- Butse Kik
Butse Kik (also spelled as "Buchikik" or "Abuchikik") is one of
Yoyoy Villame 's novelty songs widely regarded as one of his hits in thePhilippines , and became a radio staple. [http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=67044 Humor in his chromosomes] , Cora Lucas, "Inquirer", May 20, 2007]The song consists of nonsense-lyrics that sound somewhat like Chinese. Some of the Chinese community in
Cebu demanded that it be removed fromjukeboxes but, according to Villame, a plan to bring the case to court failed because the complainants could not find a single Chinese word in the song.Literature
Rene O. Villanueva's "Ang Unang Baboy Sa Langit" is an award-winning children's short story featuring "Butsekik", a self-styled Miss Piggy who's immaculately clean to the point of being treated as a deviant by the pig community. Despite her cleanliness, she was tried for being "un-pigly" and sent to the chopping block to become a roast pig. Yet, the pestilence that the pig community suffered because of their filth proved that Butsekik's desire to be clean was right after all. The filthy pigs were thrown away and Butsekik was met by a brass band as she entered heaven. Thus, Butsekik became the patron saint of pigs because she taught them that even if they were pigs cleanliness was still important. [http://www.amazon.com/Unang-Baboy-Langit-First-Heaven/dp/9711900610/ref=cm_cr-mr-title Villanueva, Rene O. "Ang Unang Baboy Sa Langit"]
References
* [http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=66711 Yoyoy Villame passes away] - from the Philippine Daily Inquirer
* [http://www.gmanews.tv/story/43031/Novelty-singer-Yoyoy-Villame-%20%20dies.. Novelty Singer Yoyo Villame passes away] - from GMA 7 NewsExternal links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN-W0gcpPWo Butse Kik] , Yoyoy Villame, YouTube
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