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| from a Bambi Harper's column: >The Pampangan people, with their dialect and distinct character, stood out among Filipinos. They were the most Hispanized and yet managed to retain their individual character. They remained loyal to the crown almost to the end. This is actually what really accounts for our being dubbed "dugong aso" by people specifically from southern Luzon. It was their absolute loyalty and canine devotion to the colonial powers, as Lynn correctly pointed out in her messages, that led to their being called as such. It's not their treachery, as there wasn't any, but their loyalty which according to Robby, metamorphosed into something with a negative connotation. Conclusion: Let us put back the original meaning of "dugong aso" in the right perspective. Let us not be chafed by such remarks and instead let's just gaily laugh at people when they call us as such. Let's accept it as a red badge of honor by looking at it through its real and original meaning. Macabebes were indeed "dugong aso" for the kind of loyalty they had to the Spanish crown and later to the American government. Theirs was comparable to the loyalty of a captain to his sinking ship. But they certainly were not traitors since they were never a part of Aguinaldo's revolucion. Lynn said it all when she said that the phrase was perhaps used on Kapampangans during those two years (1896- 1897) when they hesitated to join the revolution. But when they did join it in June 1898, it took them only a month to defeat and drive away the Spaniards. In fact Aguinaldo himself recognized Pampanga (and then later on, its sister province,Tarlac, in lieu of Morong - not Morong, Bataan as one noted historian once mistook it for, but the area around Manila which was later renamed Rizal.) as one of the 8 rays of the sun in our flag. This, however, did not stop those "son of a bitch" from calling Pampanguenos "dugong aso". They forgot the fact, as Lynn, a Tagalog from Bataan, also pointed out, that they too were "dugong aso" before (see The Wicked Accomplices by Nick Joaquin). So again, I enjoin you to stop getting hurt unreasonably when we are referred to as "dugong aso". Make no mistake, loyalty is what it connotes. Let it be clear to everyone. |
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