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He had expected that he would not meet his mother there, as she was in the habit, when in Manila, of going out at that hour to a neighboring house where panguingui was played, but Cabesang Andang was waiting to propose her plan. She would avail herself of the procurator of the Augustinians to restore her son to the good graces of the Dominicans. Placido stopped her with a gesture.
nipa: Swamp palm, with the imbricated leaves of which the roofs and sides of the common native houses are constructed. novena: A devotion consisting of prayers recited for nine consecutive days, asking for some special favor; also, a booklet of these prayers. panguingui: A complicated card-game, generally for small stakes, played with a monte deck.
panguinguera: A woman addicted to panguingui, this being chiefly a feminine diversion in the Philippines. pansit: A soup made of Chinese vermicelli. pansitería: A shop where pansit is prepared and sold. pañuelo: A starched neckerchief folded stiffly over the shoulders, fastened in front and falling in a point behind: the most distinctive portion of the customary dress of Filipino women.
I've deprived myself of everything so that you might go to school! Instead of joining the panguingui where the stake is a half peso, I Ve gone only where it's a half real, enduring the bad smells and the dirty cards. Look at my patched camisa; for instead of buying new ones I've spent the money in masses and presents to St.
He took back the tapis and she hasn't returned the peso yet, but I don't pay her when she wins at panguingui, abá! In that way I've collected twelve cuartos, and for that alone I'm going to play with her. I can't bear to have people fail to pay what they owe me, abá!"
Without the girdles and scapularies, what would you have our women do in the future save that money and perhaps become miserly and covetous? Without the masses, novenaries, and processions, where will you find games of panguingui to entertain them in their hours of leisure?
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