Anthing under the sun
Origins of place names (14)
Jamindan – Jamindan and Jagnaya – after Marikudo sold Aninipay (Panay) to the ten Bornean datus, he retreated to the mountains.
Eager to show off the price of Panay – a gold sadok and mananangyad, he gave a feast to other Ati chieftains: Datu Mamburao of Minuro and his son Mangarin, Princess Dayangdayang Agnaya of the Agabris and Agbilad tribes and Datu Amindan.
During the feast Mangarin fell in love with Agnaya. So, Datu Mamburao asked for her hand and Marikudo immediately agreed and the wedding was set for the next full moon.
However, Agnaya and Amindan, unknown to others, were already lovers. Before the full moon occurred, they eloped and Marikudo chased them but his men lost their way.
The two lovers settled at the headwaters of Pangabat river at Aglibakaw where they begot children.
In time, Agnaya died and as was the custom, she was placed on a decorated raft which was left to float downstream. The raft got strangled among the bushes just few kilometers before the burial place of Agnaya. The natives also took Amindan's body and buried it.
Later, on the burial place of Agnaya a new vine grew – which the natives called Jagnaya. On the burial place of Amindan, a new tree also grew which the natives named Hamindang.
Still later, these burial places were called Jamindan (now a town of Capiz) and Jagnaya (now a barrio of Jamindan).