Philippine Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health

Title

Phase II Documentation of Philippine Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health for Selected Ethnolinguistic Groups: The SUBANON people of Malayal, Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte

Keyword/s

Palin/Koboliyanan, sick for a long time, Zamboanga del Norte 

Practice or ritual

Palin/Koboliyanan

Purpose

Done if the person has been sick for a long time and cannot cure by anyone.

Material/s

1 live chicken, 2 boiled eggs, 15 dakul, and 15 momaan.

Description of practice or ritual

Grill the chicken and cut into half. Get the right part of the chicken including the visceral organs of that part and use it in the ritual. Slice the boiled eggs. Slice the dakul and momaan into 15 pieces. Wrap the slice dakul in momaan leaves.

Additional information

Must be done every year.

Informant/s

Maria Onsilao Cabugza (Healer)

Address

Zamboanga del Norte, Sibuco, Malayal, Glinowagung

Information gathered by

Dando RFA, Pizon JRL

Date

2013-02-13