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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...
- 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...
- datu, the babaylan could take charge of the whole community. The role of the babaylan was mostly ****ociated with females, but male babaylans also existed...
- Tamblot (fl. 1621–1622) was the name given to a babaylan (a Visayan term for mediums and religious leaders in the Philippines' pre-colonial and early colonial...
- held in high regard and performed the role of spiritual leaders known as babaylan, katalonan, and other shamans in the indigenous Philippine folk religions...
- accompanied by other rituals or celebrations, in which a shaman (Visayan: babaylan, Tagalog: katalonan) acts as a medium to communicate directly with the...
- elder babaylan. Their functions include the role of community leaders, warriors, community defenders, priestesses, healers, sages and seers. Babaylans could...
- 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...
- Apparitions of Spirits and on Vampires or Revenants Neo-Paganism Ritual Angakkuq Babaylan Bobohizan Bomoh Bora Dukun Miko Jhākri Pawang Slametan Wu Revitalization...