Group 3 Rituals in The Philippines

RITUALS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Religious beliefs, rituals,
practices, and customs are all
part of the spiritual expression.
What to believe and how to
manifest that belief is entirely
dependent on the individual
religious beliefs and practices,
which are formed in relation to
their context and culture. Here
are
some rituals and ceremonies
performed by Filipinos in all
regions of the Philippines.
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1. PAGDUGO
According to popular Filipino beliefs,
padugo or bloodletting is often done
before a house is built to help drive away
evil spirits that live in the land where they
are building their home.
Padugo is a long-standing tradition that
dates back to the days when beliefs in anito
or deities were at their peak.
2. FESTIVAL
A festival is an event that brings people
together to celebrate something. In the
Philippines, we have a variety of festivals,
each of which has its own local importance
and is unique in its own way. At the end of the
day, all holiday shave religious and spiritual
importance. When the Spaniards first arrived
in the Philippines to establish colonial control,
one of their first priorities was to convert as
many Filipinos to Catholicism as possible. One
approach they used was to build chapels and
teach people to embrace Christianity.
3. PANAGBENGA
FESTIVAL
Date: February 1 – March 8
Panagbenga is a local Kankana-ey term in
Cordillera, which means “a season for
blossoming.” Panagbenga Festival is a month-
long festival in Baguio. Tourists flock the city
during this time to watch the Grand Float
Parade which features giant floats in different
characters made of flowers. Many celebrities
also perform here. Because of these,
Panagbenga has become a famous festival in
the Philippines.
4. MASSKARA
FESTIVAL
Date: October
MassKara is derived from the words “mass”
meaning “many” and “kara” meaning “faces,”
thus, calling it the Festival of Many Faces.
Many tourists visit Bacolod in October to
witness this grand Filipino cultural festival.
Being known as the City of Smiles, Bacolod
parades many smiling masks worn by the
locals during this festival in the Philippines.
5. PINDADOS- KASADAYAN
FESTIVAL
Date: June
A religious festival celebrated in the name of
Santo Nino, the locals of Tacloban City parade
around the city with their bodies and faces
painted with vibrant colors of green and blue,
which symbolizes Leyte’s ancestral people.
Locals fill the street and perform traditional
dances in honor of Santo Nino.
6. PENITESYA
The word penitensya means repentance the

strong desired to be forgiven traditionally
the word penitentia or penance have been
viewed as a punishment . Penitensya is a ritual
performed by some of our locals who want to
repent for their sins and wrong doings.
Theword penance derives from old french and
Latin. Penitensya both of which derives from
the same root meaning repentance the desire to
be forgiven.
7. MARRIAGE
In the Philippines, marriage is one of the most

significant aspects of the family code. They
used to be unable to allow men and women to
be together unless they were married. A typical
Filipino wedding today includes the following
rituals: candle lighting, coin blessing, nukshall
string tying, and rice grain throwing. When the
Americans took over the Philippines from the
Spaniards in1900, they had to consider the
legality of marriage.
8. BAYANIHAN
The spirit of communal solidarity, labor, and

cooperation to attain a specific objective is
referred to as bayanihan. Bayanihan is a
Filipino word that comesfrom the word bayan,
which means "town nation" or "community."
Bayanihan literally means "to be a bayan," and
it refers to a spirit of communal cooperation
and unity.
9. FIESTA
Fiesta is typically a time of cheerful celebration for
Filipinos, who cook plenty of of hearty food, open
their homes to visitors, and parade through the
streets. Fiestas are significant because they bring
together and nourish cultural history, family bonds,
and camaraderie, as well as introduce us to new
people. We pray that in the future, the tradition of
celebrating fiestas in honor of our patron saints will
not be relegated to urban legend. Fiestas became
celebrated events under Spanish rule, when the first
colonizers noticed that early Filipinos enjoyed
celebrations and used fiestas to entice the natives.
10. KNEEL WALKING
A group of devotees walking on their knees
from the main door facing Plaza Miranda to
the altar is common on any given day.
Kneeling walking from the church door to the
altar is practiced by certain devotees. This is a
popular practice in this church as a symbol of
devotion to the black nazarenes. Genuflection,
usually on one knee, is still practiced in the
anglican, lutheran ,roman catholic, and western
churches. Orthodox traditions among other
churches it is different from kneeling in prayer
which is more widespread.
11. HARANA
Harana was a traditional form of courtship in

the Philippines wherein men introduced
themselves and/or wooed women by singing
underneath her window at night. It was widely
practiced in old Philippines with a set of
protocols, a code of conduct and a specific
style of music.
12. BUKLOG
Buklog is an elaborate thanksgiving ritual system of
the Subanen or Subanon, an indigenous people from
the mountainous areas of Zamboanga del Sur and
Misamis Occidental, Mindanao. The head of a host
family, usually a village chief called ‘timuay’, plans
the ritual system to express gratitude to the spirits.
The rituals ensure harmony among family, clan and
community members, as well as among the human,
natural and spiritual worlds. They include asking the
spirits for permission to gather materials from the
forest, presenting coin offerings, inviting the spirits
of the departed to feast, invoking spirits of water and
land, and music and dance.
13. KIBANG
Kibang ritual (meaning the rocking motion of boat
when traversing waves) wherein the movement of the
boat was a message delivered by spirits which tells
whether their sea raid or fishing activity would be
successful. Similarly, the Visayans had their Guibang
ritual where they chanted the following before they
went fishing or raiding on the sea: “Guibang, guibang
cun magtoto cami” (Sway, sway if we should proceed).
When their boat swayed after reciting it, it meant their
plans will be blessed with good fortune. The greater the
swaying motion of the boat,the better. Intoning the name
of a deity, or one of their ancestor’s names, would give
them an answer as to who is the one swaying their boat.
14. PAG- AANITO
For nausog\nabati, the ritual of pagtatawas is
enough to appease the spirit while for those
naanito, the ritual of pag-aanito is deemed
necessary. During the ritual, specific objects,
like a red cloth and beads and a knife, are
essential. During the ritual, the mang-aanito is
believed to be possessed by another anito
which either persuade or drive away the spirit
residing in the person being healed.

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The word penitensya means repentance the

In the Philippines, marriage is one of the most

The spirit of communal solidarity, labor, and

Harana was a traditional form of courtship in

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