The Wedding Dance

AMADOR MAGUIO

AMADOR SAGUIO

AMADOR DAGUIO

AMADOR BAGUIO

Mother of Awiyao

Awiyao's former wife

Awiyao's sister

Awiyao's new younger wife

Madulimay

Malimay

Madelleya

Malumnay

Because he doesn't have a choice

Because he loves her so much

Because he forces his parents to marry her

Because Lumnay was not able to give him a child

She cried the whole night.

She got angry with Awiyao.

She let him go.

She runs out.

Yes!

No, Because he married another woman.

Yes, he loves Lumnay but it will not give him a child

No!

Outside, the villagers are dancing in celebration of the wedding. Awiyao leaves to try and comfort Lumnay. He offers her many items of the life that they built together.

Lumnay sits on the side of the mountain overlooking the blazing fire and dancing women, thinking about how her life has changed.

Awiyao finally leaves to re-join the wedding and Lumnay runs into the hills.

The reader is left not knowing what will become of Lumnay.

The Philipines mountain village

Village of the mountain in the Philippines

The mountain province

The mountain village of the Philippines where Awiyao has been remarried.

Outside, the villagers are dancing in celebration of the wedding. Awiyao leaves to try and comfort Lumnay. He offers her many items of the life that they built together

The story begins at night in a mountain village in the Philippines, where Awiyao has just been remarried.

Awiyao has left his wife Lumnay because she couldn’t give him a child. He has now married Madulimay in the hope of having a son.

Lumnay sits on the side of the mountain overlooking the blazing fire and dancing women, thinking about how her life has changed. She has a sense of desperation, isolation, and worthlessness.

Falling action

Setting

Resolution

Climax