presentation of the different histories of barangays of the municxipality of Tanudan

1. LEGEND OF “BAIL” POBLACION
Long time ago according to old folks, in a small village which is occupied by a few
households and being populated and being populated by individuals armed with bravery and
hospitality begins the legend of Poblacion. After the proclamation of the Philippine
Independence Day, people from the mountain came to look for a permanent place to stay, and
they found out this place which is good for agricultural and live stocks. So, they built there
houses by row.
Being industrious, they were able to build their houses and dug some part of their rice
field in a short period of time. After several years of residency, people from the neighboring
places came to visit this village. They were amused by the beauty of the ambiance of this place,
so some families from other villages came to join them and built forest attracts other individuals
to came and reside to this village.
News about this village spread throughout the neighboring villages that they always came
to visit. The hospitality of the people in this village marks its identity; visitors from other places
made a name for this village and called it “BAIN”. It is because when they arrive at this village,
the family from the departing area begun to call them for lunch or either call them to have a cup
of coffee, after wards when there neighbor heard of the call of their neighbor, he also call to offer
lunch or a snack until all villagers came to call them also. So this visitors were ashamed to refuse
the offer of the others so to make it fair for the villagers they pass by until they were out of sight.
So this attitude of being so hospitable makes the village to be named “BAIN” or ashamed.
Years passes by, people continuously migrate to this village called “BAIN” and because of mixed
dialect, it was now called “BAIL” or what we so called new barangay Poblacion after it
proclamation as belong to the sixteen barangay of Tanudan.

2. HISTORY OF MABACA
Long time ago, there were no people living in Mabaca. People are living in Madanna-ao.
That was during the 1st and 2nd World War because of the occupation of the Spaniards and
Japanese during that time. After the World War, A terrible man named Banglagan went hunting
down to Madanna-ao River and reaches the wonderful side surrounded with forest, where there
are many kinds of wild animals, such as deer, wild pig, wild chicken and etc.
When time passed, he went there to live. He built a house for dwelling and he do
“kaingin” for living. After several days he named the place Mabaca. Years past, he’s alone living
because there is no other people who are living there. Suudenly he decided to invite other people
from Gimma and Agumi-im to come down in Mabaca. Now and then many people are living in
Mabaca.
HISTORY OF DUPLIGAN
Barangay Dupligan comes from the mother barangay Mabaca and because of its area and
population. Barangay Dupligan was separated as one barangay in 1988 followed by its OIC
Officials. The first barangay officials were elected in May 1989 and Hon. Maximo W. Wallis
was the first elected barangay Captain. Originally Dupligan is a pasture land area and located at
the upper area of sitio Bawac that at present it comprises to be the largest barangay in the
Municipality of Tanudan.

3. LEGEND OF GA-ANG
In the early times of the American Regime, there was an unknown small village occupied
by some people in the upper part of Tanudan.
The villagers lived happily near the Tanudan River bank where they could easily catch
fish for food. They built their houses close to one another for protection from attacking enemies
since tribal wars there were rampant during the early days.
One day, the villagers noticed that one member of their village was missing. They search
for him week-long until they found him unconscious inside the forest.
When they interviewed him, he told the villagers that he was taken away by a “lagayan”
or ghost. The incident happened repeatedly wherein some of the victims were not found or
recovered.
Because of the fearful events, the elders called a meeting among the villagers. They
decided to stop the “lagayan” or ghost taking people out of the village.
The villagers then agreed to make a long and deep canal. It would cut across the
passageway of the ghost to prevent its entrance in the village. Because the ghosts are afraid of
water.
During the construction of the canal, an American citizen, probably the well-known
Sapao happened to pass-by. He curiously as the men what they were working on.
One of the men stood and responded immediately saying that they are constructing a
“caaang” or canal to stop the ghost from coming to the village.
The American visitor wrote in his diary about what the worker thought to him. But e
misheard the word “caang” as “GAANG”.
The American fellow spread to other places he visited Gaang. A place where they were
constructing a canal to stop ghosts.
Today, the village is permanently named Gaang.

4. LEGEND OF DACALAN
Dakaran (Barangay Dacalan) is derived from the term “dadakkaran” which means the
point where you get after crossing a river either by wading os swimming. Dakaran folks recount
that Kabuniyan gave the name. Kabuniyan went to hunt at Binaratann Mountain. Upon reaching
the mountain, he realesed his dog. The dog began to bark while Kabuniyanwa descending Mt.
Payao and after a few minutes, he could no longer hear his dog because the birds were chirping
noisily. So he whispered to them and bade to keep quiet.
Then the birds stopped chirping (even up to this day). He then followed his dog and found
that the dog killed a wild boar. Kabuniyan hauled his catch to the nearest settlement, he told the
people to call their place “Dakaran” because the only possible pathway to enter their place is
through the “dadakkaran”.

5. LEGEND OF LUBO
Long ago in a small village called Gumnao, which is now located at the vicinity of the
present Lubo community, lived a man by the name Siggacao. He was the don of Gapao from the
Bacarri tribesmen. Gapao migrated to Gumnao in search of a greener pasture and good health.
He also wanted to run away from dako (malaria). Leading his wife and children, he did not
follow a specific trail or path to rich his destination. Soon to cross the raging Donglayan River,
he had no other option when they reached a narrow portion to jump over it and landed on the
other bank. The distance was more or less three meters. Gapao jumped and made it. He jumped
back and carrying Siggacao on his back, he jumped again at the other side. So he did it to the rest
of his two children and was successful. His last jumped would entail carrying his wife. But he
had grown very tired. Thus after he told her that he could not carry her on his back, they agreed
to jump together holding hands landing at the other side. Only Gapao, made it for his wife could
not sustain holding him. She dropped on a rock, drowned and died. The tragic incident did not
discourage Gapao. He did all means to recover the remains of his wife. Finding them, he buried
her. They continued their journey until they reached the village of Gumnao.
Siggacao grew up and eventually was given to headhunting. With the support of his
children he become a ruthless killer. He collected heads jaws of whom over he killed from near
and far villages. He was so proud of his collections of human skulls and jaws that he displayed
them in his house.
Kabuniyan, angered with the unjustifiable headhunting activities of Siggacao, warned by
saying: Siggacao aggacao tipyacao (Siggacao, I’ll punish you by water should you not stop your
headhunting activities). However, Siggacao answered: Ginuragos de lutot ak adik iportot (If I
deafeted brave men on a duel, how much more of a flowing water).
Kabuniyan appeared in the form of a dog at the upstream of Gappu brook and started to
dam the water. The villagers noticed a dog daming the water. As the dog the picked a pebble
and placed it on a dike, the pebble miraculously turned into a big rock/stone. Likewise, a piece of
small baranti (stick) placed it on the dike became a huge log. The rest of the villagers in
Gumnao and Pongngor transferred to other villages on higher grounds in Ambolinao, Bokus,
Sungang, and Tatakkan. Siggacao and his family did not stay put in Gumnao but went on top of
the big rock/stone called Alingang.

6. Siggacao and his family did not drown on the first release of the water. So Siggacao
constructed a bigger dam. However, eventually the dike could not hold the water. From a leak
(lubo), the water burst forth. It flashed down along Gappu brook and flooded the whole valley.
Siggacao and his family were not be able to withstand the strong current of the water, much more
the huge log that swept them down. They all got drowned.
Days after the deluge, one of Siggacao’s children was nipingat (found), wedged in
between two big stones. Thus the placed was called Pingat. Another child was nipisok (found) in
a hole at a hill and that hill was called Pisok. The other child was struck to a stone in a hill and
the hill was named Togotog, from the word “tugtug-bang”. The last child named Supak was
found in one of the surrounding hills and the same hill was named after her named. The remains
of Siggacao and his wife were nowhere to be found.
Many years after the deluge, the succeeding generations excavated rice paddies. While
excavating, they found pieces of inasi beads, which they believed to be of Siggacao’s family. So
they named that portion of the Lubo rice terraces Inasi.
When the villagers from the various ayuma (villages) gathered together and formed one
community to excavate payaw (rice paddies) they named their settlement Lubo, from the word
“lubo” meaning leak.

7. LEGEND OF TANUDAN
By virtue of Executive Order No. 2918 of Frank Murphy, Tanudan was sliced from
Lubuagan on February 16, 1932 and subsequently inaugurated as a municipal district on May,
12th of same year. By Executive Order No. 42, it was a regular municipality on June 25, 1963. It
lies directly south of Tabuk , west of Parecelis , Mountain Province, North of Barlig, Mountain
Province and East of Tinglayan. It is a 6th class municipality where agriculture is the main
source of livelihood. It is the only municipality where the inhabitants do not know what is meant
by a vehicular means of transportation. All they know is to walk to the outside world back and
forth whenever necessary. The population is 100% Kalingas.
The municipality is the most isolated, the most undeveloped and the most abandoned
since this country was granted its supposed independence on July 4, 1946. In fact it is often said
by the older generation that the independence of this country, is a curse for Tanudan. This is
because these older folks saw the better old days when one could gallop on horseback to the then
main barrios of Tanudan which were also connected to Lubuagan and Bontoc by telepoohone
lines. The horse trails and telephone lines were well maintained by the government.
Tanudan comes from the word, “TANUD” which means needle. The inhabitants of this
area raised cotton and twined thread for blankets G-strings and other garments. They made fine
needle from the bones of the bats and feathers of birds. People from the surrounding localities
went to Tanudan to barter their waves to cotton apparels and brought old garments to be damed
for further use. So Tanudan means needle for sewing woven materials and daming old clothes.

8. LEGEND OF ANGGACAN
Once upon a time, there lived in Kal-iyan, a couple who had three beautiful daughters.
They were proud of their daughters but often the couple was worried because they had no son
neither sons-in law to become heir to their wealth and to rule the domain. They longed for an
heir that would become the chieftain of the tribe.
One day, Labba, the husband felt so lonely and worried, that his wife asked him what was
worrying him so much. He answered, “I’m afraid I am growing old and weak and we have no
son to inherit the place. Let’s ask our daughters to get married so that their husbands could
protect the village in an event of an attack from enemy tribes. “So one day, Tangguing the wife
called for their daughters and advised them to get married. The children were anxious to be
married as their parents were for them to marry, so indeed, they went searching for the man to
marry each of them. The first and second daughters found each a husband for them but the
youngest refused to marry for she loved no one among the village lads.
Meanwhile in a far mountain there also dwelt a young and handsome lad by the name of
Gaccayon, who when hearing about the beautiful Gallin-ao thought of different manner of
courting her, by disguising himself as a poor man and living in a forested area near the village of
kal-iyan. He often helped people who lost their way and feeding them with wild fruits of the
forest, if they were hungry.
Gacayon used to sit near a small lake of Kabilaan where Gallinao used to bathe. One day,
Gallinao and some other companions went to the lake to bathe, he saw Gallinao, and she was
truly beautiful. Gaccayon fell in love with Gallinao. He knew right there and then, that she was
the lady he was going to marry. One day, when Gallinao saw him she, too, fell in love with him
although she was a bit confused of her being alone with him. Everyday thereafter the small lake
was their rendezvous. When Gaccayon told the parents of Gallinao that he wanted the hands of
their beautiful daughter in marriage, the father did not approve, for he believed he was “a do
nothing individual”. When they heard of this, they ran towards the forest where the trees
provided them sanctuary. The lovers stayed together in that lonely forest. They established a
home there, away from the other inhabitants, and also to be away from the anger of Gallinao’s
father.
At the time, a group of Head-Hunters from another tribe attached Kal-iyan. His two son-
in-laws were not able to defend their village; they were not born leaders. Fighting in the little

9. village raged on several months and the people of Kal-iyan suffered defeat after defeat. They
began to feel desperate as the population decreased. Many of the inhabitants died. It was
inevitable the village had to surrender.
When the people were about to surrender, the parents of Gallinao went towards the
mountains where her daughter and her husband took refuge and sought their help. Gaccayon
admonished his parents-in-law to leave the village right away and come up to them in the
mountains. The village people obeyed and they all trooped towards the mountains where the
young couple lived.
When Gaccayon and his wife sighted the approaching caravan to their mountain abode
they were not surprised. This was the time to show the parents of Gallinao that he was not “a do
nothing man”. Gaccayon a strong, big, muscular young man prepared himself for the battle.
Gaccayon said to himself, “Now is the time to prove my worth”. He went to do his battle arms.
He got his shield, his spears and his arrow, and all the able-bodied men to meet the pursuing
enemies. A great battle raged and Gaccayon fought like he was a whole army. He killed all the
enemies with one sweep of his long bolo and pinned several with his spears. He killed many of
the enemies with his arrow that was never amiss.
When the enemies saw that many of them died in the hands of the new leader, the few that
were left, fled, never o come back again.
After the battle in which Gaccayon and his followers emerged victorious, the people did
not want to return to their village, for fear the enemies would come back to retaliate but rather
they chose to stay with their new chieftain in the mountains and resettled there, and so a new
village was formed and a new chieftain ruled over them for many years in the settlement they
called Anggacan.