Ok, this is my first blog and I'm still contemplating on what language should I be using as my primary choice. I've got English (which is I'm using now), Capampañgan and of course Tagalog. Since I am only three quarters Capampañgan (my father is an half-blood; effects of reading HP books hehehe!) I'm opting to use English with some interjections from my native language with translation of course for the benefit of those who can't understand Capampañgan.
Enough with the introduction, let's get on with the real deal. "Dugong Aso" in English "Dog-blood" (sort of mudblood if you know what I mean) is a common deragatory term often bestowed upon the people of Pampanga. More often, it is used as an "in your face" insult to a Capampañgan. In my entire life I have never heard such words defaming my ethnological legacy until the time I worked in Manila. I came upon that infamous title thru a good friend of mine. He sincerely & plainly told me that all Capampañgans are "dugong aso". Me, being naive by that time asked him what does that mean and plainly again he answered "traitor". What!? At first I thought that it was a theory that we descended from dogs not from apes (with great diapproval from Charles Darwin hehehe!) but then it hit me. The word traitor circled around my head for a moment. And then the irony started to bug me as well, how come the very loyal canine be dragged about with this insult being branded to us and when did this came about. So I asked him why and the reply was "basta". I haven't done any intensive research about the origin of that insult but it seems that the stigma has been there for many generations, until the time that the present generation no longer remembers why they call us such. And so I'm left with a question, are we really a "Judas" race? To be continued..... Labels: dugong aso, introduction, kapampangan, traitor |
Possibly the reason you were branded as such was that the guy thought your ilk and the Macabebes (they betrayed your country's first president, Generald E. Aguinaldo) were of the same kind and stock. I have not read anything to that effect (the racial link between Pampangeños and Macabebes) and that the Pampangeños are traitors by nature. Such a remark is an incorrect and a mean generalization with no historical basis. Anyone can be a traitor.
Jigen Riztag