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it for eternity. It was also
Bukaneg who translated the Doctrina Cristiana in Ilocano. This book was printed in 1593 as one of the first books in the Philippines and was intended for use in the conversion of the local population. In 1621 the Ilocano translation of Bukaneg was printed in the Augustinian Convent of Manila. Bukaneg was also largely responsible for Arte de la Lengue Iloca, the first grammar book of the Ilocano of Brother Francisco Lopez, which was printed in 1627 by the University of Santo Tomas.
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Through his knowledge of these languages, he was asked by the priests in the region to translate their prayers and sermons in local languages. He was being asked to help with the conversion of the local population. Bukaneg composed poems and songs and was loved by the
Ilocanos as a troubadour. He was
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His blindness prevented him to write. He dictated his poems, songs and translations, while someone else wrote. Ilocano epic Biag ni Lam-ang is attributed to
Bukaneg by some authors and historians. It is also possible that the works of Bukaneg was sung for centuries by the Ilocano and thus preserved
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Bukaneg was a foundling, who shortly after his birth already floating in a basket between Bantay and Vigan in the
Banaoang River was found by an old woman. They brought him to the Bantay Augustiner priest who baptized him as Pedro Bucaneg. Bukaneg was sent to the Augustinian convent in Manila to
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Spaniards knocked him for his services. He would have identified the killer of a servant of a Spaniard on a day in a row of Itneg men by placing his hand on the chest of all these men.
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further his theological and cultural studies. He took lessons in Latin and
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