21/03/2024
Watch Mankayan National High School's coverage on the recently concluded 111th Mankayan Founding Anniversary
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Etymology
As early as the 13th century, Mankayan was thickly forested land wherein hunters from neighboring places frequented in search of wild game. Legend told of two hunters from โAWAโ Buguias who pursued a deer into this Mankayan forest. The deer, harassed by the hunters and their dogs, fell into a ravine. Tired and weary, the hunters made camp for the night right on the spot where they recovered the deer. They skinned and roasted and feasted on their game the whole night leaving their fire burning through. The following morning, they found that the rocks by their campfire was malleable and could be easily molded. They brought home samples of their discovery and fashioned tools and other artifacts. Thereafter, the natives searched the place for this mineral ore. Products fashioned from their discovery were bartered with much-needed commodities from the lowland. Rich Spanish businessmen from Ilocos Coast took notice of these products and asked the traders their source of copper. The natives simply replied โNangkayangโ meaning way up to eastern mountains. โNangkayangโ eventually became Mankayan, the name adopted to the area up to the present.