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Manenepa
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Palawan traditional healer, either a man or a woman, who specializes in treating marep (described as body pains as if thorns were embedded on one's flesh). The manenegpa utters a tawar or batya (incantation), blows on the painful part, grabs the muscle, twists it, and pulls out whatever object has been embedded on it, which may be bamboo sticks, ransang (nail), or besley (dart or arrow)
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Province: Palawan

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