CATEGORYSUBCATEGORYSONG TITLESHORT DESCRIPTION
Social/ Life
Cycle
Courtship/
Love
BuracanThis is a love song that describes
yearning and affection of a guy for a
girl. In Pangasinan, the name Rosing
would refer to any maiden endeared
or wooed by many.
Malinac Lay LabiThis is a popular Pangasinan song
used in serenading. Due to its
popularity, it is dubbed as the
“national anthem of Pangasinan” and
this has been arranged as a congest
piece for choral singing here and
abroad.
DampayThis is a love song that describes the
heart of a person (a girl) that is
likened to a hardened soil
(sedimentary rock/ limestone) that
with constant prodding and wooing
would eventually soften and fall in
love.
Imunan
(instrumental –
Rondalla
)
Imunan is a dance means
PëtëkPetek means to stand in front of
something or someone. In this case,
petek is to stand and sing in front of
the house of the maiden a guy is
serenading (with love songs). In the
Filipino/ Tagalog tradition, this is
popularly known as harana.
MarriagePanangabalayan/
Pagatin
There are several stages in the
Pangasinan wedding traditions, one
of them is the Pagatin. This is when
the bride is to set foot for the first
time and welcomed in the household
or balwarte of the groom. There is a
dance and a song component of
Pagatin
“Abeten koy
Manugang ko”
Kansion na Pagatin
PatanirThis song is bading “goodbye to
maidenhood”. This is for a young lady
about to enter into marriage and
about to leave her maiden life.
Lullaby
(Bayuwa /
Tambayo)
“Ogip ka la Inong”This is a lullaby sang to put a c
sleep. It tells the child that he
sleep so his/her mother and f
could go and do some work
household chores
Kurok kurok manokThis is said to be the oldest tambayo
or lullaby in Pangasinan that speaks
about a bird or a chicken.
CATEGORYSUBCATEGORYSONG TITLESHORT DESCRIPTION
Fiestas/
Celebrations

GalikinThis is the shortened version of the
Pangasinan Christmas Carol.
AligandoThis is a Pangasinan Christmas Carol.
It is said to be the longest Christmas
carol in Pangasinan
Songs and Music in
Sarsuela
Sarsuela is a theater form in
Pangasinan
Sayaw ed Tapew
na Bangko

(instrumental –
Rondalla)
Sayaw ed Tapew na Bangko is a skill
dance that originated in Pangasinan.
The music accompanying the dance is
rendered by Rondalla.
Inter na Diyos
(Lingayen & Alaminos
versions)
Milestones/
Birthdays/
Anniversaries
Kansiyon nu
Compleaño/
Kansiyon nu
Panagkorona
This song is part of a ritual when a
child turns seven years old.
Nature
PlantsRosas na BugonvillaA song about the plant or flower
bougainvillea.
Sampagan Ambalingit
Deyeng na SampaguitaA song about the sampaguita plant/
flower
AnimalsDalem na DayatThis song is comical/playful
description of a child’s imaginative
adventure under the sea where
he/she meets many fish and was
offered various sea foods to eat but
with no water to drink.
Nanrosas so
Kapasolan
This song is a comical/playful
description of a cast of sea creatures
that have peculiar characteristics
which are figurative depiction of
traits of people
Walay Manok kon
Taras
This song is about a little bird called
taras where an allegorical
conversation took place between a
person and the bird describing how
the person would have treated the
little if he were a good or a bad
person.