This was part of the Panawagtawag, a ritual that asked permission from the unseen beings in our surroundings during that Buhay Babaylan lecture-ritual in the University of the Philippines-Diliman ...

From there, they waited for the flight that would bring them to Manila for the Buhay Babaylan lecture-ritual event at UP Diliman last Saturday. Undin is a Manobo babaylan who was called to baylanhood ...

My ritual centered on the four elements of spirituality ... also shed light on traces of the babaylan influence on Cebu folk Christianity. Bahaghari spokesperson Rey Valmores-Salinas, Iloilo ...

Babaylan was the name given to a native priestess ... altar and all other paraphernalia and set adrift. This brought the ritual to a close though the celebration continued." Fe and I reminisced ...

a sacrifice or an offering,” and becomes a full-fledged babaylan. Babaylanes rife in Alegre’s native Eastern Visayas are called tambalan. Her mother is one—healing, reciting special prayers, ...

Babaylan are "ritual specialists" according to Nono, who can contact "spirits" through song and heal through their "embodied voice". The term is from the Central region of the Philippines (also ...

Babaylan were marginalised and often persecuted for engaging in what was regarded by some Christians as "devil worship". But many of the native rituals with which they are associated have somehow ...

The Center for Babaylan Studies conference theme ... “The Importance of Ritual Making in the Diaspora.”Mila Anguluan-Coger and Tita Pambid-Domingo will hold a workshop on Bernardo Carpio ...

It's 10 major sections are devoted to babaylan using their own words to describe their chosen “genre” or main mode of work to channel the spirits for ritual, healing, pedagogical or other purposes, as ...

While the emergence of Kapamilya’s latest fantaserye “Bagani” brought much wonder and excitement to many, the show has been met with various issues and criticisms from many still. “Bagani ...