Sta. Cruz Batalya 2008 (Batalyang Lakan ning Pulung Butul)

Santakrusan begins from the baranggay or barrio where the tradition started Sta. Cruz. April 23 ushers in the Ethno-Catholic ritual Batalya associated with fiestas down under Southern Pampanga or Mawling Kapampangan. This practice originated from the time when the Makabebes or the Makabebe Warriors were employed to quell uprisings against the Spanish colonizers and make them follow blindly. Batalya as a battle hymn was played while the army marches on before and after the skirmishes, by a brass band.

I tried to inject a feeling of the real thing by making the customary brass band music the intro and extro for this MTV and didnt show the rock band Julian Katarungan within the main song this time.

Through the centuries the practice evolved into a mere merrymaking ritual to express the folks' gratitude supposedly to the patron saint but in this case its to the patron thing a dressed-up cross that should never be remembered much less glorified because it is where Lord Jesus suffered on. Likewise, through the centuries nobody questioned this, since fanaticism is like dope. You blindly ingest it like opium even if it leads you to a painful death. Though this may be a serious matter, I try to present it in a funny way as much as I could through the lyrics and through the video. Thus the 300% speed in most portions.

Why cant the people worship Lord Jesus instead of worshipping the thing that killed him? Thats because most people are selfish. Theyd let anyone, even GOD, to suffer for them as long as they themselves are saved and even callously dance wildly and sing Oh, I bathe in Jesus blood, Im saved - praise the Lord! OMG!

Norther, JK's crooner and guitarist, did an ad lib on the slowed-down opening verse and deviated freely from the original lyrics. To know exactly how, here is the original lyrics:

BATALYA
Lawiwing Meyangu king Senayang Tigtigan /Amanu - Kragi 19112003 (1)
Indat bulan ning Mayu/ampang king Santa Krus;
Laganas a baranggay/anting itik a mibulus.
Pangalwal na ning limbun/ding taung tipun-tipun;
Durutan deing baranggay/asno dakal ding tatagun.
Makapaterak! Makapakayli! Makapagal ing Batalya
Tutulu pawas/ing daya titas/meyari na bisa ka pa! (2)
Dalagat baintau/manintun ayasawa;
Mamandurut la buntuk/kabang mag-Batalya la.
Kalwal da ring sagala,/emperatris at reyna;
Mangakaba la batal/mangabural la mata
Makapakending! Makapakembut!/Pati matun mangalembut
Milalakad la reng pile/mitutulid la reng bukut. (3)
Mitwag keng limang babi at miyasawang damulag;
Atlumpulu lang manuk,/emat asan bang iyapag.
Dakal man ing tau yu/nung dakal no mang salangi;
Nung mangatako la ngan/anapnap da pati bangi!
Makapanyuka! Makapanilak!/Ugali da ring aliwa
Agisan da na ing tau yu/E la pa mu rin sasawa! (Pasibaywan ing Parapung(1)
Meyari na bisa ka pa!/Meyari na bisa ka pa!
Meyari na bisa ka pa!/Meyari na bisa ka pa!
Meyari na bisa ka pa!/Meyari na bisa ka pa!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Sta. Cruz
• Santacruzan
• Santakrusan
• Makabebe
• Macabebe
• Kapampangan
• Pampanga
• Basultung Batu
• Batung Kapampangan

[impunsigwa]

@knightslucky: ok mu nama ita oneng keraklan ma-commercialize ya lupa ing libad nang apung iru. pane na la mung commercial ads deng makipaglibad a bangka bukud pa kareng pulitikung pu-pulitikwan da pati ing libad. ita ing e masanting malyari keng batalya. ma'p pa ngeni, paniglon de reng tau ing batalya uling misan ya magagawa o (king sta. cruz - makatatlu ing pabanwa - april 23, may 3 at bayung banwa.

[knightslucky]

?????? Batalya o Batallia?

[impunsigwa]

it's batalla in spanish and batalya in kapampangan. sorry for the late reply, knightsly. ",)

[knightslucky]

sana mika Batalya Festival ya ing Macabebe at Masantul bacanta a priserba ta y ing que catang tradisyun

[satchieA]

Luid ya ing tradisyung Kapmpangan!

Nung lawen taya ing tradisyun a iti, kaparis ne ning king Sasmuan ya pin ing kuraldal, at ing Pandanggo king Obando, Bulacan.

Dapat tayang ipreserba iting makapawas, makapagal at makabaug(?) a Batalya!

Luid ya ing Batalya!

[iggikingtsupanku]

Nice to have the Kapampangan and English subtitles. Now, anyone can sing along. Anyway, here's the missing verse from this song featured in sunstar pampanga last year: Ing maling kapanwalan/mayayakit king kapyestan;

Pabanwang titipunan/metung aldo magisan ngan.

Dakal lang ka-baranggay makatula la rugu.

Ambiski manutang la mu, atin la sanang pagtau.

Makapagmulala!/Makapangasdan!/­Panugali tang amana

Dakal kaniti masagwa/alakwan da ring Kastila!