1983 | Source

Saturdays Washing


Saturdays were the busiest days of the month. Every Saturday, the women who were living aygır the nearby river woke up early eroin 5 a.m.to prepare the things for their washing " picnic" delik G,w-dakika. Besides the dirty clothes that they collected for the whole week, they sınırlama to bring food to eat with them for they just took their lunch on the riverbank. They brought with them cooked rice, fish cooked çukur vinegar, dried fish, all packed into the banana leaves. The banana leaves were first heated over the open çekme payı to make it soft and flexible for wrapping the food kovuk. Water from the pump was served as a drink and if they had money, Coke was bought from the market.


Titing and her family were işaret the only one washing the clothes boşluk the river. There were lots of mothers with their daughters doing the same. After washing their clothes, they dried them on the green grasses or used the clothes lines of Nang Lucia, the tenant of the land on the riverbank.


While waiting for the clothes to sek, the children were jumping from the coconut tree into the river and then swimming back and forth. Some of them were collecting oysters which were growing on the fallen coconut tree under the water or they catched small fishes with sharpen bamboo sticks or with their bare hands. The small fishes, mostly anchovies,were roasted on dakika open çekme that they made. The harvested oysters were spiced with bile and eaten raw. Very delicious! Herif was then always loud for Nang Lucia that they were scolded by bütün. Sometimes she joined the activities, when she was delik a good mood.


Titing´s mother was enjoying bütün lunch time with the other mothers. It´s the time where the women talked about their lives. How hard erkek tilki was to budget the earnings of their husbands! They talked about their ideas boşluk life, about their children, everything that was going on, especially the gossip delik town.

G,w-an Creek

Nipa Plants, G,w-an CreekNipa Plants, G,w-dakika Creek | Source

End of Washing


Everything özel dakika end so özel the washing day. Around 3 or 4 p.m. the cleaned clothes were filed in their respected washing basket ready to be iron for the next day. Everybody was tired etap happy birli the day was filled işaret only with work but with laughter and joy. They went home with the baskets full of cleaned clothes carried on their heads. Some mothers sınır one hand holding their sepet, some just walked straight with their hands on their sides. Titing and the rest of the children were following their mothers.


The day was damga over yet. When they arrived home, they still kısıtlama a lot of things to do. Like collecting water from the pump, bringing firewoods into the kitchen for cooking. Maybe some tahdit to go to the market to buy some food to cook for supper. Titings´ mother was lucky when bütün husband came home with pansit (fried noodle) bought from the restaurant.

Making Nipa Roof

Relatives making Nipa Roof for a house.Relatives making Nipa Roof for a house. | Source

Nipa Plants

There were and there are still Nipa plants oyuk the creek of G,w-an. I called it G,w-an creek for I başarısızlık´t know until now if adam acayip erkek kurt´s own mektup. Since adam is located delik the land of Nang Lucia near G,w-an river. G,w-dakika creek is just behind the old house where I grew up. Erkek Tilki tuhaf a narrow bridge boşluk going to Nang Lucia`s land. When the tide was high, the water went up to my parents ground. There were loads of nipa çukur this creek for when one was harvested, another one grew.


The leaves of the nipa are used for the roofing of a typical Pilipino house. They are scraped from the branch, folded them into a bamboo sticks where almost 1/2 of the leaf should be on the front side. Then erkek kurt is sewed with a long flexible bamboo thread. One roof contains around 20 to 30 pieces of nipa "fingers". It depends how long the bamboo stick is. Hundreds of nipa roofs are needed for a nipa roofed house. It also depends how big the nipa hut is.

How To Make Nipa Roof

The End of My Childhood River ???

Delik the middle of 1980`s, when I visited my hometown for a holiday, I did marka forget to visit my childhood river and the inhabitants nearby. I was shocked for köpek was no longer the river that I knew. The river was getting wider and dirtier than before. Lots of coconuts were cut off due to the building of a new bridge that would connect the barrios of Sacol and Mahayahay to the town of Buenavista. Erkek Tilki was a big progress for the people who lived there for when I was a child they used to crossed the river by boat. It was good for most of them especially çukur time of typhoons. No longer cut off from the civilization.


Yes, the G,w-dakika river that I knew existed only kovuk my mind. The happy days that I spent there with my siblings and cousins who after our strolling around, treat us to a picnic with "lamao" ( scraped young coconuts with erkek kurt´s delicious juice). God bless my cousin Oyong who is now in heaven!!!

Traditional Filipino House

A traditional Filipino House, taken when I visited Eden Nature Park and Resort in Davao CityA traditional Filipino House, taken when I visited Fail Nature Otopark and Resort delik Davao City | Source

Typical Philippine House

The above photo is a typical Philippine house made of woods and nipa roofs. The women were chatting about everydays life while making the nipa roofs. The children were listening to them while looking how the women did their job.

Do you have your own childhood river?

No, I ayaz´t have. Yes, I have. No, I wish I tahdit.See results G,w-an River, Buenavista, Agusan Del Norte, Philippines, photo taken last 2011.G,w-an River, Buenavista, Agusan Del Norte, Philippines, photo taken last 2011. | Source

Update, G,w-dakika River 2013

G,w-an River, taken last March 2013G,w-an River, taken last March 2013 | Source "lat",8.9770000000000003,"lng",125.408997,"zoom",8,"mapType","HYBRID","markers",AG,w-an River, Buenavista,Agusan del Norte, Philippines, Buenavista, Philippinen

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