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Six-year-old Nicole gets her white dress soiled while playing kurang-kurangan (toy kitchen set) with her cousins in their verdant backyard in the rural town of Minalin, Pampanga on a hot Saturday afternoon. 

Without minding the plastic pan, the makeshift stove, and the leaves she cooks; one would think that Nicole is an expert in the kitchen—a trait most of the Kapampangans like her possess.

She pretends to cook sisig, a native Kapampangan dish made of grilled pork ears, liver, chili and calamansi.

Nicole prepares another plate where she would transfer the “cooked food”. She seems excited about the finished product. But before she could serve her specialty, her mother called:

“Nicole!

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Uwi na dito kakain na tayo. Gabi na!” 

Despite being born to Kapampangan parents, Nicole doesn’t know how to speak Kapampangan. Her mom and dad talk to her in Tagalog.

“Bang misane la, syempre keng sc