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Pag-anito (also called mag-anito or anitohan) is a séance, ritual where people communicate with the spirits of the dead or their ancestors. It is often done with the help of a shaman —called a babaylan in Visayan or a katalonan in Tagalog —who acts as a medium to connect with these spirits.
These indigenous mountain people believe in the existence of supernatural beings that they call Anito which have power over man. With the use of prayers and material offerings in the ritual, the people believes to win the favors of these spirits. [3] The festival was an ancient tradition celebrated long before Spain reached the Philippines. [4]
Anito, also spelled anitu, refers to ancestor spirits, nature spirits, and deities in the Indigenous Philippine folk religions from the precolonial age to the present, although the term itself may have other meanings and associations depending on the Filipino ethnic group.
Mount Cristobal – sacred as a place for evil spirits, which should also be respected; Mount Banahaw – sacred as a place for good spirits, the helpers of Bathala; Mount Makiling – sacred as a place for good spirits, notably the anito, Makiling; Southern Sierra Madre – sacred as it is 'near the sky', and thus near to Kaluwalhatian
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