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breaks the Ilocos mountain range, is said to be created by Angalo. Long ago, the Abra region east of the Ilocos mountain range was once a lake. One night, Angalo slept on the shore of the lake, and as he slept, he kicked the Ilocos range hard and in doing so, unleashed the lake and created the
244:. While on the beach, Angalo piled up stones, land, shrubs, and sand to form a hill. When asked about his creation, he told his wife that he made the hill to resemble and honor her breasts. To this day, the hill on the southern side of Suso beach is said to be that hill. 216:. As they walked through the seas, which at the time were not salty, his daughters stumbled and their giant blocks of salt fell into the sea. The blocks of salt melted as they hit the water and created the saltiness of the sea. 228:. The sea was deep at this time, and his daughters did not know how to swim well. When one of his daughters began to drown, Angalo dipped the flap of his baag or 302: 156:. In addition, large caves in the Ilocos Region and Abra are often described as being former shelters for Angalo's wife and his daughters. 446: 402: 392: 419: 72:. Angalo was the first man, and son of the god of building. Angalo's head touched the sky and he could easily walk from the 487: 112:
his hanging G-string. Angalo was not alone, he had a giant wife named Aran and together they had three daughters whom the
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into the sea and it absorbed so much water that his daughter was able to touch the sea floor again.
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mountain range are often noted as the giant footprints of Angalo such as found in
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One day, Angalo and his wife Aran were at the what is today called Suso Beach in
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in one step. Through Angalo's actions, he shaped the hills and mountains of
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On a very hot day, Angalo's daughters decided to swim in what is now the
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One day, Angalo asked his family to take bags with blocks of
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Philippines
Ilocano
Ilocos
Philippines
Ilocos Region
Manila
Luzon
sky
sun
moon
stars
thunder
earthquakes
rainbows
Ilocano
Aeta
Igorot
Ilocos Region
Abra
Benguet
Cordillera Central
Sudipen, La Union
San Quintin, Abra
Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur

Santa, Ilocos Sur
water gap
Abra River

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