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The Waray people speak Waray, a major Visayan language. Many also speak English, Tagalog, Bicolano and/or Cebuano as their second languages. Some people of Waray descent speak Waray as their second or third language, especially among emigrants to Metro Manila, other parts of the Philippines (especially in Mindanao), and elsewhere in the world.
Religion; Christianity: ... is Waray-Waray, which speaks of the common stereotypes and positive characteristics of the Waray people.
Biri – a sacred island with striking rock formations; the Waray people believe that Biri is the home of the goddess, Berbinota, who was initially a beautiful mortal woman who ruled the area's vicinity; stories say that enchanted beings kidnapped the mortal Berbinota in an attempt to make her their ruler, which eventually led to her ...
Waray – the soul of the dead is said to be guided by the god Badadum, who gathers the souls of the newly dead to meet their relatives and friends at the mouth of a river located in the lowerworld; old stories say that souls eventually lead to a sacred cave in the interior of Samar island [13] [15]
Abat and Awok (Waray) – two similar races that segment like the Manananggal. They can fly with their head and hands. [63] Aghoy (Waray) – fair-haired and handsome beings that resemble twenty-year old well-built humans. They are friendly to people and will guide those who are looking for something lost. [63] Agta – black beings in Eastern ...
The growing acceptance of English as official language in the country strengthened these writers’ loyalty to the ethnic mother tongue as their medium for their art. [1] The publication of Leyte News and The Leader in the twenties, the first local papers in English, brought about the increasing legitimization of English as a medium of communication, the gradual displacement of Waray and ...
Among the Bicolano people, Kanlaon was instead regarded as the evil god of fire and destruction, [16] the main adversary of Batala. Their supreme deity was instead Gugurang (whose name also means "the old one") whose domain was the Mayon Volcano. [17] Among the Batak people of Sumatra, the oldest ancestor spirits are also known as silaon. [8]
Spanish colonizers, in an attempt to erase the people's indigenous folk religion, used their political power and Catholic idols to replace the festival's original roster of honorees. In 2014, the international astronomical monitoring agency Minor Planet Center (MPC) named Asteroid 1982 XB 3757 Anagolay , after the Tagalog goddess of lost things ...