"Palapak" is a word in HILIGAYNON
palápak - Caus. of lápak—to tread or step
on, etc. Also: A devotional practice whereby
the base of a statue of a Saint is applied to
the head or to other parts of the body; to
apply the statue or have it applied. May
palápak. There is (was or will be) an
applying of the statue. Mapalápak
(Magapalápak) akó. I am going to receive
the "palápak”. Madámù gid ang
ginpalapákan sang piésta ni San Bisénte.
Very many people received "palápak” on
the feast of S. Vincent. Ipalápak sa íya ang
laráwan ni Sánta Ríta. Take the statue of
S. Rita and give him the "palápak”.
(palápak literally means: to cause to tread
on, to allow another to put his foot on one’s
head or neck (an ancient sign of
submission).
palapák - A hammer or beater, knocker,
club, flail, rod, particularly a cotton beater.
(cf. papák).
We decided to leave early, you wouldn't want to be there in the end, when the lights came on. You'd never sit down in here again. In a depressing shuffle we pushed to the door, now it was good to get up and out, while it was still a black hole, warm, and smokey, full of possibilities...
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