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History of Talakag

The municipality of Talakag in Bukidnon was originally settled by a nomadic tribe. They named their settlement Kalabangasan after the abundant Rambutan trees along the creek. However, tensions arose between Kalabangasan and a neighboring settlement, Dagundalahon, due to rivalry and kidnappings over women. In response, the people of Dagundalahon renamed Kalabangasan to Talakag in their dialect, meaning "fondness in giving pursuit." This reflected the aggressive pursuit of women engaged in by the men of Kalabangasan. Thus the settlement became known as Talakag, while retaining the original name of Kabalangasan for the creek.

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History of Talakag

The municipality of Talakag in Bukidnon was originally settled by a nomadic tribe. They named their settlement Kalabangasan after the abundant Rambutan trees along the creek. However, tensions arose between Kalabangasan and a neighboring settlement, Dagundalahon, due to rivalry and kidnappings over women. In response, the people of Dagundalahon renamed Kalabangasan to Talakag in their dialect, meaning "fondness in giving pursuit." This reflected the aggressive pursuit of women engaged in by the men of Kalabangasan. Thus the settlement became known as Talakag, while retaining the original name of Kabalangasan for the creek.

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Municipality of Talakag

Talakag, Bukidnon

HISTORY OF TALAKAG
(The Origin)

Once in a not so distant past, a nomadic tribe wandered down south. Finally, they settled
upon a place attuned to their needs and liking. Thee place, was traversed by a zigzagging creek
swollen with clear sparkling water where on its grew in abundance with Malayan trees called
“Balangas” (now popularly known as Rambutan – Nephelium Lappaceum of the Family:
Sapindaceae). The trees were full of attractive bloody red but juicy and delicious fruits, clustered
in their very green foliages. Because of fanatical attachment of this tribe to these Balangas Trees,
they decided to name their settlement “Kalabangasan” – a very typical way of simply affixing
prefixes. This is the original name of the municipality, Talakag.

However, names of the places are, often, influenced and affected by events that revolve
around it. History goes that aside from this Kalabangasan settlement, there was another settlement
further down south called “Dagundalahon”. At first, tribe of both settlements were very friendly
and cordial to each other. They would hold social gatherings , “Kaamulan” and “Kaliga” and
other forms of intimate social merry-makings to satisfy their whims and caprices often with
paganic undertones.

This relationship did not last long. A serious breakdown developed and as a consequence,
they became bitter enemies. The root cause was the intense rivalry of man/warriors over beautiful
and alluring women from either side. This resulted and accounted for ambush, kidnapping and to
some extent even killings.

It was on the Kalabangasan side that men are more daring ang aggressive. They adopted
and ventured into the “go-chase-kidnap” tactics preying on the women of Dagundalahon who
caught their fancy. Because of these, hilltribes in Dagundalahon side renamed “Kabalangasan “to
Talakag, the etymology of which came from the Visayan dialect- LAKAG meaning “to go after”
or “follow in pursuit” and the prefix “TA” denoting “fondness in doing such”. In other words,
Talakag means “fondness in giving pursuit”.

Thus, the settlement that was known as Kalabangasan was named Talakag while the
creek traversing the place retained the name Kabalangasan.

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