Dandaniw: Ilokano poems translation, thought analysis and their implication to education

The very purpose of this study was to collect, translate and analyze the Ilokano poem sexisting in barangay Malilitao, Claveria, Cagayan, Philippines. It made-use of the qualitative research design because the researcher, translated and textually analyzed the data gathered from the respondents. The data were gathered from the respondents and from the internet through the use of a field work approach by the researcher were analyzed through the use of textual analysis such as thoughts or beliefs. There are nine poems collected. Seven of these were orally narrated by the respondents while the other two were taken from the internet and it revealed in this study that thoughts of these poems center onfilling Ilokano's desires and needs, Ilokano's characteristics and qualities, importance and happiness of a child and feelings of loved and unloved and among others.. Remarkably, this collection of Ilokano poems was undertaken so as to help contribute to the preservation, conservation and propagation of the Ilokano sinventiveness and craftsmanship in the field of literature. Most importantly, these collected literary masterpieces perform significant functions of serving as sources of entertainment, enlightenment on societal orientation and customs of the people, and educating the people of the various aspects of community particularly the learners. Hence, the administrators in the elementary and secondary and tertiary sectors should continue encouraging teacher-researchers to collect and integrate Ilokano folk literatures in their literature classes particularly Philippine Literature so that the deterioration of one's societal customs will be prevented.