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Filipino shamans,
commonly known as
babaylan (also
balian or katalonan,
among many
other names), were
shamans of the
various ethnic groups of the pre-colonial...
- the
babaylan was
mostly ****ociated to females, but male
babaylans also existed.
Early historical accounts record the
existence of male
babaylans who wore...
- held in high
regard and
performed the role of
spiritual leaders known as
babaylan, katalonan, and
other shamans in the
indigenous Philippine folk religions...
-
calendar system for
ancient Filipinos and were part of the
rituals of the
babaylan priestess. It is
usually depicted with a
characteristic looped tail and...
-
among Visayans). Pag-anito is séance, a
ritual where a
shaman (called
babaylan in
Visayan or
katalonan in Tagalog)
serves as a
medium to talk to dead...
- datu, the
babaylan could take
charge of the
whole community. The role of the
babaylan was
mostly ****ociated with women, but male
babaylans also existed...
- were also
various subtypes of
babaylan specializing in the arts of
healing and herbalism, divination, and sorcery.
Babaylan were
highly respected members...
- and
allegiance to the
Spanish after around fifty years.
Together with a
babaylan named Pagali and his children, he
built a
temple for a diwata, and he incited...
-
elder babaylan.
Their functions include the role of
community leaders, warriors,
community defenders, priestesses, healers,
sages and seers.
Babaylans could...
- Crocodile's Belly:
Philippine Babaylan Studies and the
Struggle for
Indigenous Memory.
Santa Rosa, California:
Center for
Babaylan Studies. pp. 136–140. ISBN 978-1492775317...
