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TIGSIK is one of a kind.
It is a form of literature unique only to the Bicolano folks. An old form of poetry, it literally means "toast". It has no rigid format but is usually a four-line sharp-edged piece (on almost any subject) and is recited during gatherings until everyone is too inebriated for poetry.
I first came across this literary form via The Mayon, the official school paper of Bicol University's High School Department, which had a column dedicated for it. I just know if it is a tigsik if it begins with "Tigsik ko ining...." and is followed by a crisp, witty, and poetic commentary on almost anything.
Nevertheless, appreciation for it has always been set aside, for despite it's poetic value, yours truly was void of any relevant cultural experience that could have unlocked the mystery values of the tirigsikan.
Until just recently, in the literary circle of Bikolanos on Facebook, an online Tigsikan was successfully launched. I realized then that the probable cause for my inattention to the tigsik is because most of what I have read are mere fragments, independent 4-liners that were just compiled together to sample what a tigsik is.
What seems to fill the gap in my understanding of the tigsik is the sense of community and the presence by which the tigsik is delivered before an audience.
CONTENT ADVISORY:
LANGUAGE: The following may contain words that may be offensive or unacceptable for others due to parts with suggestions and statements on human sensuality fit only in an adult-themed discussion. It is recommended for the young readers to proceed with the guidance of a teacher or parent.
ATTRIBUTION: Without disregard for attributions or credits, the names of the participants have been removed from their individual contributions to the Tigsikan with respect to the privacy settings of their Facebook profiles where the contributors' walls are mostly hidden from public view. If you wish however to be identified/or for your post to be removed, please feel free to send us a private message or email. Thank you.
Warm-up sa Dahon ni Manoy Jim
Tigsik ko ining tirigsikan sa Facebook
punan ta na bago marugok
dai matakot kun mabilot
basta an baso palubot
Tuesday at 05:45 • 1 person likes this.
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tigsik sa paglologin
kun mayong siring (money sign)
dai makaka-farming
Tuesday at 06:40 •
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tinigsik ko ining facebook
mga tawo daing pandok''
alagad anong riribok
maski dai midbid mga katood
Tuesday at 06:49 • 2 people
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tinigsik ko ining peysbok
an parasurat maribok
kun mga kanatad turospok
pirming pwerte an urulok
Tuesday at 06:50 •
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tigsik sa mayong ngaran
sa friendster angay ka duman
Tuesday at 06:54 • 1 person
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tinigsik ko an status
married pero single
complicated pero married
ay! mamili ka "varied"
Tuesday at 06:55 •
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tigsik sa daing girong
mahilg sa like, daing opinyon
supog lang an status ignoron
Tuesday at 06:57 • 3 people
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tigsik sa bakong friendly
sadiring post, ila-like ini
ma-comment pa sa sadiri
Tuesday at 06:59 • 2 people
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tigsik ko an mga nagkokomentar
digdi sa facebook kan banwaan
kung minsan dai man ki kamugtakan
basta sana may maitaram...
Tuesday at 06:59 • 2 people
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tigsik ko an comment
hidaw si Manoy Ben
saiyang mga prends
halat saiyang moment
Tuesday at 07:00 •
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tinigsik ko ining durat
pirming igwang pighahalat
da maginibo su kagrat
ni may na igwa mang ka tsat
Tuesday at 07:04 •
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tigsik ko an lanob
pangkurit panglakop
gabos na ngurob ngurob
pwera sana an hambog -
Tuesday at 07:05 •
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tigsik sa mga daing maginibo
ipigpopost sarisaring video
dawa r-18 o violensya iniyo
Tuesday at 07:07 • 1 person
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tigsik ko an shoutout
pakurusugan kan gasod
makaabot sa pitong bulod
Tuesday at 07:08 •
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tigsik ko an mga lalaking parainom
maski atab pa hanap pampabuyong
pag dai makaligok ki likidong bugsok
malibong payo, halunan naghahagok...
Tuesday at 07:09 • 1 person
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tigsik sa groups na sarisari
pagkwela, ila-like tulos ni
dangan lingaw na digdi
Tuesday at 07:11 •
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tigsik ko an bangui
toninong makawili
an sakong si padi
sabi maturog na kami!
Tuesday at 07:11 •
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bye na nguna an beauty ko -
Dios magbantay saindo gabos!
Tuesday at 07:12 •
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sa mga pirming online ining tigsik
dai na nagluluwas, minagimik
bangkag na sa kalalagatik
Tuesday at 07:12 •
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tigsik sa mga magurang
sa fb yaraon naman palan
wall kan aki binabantayan
Tuesday at 07:14 • 2 people
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tinigsik ko ining pirot
matanga na oras kalot
mahigda na ngunang balot
ta uroldot na su lubot
Tuesday at 07:19 •
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tigsikon ko daw ining alas nueve
ta an iba nangtigsik na kasubanggi
hanggang digdi sana ngaya ini
ta bako man baga kita labi-labi
Tuesday at 17:48 •
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tigsik sa satong password
idtong masakit dapat gayod
tanganing mayong makatood
Tuesday at 17:50 •
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tigsik sa mga matibay na hacker
aram nya daw password ta* aber
Tuesday at 17:54 •
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tigsik ko ining thread
halaba garo sliced bread
gabos maurag, gabos well said
sabi ngani sa Tiwi dabid!
Tuesday at 19:48 • 2 people
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tinigsik ko ining facebook
mga bikolano digdi mariribok
payt-payt sana an urulok.
maski minsan medyo nagsasamok.
Wednesday at 02:38 •
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tinigsik ko ining...
oops, sorry may nag-atot.
Wednesday at 02:43 •
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tigsik ko an saimong atot
gibo kan haludon na parot
na sablok sa mapanos na nilanot
sa buli ni tiya tinay kinutkot!
...:DD
Wednesday at 04:01 • 1 person
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tinigsik ko itong buling kinutkot
hapon na gayod kang ito sinurok
nagcomputer na dai nagsabon
yinuro-yamyaman baga an pagulon!
Wednesday at 04:47 •
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tigsik ko ining katungkaan
mabisita sako aru-atyan
kaya dapat nang kumakan
tanganig diretso sa higdaan
Wednesday at 12:35 •
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ahahaa
Wednesday at 17:01 • 1 person
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tigsik ko ngarakngak ni Dyubani
gari pigsang pinusdak ki perdible
su sapurak pano sarong balde
Wednesday at 18:14 •
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tigsik sa sakong gutom
oras-oras minapagiromdom
pinangat daa o kaya natong
Wednesday at 18:17 •
From the tigsik samplers of high school days (that looked like fragmented verses at first glance which called to mind the Fireflies of Rabindranath and the Haiku of Japan), observing the online Tirigsikan brought me into the light and set me into reading a collaborative poetry which can be essentially compared to the Renga of Japan delivered in the flair and wit of the traditional Tagalog Balagtasan (despite that this online Tirigsikan is without the traditional 'sumsuman' or merrymaking with wine with which it is known for).
Wednesday at 03:34
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sa banging ini wara man ako ma isip
nata daw pag arog kaini dipisil mag tigsik
sa kadakulan kang nasa payo wara mailuwas sa sakong puyo?
Wednesday at 03:36 •
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Tigsik ko an pag-isip
pagkaipuhan dipisil i-osip
pero nata pagturutambara
an hisdal nagbabaha-baha?
Wednesday at 03:38 •
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sa sakong pag hurop hurop
mantang sabaw pig hihigop
ano daw maray na pag tigsikan
digdi sa dahon ko ngunyan???
Wednesday at 03:39 •
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Tigsik ko an saimong pig-aatid-atid
aram kong sa hutok nagsurusaralabid
maray kaan palumuyon ki diit na pasagid
sa ngimot kan basong nakakapaligid
Wednesday at 03:41 •
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dai ko man urog maiisip
nata baga sa utok ko nagsarabit
mga muyang iluwas kan sakong mga muro
gamit ko lang sa nguso
Wednesday at 03:45 •
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tigsik ko an pagkomposo
hali sa wara pasiring sa igwa
garo pagdakop sa layas na kabayo
an silaod halipot, may bari an abaga
Wednesday at 03:48 •
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an bangui sarong tigsik,
an pagkamoot, mga rignos sa diklom.
tigsik ko an bangui
ta igwa siyang namit,
...
alagad may naghihibi
sa sarong harong sa harayo,
may puting kandila, may puting paros.
Wednesday at 03:49 •
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sa pagsurat ko ki mga rawit dawit
sa kahaluyan katutukaw makulog sa lapit
pag anap kan mga tataramon
sakong makuwa ang sakong paglaom
Wednesday at 03:51 •
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tigsik ko an pagsurat
huna pwede marabat
kiray mo masarabat
bulbol mo mahurunat
Wednesday at 03:53 •
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maski ini kulot
dakol muya kumusot
halaba dakula
sakuya ining padaba
Wednesday at 03:54 •
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Tigsik ko an mga lalaking hambog kumakan nin matataba,
Alagad kun an mga ini palan naiistrok
Si manoy masakit na man na makatindog
Uminom pang dugo nin kobra, dai na minaisog.
Wednesday at 03:55 •
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tigsik ko an panurat
kasugpon halabang maparat
kayang baduson an papel
kan mga tataramon kan anghel
Wednesday at 03:56 •
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tigsikan na daing padumanan
pero dakol na maaram
sa kada tigsik
liwoy ko biyo nag taralsik
Wednesday at 03:57 •
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malulupit po kamu..!!!! mayo kamung ka parihas sa kinaban
Wednesday at 03:58 •
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Tigsik ko an satong tigsikan
enot sa Facebook hinaman
pag kan iba namuklatan
marambong an satong napunan!
...mabalos padi! mauragon! :DD
Wednesday at 03:59 • 1 person
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maray baga ining tigskan
payp asin utak ko nag durudalagan
exercise kan sakong utak
na garo na baga linupak
Wednesday at 04:00 •
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tigsik ko si praning pag abot sa korner.
ang saeyang pag tigsik nakaka praning.
Wednesday at 04:01 • 2 people
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sa masunod naman praning korner
pagnagkauyon na garo togeder
makabuyong pero daing hangober
magtirigsikan kita por eber
Wednesday at 04:05 • 2 people
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pinaunrhan mo ako salamat pading jimple
uya lugod nagluwas so sakong dimple
ngirit na aga mulach na baga ako
pag nagbayle gaor si vhong navarro
Wednesday at 04:06 • 1 person
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sakong pag bisita sa saimo dahon pranz tigsikan nindo duwa ni jimple swabeng swabe tigsikan nindo sna gangiuibuhon burubangi ngani samo bangi pirmi hapi.classm8 inda ko ok na ba ini?hapot lng hain kana ta binayaan mo kmi??
Wednesday at 04:47 • 1 person
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pag age ko dgd.sa dahon na nipa ninda praning. teg pabakal lang ako nin mantika saka suka ni mama naula sa sapa. sa ka babasa nin mga man lain lain na tigsik na nag kukurit sa tinampong mainit.
Wednesday at 05:01 •
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sakong mga amigo,
kasubaggui nakibale ako
sa maogmang tirigsikan nindo
alagad ngonian an sakuyang payo
garo daing laman, an utak blanko.
...pero maski puru paano
ako mokontribo, sa maogmang
tirigsikan nindo.
tigsik ko ining tirigsikan
sa isip nagpapayaman
pwedeng umentra maski sisay
basta an mensahe malaman....
:D :D
Wednesday at 05:09 •
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@ manay bie: wara man ki topic pano trip trip lang me pading jimple
Wednesday at 05:41 • 1 person
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aram ko nonoy na daing topic
pero ako napapaisip
kung ano an maray na itigsik
sa arog tang may mga trip?
Wednesday at 05:52 • 1 personlikes this.
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Tigsik maragsik nag ririsik risik
Managum manamit mahaldat malanit.
Wednesday at 05:59 • 1 personlikes this.
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Tigsik ko an ginigibong pa tago,
kan mag-ilusyon nangurapot garo tuko’
siisay sainda an tolos maduko’?
Tinitigsik ko an rumansa kan mga Agta,
...Maski sa mga sanga ginigibo, nakurapot sana,
Sagkod na mabari kun nagkikiwig-kiwig na.
Wednesday at 06:01 •
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bravo!!!:) mga amtibayon man kamo...
Wednesday at 14:31 •
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an tigsik ni praning...ma.......
Wednesday at 23:17 •
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ano na iyan n tirigsikan na yan..gari daing magkairisipan????
Wednesday at 23:54 •
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Mheng, kaya ngani nagtitirigsikan tabi ta dakolon na nanag-kakairisipan, biyong nagsusurupay. :)
Yesterday at 02:29 • 1 person
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tigsik tigsik
ano ang naiisip
maski ano ang trip
dai lingawan su'logon ang brip
Yesterday at 02:31 •
Just like the renga, the solo tigsik continues to be written around and are just about the same in form and essence, but somehow, it leaves me with the impression that the implications of a participative and collaborative Tirigsikan, will bring us to a closer experience of how our forefathers had it during their severely drunk and merry poetic times.
A live and personal Tirigsikan has yet to happen within our rounds at present, (and I mean outside of the four-corners of the literature class!) but warming up the walls of the Bikolano literary circle on Facebook, Jim Borlagdan of Kun Bikolano Ka, Mag-Bikol Ka, Praning's Korner Taga Legazpi, Franco Sangreo of LitraTulâ are rounds of Tirigsikan with contributions from other poets and enthusiasts.
"Tigsik kita..." - An Paki-Agyatan ni Manoy Jim Borlagdan Makipag-Tigsikan sa Dahon ni Franco Sangreo
Franco Coralde Sangreo Yesterday at 07:15
Ano an naitanom ko ngunyan? Mabuhay kaya ini dawa magadan an kinaban?
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tigsik kita manoy?
Yesterday at 07:25 •
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payt..
Yesterday at 07:29 •
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ano ngayang tema?
Yesterday at 07:33 •
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manungod satung kulturang bikolnon, punan ko na:
Tinigsik ko'ng parasurat
sa Bikol gulping maurag
siging tirigsik magdamlag
...kinaugma luluya ta puyat
Yesterday at 07:37 •
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tigsik ko an parasurat
hutok nangangarawat
sabi ko nang bakong rabat
dipisil baga mang-arat
Yesterday at 07:40 •
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Tinigsik ko an pagsurat
pantais kapwa parasurat
magtarangka o maghalat
masurat maski sisay mag agyat
Yesterday at 07:47 •
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Tigsik ko ining Bikolnon
dakulon an tataramon
oyaon digdi an gayon
kun satuyang atamanon
Yesterday at 07:57 •
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Tigsik ko an parasurat
tuod sa paghalat
kun nuarin mawaltak
an liday hali sa alak
Yesterday at 07:57 •
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Bikolnon tigsikon ko
tigsikon ko ki tudo
ta ogma an daghan ko
na danay ini sa tawo
Yesterday at 07:59 •
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tigsik taka pading franco
parasurat uragon daing salto
ta an bilang kan linya sarakto
Yesterday at 08:01 • 1 person
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Tigsik ko ining mata ko
kaya gayud suminakto
an mga bilang sa linya ko
buta'ng wala muklat to-o
Yesterday at 08:06 •
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tigsik ko mga sakto mong linya
pwedeng sa mata pero garo sa talinga
an hulog kan tataramon pinalitada
dai lamang makikigkig an maaging rida
Yesterday at 08:08 •
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tigsik ko an satong tigsikan
kaipuhan ko na magpaaram
nag-aapod na an higdaan
kaipuhan pang mangaturugan
Yesterday at 08:18 • 1 person
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Tinigsik ta ka pading Jim
pigmawot ta kang mahiling
alagad habo ko an gin
sa harampangan ugaring
Yesterday at 08:19 •
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Tinigsik ko an orasan
iyo, matanga na palan
an satuyang Kagurangan
kairiba sa higdaan.
...mabalos pading JIM...sa tigsikan ta
Yesterday at 08:23 •
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mabalos man padi, nabugak su hutok ko. muya ko burubanggi arog kaito. :)
15 hours ago •
This is just perhaps the first three rounds of Tirigsikan online, I hope that there will be more to come, because there is so much more to know and learn about this form of poetry, the Tigsik.
You probably had fun reading the posts, so just think how much more it would be if you could utter your own responses and take part in the tigsikan? I think that would be a lot more fun!
The renewed interest of us Bikolanos in this traditional endeavor, if can be sustained through collective efforts, will not only strengthen and encourage literary productivity and cultural scholarship in the region, but will also bring forth more people into the circle to contribute to the current efforts of perpetuating the Bikol language and provide support and continuum to the long heralded and often heard-about new renaissance of Bicol literature and arts.
THE COOLEST THING PERHAPS ABOUT THE "AGYATAN"??
THE TIRIGSIKAN SA FB COMMUNITY
WAS BORN AND CAME TO LIFE!
WAS BORN AND CAME TO LIFE!
Note: Bicol is generally accepted as the spelling of the name of the region, thus Bicolano refers to the people who live or whose roots originate from the place. Bikol is used to refer to the language and a Bikolano is someone who utters the language.
1 comment:
I would very much like to re-post here also, this comment originally posted by our friend on the Facebook note for the same article on the Musings of the Midnight Writer fan page.
He shares to us the following reply:
"I really am new in this milieu and what I have just read is quite an eye-opener and really new. I find this very intriguing and it draws me into its vortex like Poe's fabled maelstrom.
First, the roots of the 'Tigisk' is being traced to the jolly drinking bouts of yore! So the genre of 'Tigsik' can be that of an ode, a tribute to a derring-do, an idyll- even a saga or a folk lore, a cry of victory, a parody, a joke or a comedy, a merry repartee intended to liven up the drinking spree.
Second, since it is within the atmosphere of drinking camaraderie, only the exceptionally talented guys can maintain the meter and rhyme spontaneously. To relate it to our times, 'Tigisk' is the proto-type of what is fast-rising but fast-waning fad, the POP art of the RAP! But of course, without the accompaniment of a full-blown band.
Third, when deliberately planned and performed 'live', the ambiance required would be that place where drinks flows freely, acoustics provided efficiently and the crowd in the right mood to show the aura of mutual acceptability among all those in attendance, not just those who, in the exercise, participate actively.
Fourth, The Net is an excellent place to grow this art to its full glory. The atmosphere is: The cyberspace ensures privacy, and yet does not totally exclude a unique form of unity - a bond, so to say! And when times come that frictions occur, an inevitability when artistic egos clash (and we do have that a-plenty) there is no chance for violence to raise its ugly head, as frequently happens in the bars or watering holes in the city!
Fifth, there is gnawing suspicion in the back of my mind, that being an instrument of glee in a circle of drinking spree, the word could have have its origin from 'TIPSIK' of drinks from glasses of the inebriated celebrants who has reached the point where hands and feet get precariously unsteady and has lost coordination of their body! This I can attest to because, I've been there and will again be there, fortunately or unfortunately, but, yeah man, definitely - frequently!
However and whatever this 'Tigsik' is and will be, this is a legacy that we hope to relay to the next generation, an salidang dugo kan satuyang ngonian yaon pa man, sagkod nuarin, dai ta aram!"
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