THEMANILA-Before-Worship 'Catalonan'
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Worship 'catalonan'
The worship of the people of Manila has like Pintados (the Visaya). Calling them a catalonan (antagonist or talking to God), as the Pintados, serves priests in their worship or sacrifice. Call the catalonan in anyito to meet any demands to call him.
Offering plenty of food - rice, carne and fish - the catalonan to pray to 'enter' nganyito his body and he faint, foaming at the mouth. Singing and praying a prayer until the people catalonan conscious again and tell them the answer anyito. If the call is for a sick, many offering gold, beads and jewelry, to 'reclaim' the recovery of the sick. It takes dedication to the chronic pain.
When I ask why they are offering anyito and not with Batala, they said that very great lord was Batala and can talk to who just. Claims she lives in the sky, but because the soul messengers on earth anyito, Batala encounter he had and he could plead for the people.
In other place, especially in the mountains, when the father died, mother or close relative, people work together to carve a wooden statue (wooden idols, pictures of former Philippine call statues) as memories (recuerdo, memorial) died. Venerate (respect, cherish) them in the picture so a home, found more than 200 statue.
These they called anitos (s anyito). They say that when someone dies, becomes anyito and serve with Batala so they offer food, wine and gold on them to mingle with Kids lapara them.
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