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The ritual "Panawag-tawag, tawag=Manobo, tubad: pagsasalita, pakikipag-usap, pangintuu |
For special gathering and other important occasions. |
Materials used are live chicken (or anything domesticated animal for offering), knife, tobacco, kalisaw (bunga). |
The healer called "manubagtubag" performs panawagtawag invoking Tyumanem's blessings through his anito or diwata. The detailed description of the ritual was not allowed to be disclosed. |
Tyumanem is God in Tagakaolo. |
Clarita Inantay-a traditional general practitioner in Tagakaolo and at the same time she is also a Mananamok (Tagakaulo)-traditional birth attendant or midwife. |
Davao del Sur, Malita, Barangay Pinalpalan, Sitio Lunao |