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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...
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rituals or celebrations, in
which a
shaman (Visayan: babaylan, Tagalog:
katalonan) acts as a
medium to
communicate directly with the dead
ancestors and...
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through generations guided by
spiritual leaders or shamans, (babaylan,
katalonan, mumbaki, baglan, machanitu, walian, mangubat, bahasa,...), and community...
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regard and
performed the role of
spiritual leaders known as babaylan,
katalonan, and
other shamans in the
indigenous Philippine folk religions. In modern...
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collected taxes.
Shamans – (Visayan: babaylan; Tagalog:
katalonan) the
spirit mediums,
usually female or
feminised men.
While they were...
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leadership roles.
Beneath them were the
kailianes (tenant
farmers or
katalonan),
while at the
bottom of the
social hierarchy were the ubíng (servants)...
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Philippine shamans (known by
several names in
different languages i.e.
katalonan, babaylans, etc.) were the
first healers within the
tribal communities...
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through the aid of
community spiritual leaders or
shamans (babaylan,
katalonan, mumbaki, baglan, machanitu, walian, mangubat, bahasa, etc.) and community...
- affairs, and
sometimes as
intercessors for
invocations on
their behalf.
Katalonan and the dambana,
known also as
lambana in the Old
Tagalog language. The...
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sometimes took on the role of the
female babaylan. The babaylan, also
called katalonan, bayoguin, bayok, agi-ngin, asog, bido and
binabae depending on the ethnic...
