Kasadya Ning Taknaa (the original of 'Ang Pasko Ay Sumapit')

One of the first songs I learned in the Philippines after arriving in October 1971 was Kasadya Ning Taknaa, a Christmas song. I was studying Cebuano at the time in Ozamiz City. The Tagalog version of the song, Ang Pasko Ay Sumapit, is better known. However, this is a translation of the Cebuano original.

You can find Kasadya Ning Taknaa here. You can see and hear The Philippine Madrigal Singers singing the song in its original form and in Tagalog here.

Cebu Cathedral