This is a common topic in Grade 7 English which talks about love restricted by culture and tradition.

2. I Don’t Want You To Go
Here I am
Alone and I don't understand
Exactly how it all began
The dream just walked away
I'm holding on
When all but the passion's gone
Chorus
And from the start
Maybe I was tryin' too hard
It's crazy coz it's breakin' my heart
Things can fall apart but I know,
That I don't want you to go
And heroes die,
When they ignore the cause inside
But they learn from what's left behind
And fight for something else
And so it goes
That we have both learned how to grow
And from the start
Maybe we were tryin' too hard
It's crazy coz it's breakin' our heart
Things can fall apart but I know,
That I don't want you to go
Oh no, don't want you to go
[Bridge]
Oh it's just too much
Takin' all the whole world all by myself
But it's not enough
Unless I stop trusting somebody else,
Somebody else
And love again
(Chorus)

3. Wedding Dance
By: Amador Daguio

4. Amador T. Daguio
- He was a poet, novelist
and teacher during the pre-
war.
- He had published two
volumes of poetry, "Bataan
Harvest" and "The Flaming
Lyre".
- He served as chief editor
for the Philippine House of
Representatives before he
died in 1966.

5. There was a couple named Awiyao and Lumnay.
They were married for a long time but Awiyao her husband
has to marry another girl named Madulimay because
Lumnay cannot bear a child. On the night of the wedding
of Awiyao and Madulimay, Awiyao went to his and
Lumnay's house where they used to live to personally
invite his ex wife to join the dance but Lumnay refuses to
join. Lumnay is the best dancer in their tribe.
They had a heart-to-heart talk about their separation,
and on their conversation they found out that the couple
still had a thing on each other. They still love each other but
they have to separate because their tribe’s custom is--
every man in that tribe should have one (or more) child that
would carry his name and if his wife cannot give him a child
he can marry another woman. It's a man's necessity to
have a child.

6. Lumnay can hardly let go of her husband. The two
both agreed that if Awiyao's second marriage did not work,
he will go back to Lumnay's arms and this was sealed by
the beads that Lumnay will keep. Then Awiyao goes back
to the wedding because someone is calling him already.
After being fetched by others, Lumnay decided to go to the
wedding not to dance or to join the celebration but to stop
the wedding. She decided to break the unwritten law of her
tribe, but when she is near all her guts to stop the wedding
suddenly disappeared. She did not have the courage to
break into the wedding feast. Lumnay walked away from
the dancing ground, away from the village. She went to the
mountain instead and in the mountain is where she
diverted all her bitterness in her and she partly reminisce
their story of Awiyao.

7. Comprehension Questions
1. Describe Awiyao and Lumnay's house. Describe the
presense of light and darkness in the story.
2. Describe Awiyao and Lumnay.
3. Read this following paragraph, what was Lumnay thinking?
"It is not right. It is not right!" she cried. "How does she know?
How can anybody know? It is not right," she said.
Suddenly she found courage. She would go to the dance. She
would go to the chief of the village, to the elders, to tell them it
was not right. Awiyao was hers; nobody could take him away
from her. Let her be the first woman to complain, to denounce
the unwritten rule that a man may take another woman. She
would tell Awiyao to come back to her. He surely would relent.
Was not their love as strong as the river?

8. Comprehension Questions
4. After reading the story, in what ways toward
your attitude toward Lumnay and Madulimay -
different?
5. If you were Lumnay, what would you
do? Can you justify her behaviour throughout
the story? Explain.
6. What is your reaction toward Awiyao's
marriage to Madulimay? Explain.

9. Should you fight for the one
you love?
Or should you let go and
take all of the hurt for the
other’s sake?