Balagtasan Bikol-style

The Tagalogs are known for “balagtasan” or the tradition of debating in verse. The Bikolanos, too, has a similar art and it is known as “Tigsikan”. Tigsikan is derived from “Tigsik” or the art of expressing a toast or an idea in the form similar to that of the Japanese “Haiku”.
Tigsikan is usually heard in drinking sprees (“turungaan” or “irinuman”) though this practice is not anymore common nowadays due to the invasion of “video-singko”. An example of Tigsikan goes:
Participant 1:

Tinigsik ko an Amerkano
Na amigo ni Mariano
Nag-sisid sa Santo Domingo
Kan magbutwa yaon na sa Manito.

Participant 2:

Tinigsik ko man si lolo
Siya mas maurag sa Amerkano
Nagsisid siya sa Manito
Nagbutwa na sa Rapu-rapu.

Participant 3:

Kung sa urag an lolo ko sakong tigsikon
Sa sisid siya dai pa puwedeng daogon
Kan siya nagsisid sa Sorsogon
Hanggang ngonyan dai nagbubutwa beinte ng taon.