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- Anito, also spelled anitu, refers to ancestor spirits, nature spirits, and deities in the Indigenous Philippine folk religions from the precolonial age...
- The maganito went by several different names throughout the islands depending on linguistic groups, such as the babaylan, but the term maganito and similar...
- derived from Tagalog and Visayan anito ("spirit"), these include terms like maganito and anitera. However, different ethnic groups had different names for shamans...
- catch any fish when they go fishing. During rituals and offerings—known as maganito—in the fields and during the planting season, farmers would hold a child...