‘Hipon’

Ramon Bautista was being his playful comedic self when he told the crowd at Davao’s Kadayawan celebration: “Tama! Ang daming hipon ditto sa Davao, awraaaayt!”

On the youtube videos, it ain’t clear what the context of that hirit was. What is clear is that he didn’t start the chanting right after that statement: someone else with a mic started it and the crowd joined in. At some point, of course, Bautista does tell the crowd to say “Pon!” to his “Hi!” and the crowd participated in that, too.