Indigenous Name: TARLAC GRASS
Spanish Name: Hierba Tarlaquena
Scientific Name: Themeda arundinacea (Roxb.) Ridl.
Kapampangan Name: Dikut Tarlac
Aboriginal Name: Tallak
Ilocano Name: Tanglar; Tarlar
Popular Name: Matarlac; Malatarlac
Family: Gramineae
Location Discovered: Bamban, Tarlac
Date Found: November 21, 2002
Other Places Located: Capas, Tarlac City, San Jose, Mayantoc, Camiling, Santa Ignacia, Camiling, San Clemente
Researcher: Dr. Rodrigo M. Sicat
Asst. Researchers: Rodel T. Botio/Delfin J. Sibal
Tarlac Studies
TARLAC PROVERBS, RIDDLES AND SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEFS
Tarlac is a landlocked province in Luzon with Tarlac City as its capital. It is considered as the first melting pot in Central Luzon if not in the entire archipelago.
As such, the province enormously thrives with varieties of cultures, which is why, the culture is predominantly a chemistry of Kapampangan, Ilokano, Pangasinense and Tagalog. The blend is largely due to its history and geographical borderlines.
It is a province colored with merry people and languages. As border languages speakers, the usage of the verbal and written language today may seem not to be as puritan as that of the pioneering settlers, yet, are instinctively spoken by the contemporary Tarlakenos.
Corollary, classical culture vis-à-vis mores, norms, knowledge, customs and traditions are still evident. The following are cultural examples that are germane among the people these days:
Rodrigo M. Sicat 