Baro Nga Tawen

The Sison Family went home to Agno one time to celebrate New Year local style. The boys - AJ, James and Mokong were very young then. Papa wanted them to welcome New Year sans fireworks.
Nagpaala ni Mama itti atiddog nga kawayan ta pinakayas na. The party began late afternoon early dusk. Venue was the frontage of the beachhouse at Bunga. Maawis amihttp://www.blogger.com/n nga ubbing agtataray da amin umay maki-daya.
The kawayan was propped up and Erich started to warm it up. Introducing - The Kaniobong. It was a long hollow kawayan of which one end was closed while the opposite end was opened. Adjacent to the closed end was a small hole which will be the entrance for the fuel (kerosene in lieu of the gun powder for the real thing) and the air to complete the requirements for combustion.

When the kayawan is heated up, and air has been introduced by puffing air through the hole, then a dash of kerosene is served. The hotter the kaniobong - the louder the booming sound it can produce.


The kaniobong is akin to the cannon - same shape same principle. Empty tin cans can be inserted into the cavity which will serve as the cannonball. Like I said, the hotter the kawayan, the louder the impact - the farther the trip for the tin cans.
The most difficult job was to clear out the trapped smoke inside the kaniobong. The longer the kawayan, the more laborious it was to blow out the smoke.
That is why all of the help is needed courtesy of the children and all of the "mirons" around. Ag-al-al ka nga talaga malpas ka nga ag-puyot.






Narang-ay nga baro a tawen kanyayo amin.