Why women and the transwomen have power in the Philippines | “ The Babaylan” Mornings with Phil
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 มิ.ย. 2020
- Hi guys! Today, I'm going to talk about how the Babaylan contributed a major influence to the Philippine culture. From the Anitos, Mangkukulam, Aswang, Mananangal, Hilot, Albularyo, etc. Also, how Femininity play an important role in the Philippine Culture and why women and the LGBTQ community are strong in our society.
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I wish for a resurgence in pre-colonial Philippine culture (esp. Animism and Shamanism). It’s painful to learn about the damages Western colonialization brought into our islands.
I know but thankfully there are people helping out rediscovering our culture and bringing back some of our old practices. 🇵🇭
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Would love to know more!
@@Orchidlettux New video coming out this friday ❤️🙏
Sir, no need to have grievances about colonization and proliferation of western culture. Even with the erasure of parts of classical Philippine culture, Filipinos created a lot of culture. Filipinos created Jeepney culture, many different foods post colonization, their own beauty pageant mega culture. There is no sense in grieving about something you cannot do anything about. Even the culture that arose recently from Philippine creations can be admired and valued. Looking forward is the only way to progress.
Some Filipino practice Hinduism and incorporated it with local Pre Hispanic religion like Babaylanism or Anito.
Mudra told me about Babaylan when I was young when she discovered I was gay. I remember when she defended me against homophobic teachers, tambays and even from our extended family members. She's the reason why I'm proud gay now.
Until now, she even asked me, "Bunso may nang-aaway pa ba sayo? Sumbong mo lang sakin ako bahala." My Gosh I'm college student already. She even asked me if I had a boyfriend already.
P.s. My Mom was a babaeng bakla during her youth days in Mindanao.
I salute your mom! 🇵🇭
Your mom should do parenting lessons. God we need more of her!
Protect moms like that at all costs
@@pauledward11378 She's scary sometimes when mad. Even my father was scared of her.
I'm deeply in love with the Pre-Colonial Filipino culture. Contrary to this, my family which are Hispanists (our family has a very potent Spanish ancestry), says that we were all savages prior to Spanish colonization. And it sickens me whenever they ridicule our rich past, tarnished by these foreign colonizers (my ancestors included).
Does your family are Hispanista aka Puppet of Spain aka Spanish colonizers sympathizers aka Spanish apologist aka Spanish worshiper?
The irony. Spain achieved gender equality now that we have already achieved centuries ago.
I’m Mexican and I also love pre colonial Filipino culture, and it’s also the same for me. I hate how my family is proud to have a lot of Spanish blood, and since I’m the most morena in my family they call me “indio”. It’s sad that the colonizers made us hate our pre colonial culture, and lose a lot of our beautiful traditions that our ancestors used to do.
Thank you so much for this history lesson. I’m a Filipino cis-woman but my fiancé is trans. She started transitioning last year on my birthday. It’s been a whole experience going through this experience, transitioning with her. I’ve been more intentional in educating myself about the history of trans, gender fluid, non binary people. Because there is so much stigma in these identities but they are some of the most beautiful people in the world. What a treat to be able to recognize the intersections of my identity and hers combine. Thank you for allowing me to gain more understanding in my own culture, as well as equipping me to protect my fiancé. ❤️❤️❤️
When I was a child I got sick and my doctor couldn't cure me. So my grandpa took me to a mangilu (manghihilot). I remember being covered in coconut oil, and being massaged everywhere. the next day I felt much better. ❤️
Hilot focuses in releasing pressures in areas of your body that's hard to reach by regular massage. Makes you feel lighter afterwards ❤️🇵🇭
So interesting! I've always been proud of our genderless/gender neutral language! I want to learn more about Babaylans
Thank you for watching ❤️ I'll try to make more videos about it but there are plenty of infos in the internet ❤️
Exactly! We just refer to someone as “sila/siya” which refers to anybody, I’m so thankful since I’ve always never identified as either a boy or a girl!
What about kuya and ate?
@@letesaaviles9641those are derivative from Chinese words. Dunno what's the original Filipino terms for sister/brother, etc.
@vertebraefeline let me know if you got any sources you can link. I'll be searching it as well. Pretty interesting stuff
This is such an interesting talk. I researched a little bit about gender fluidity in pre-colonial Southeast Asia for my Master's studies. In the Malay sultanate era, there was also a group of feminine men who held power in the courts known as sida-sida. There were not many writings on them but its thought-provoking to see how gender fluidity was much more common before colonial ruling. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you also for sharing your knowledge. Most of the records in Southeast Asia were written in leaves. Sadly we will never know everything in the past.
Is it okay if you could share the resources you found? I'm planning to write an essay about Filipino paganism before the Spanish colonization.
I'm from India and I found this so cool!! Though Hinduism has Goddesses, it's pretty patriarchal. Actually there seems to have been a matriarchal culture through out the world at one stage - like the Oracle of Delphi, Korean and Mongolian female shamans, and even in Ireland women who used herbs were burnt by the Catholics as witches. Even some of the Shinto priestesses. Hopefully the Babaylans can make a comeback.
Honestly the British did a really bad number on India. In their long colonization of India, they twisted Hinduism as per their use into a divisive and much more messed up seeming religion than it really was and convinced Indians this was what Hinduism is.
The worst example of this is the caste system: it simply did not exist before the British constructed it and imposed it on India. In reality, India had a complex and fluid system of mostly just job-based social organization, This terrible inflexible four caste model is just a perfect example of Britain's technique of "divide and conquer", turn a unified nation against itself, destroy itself.
All this is to say, (and being a 50% Filipino-American whose researched a lot of cultures) I believe Hinduism is the most egalitarian tradition. While most major devas of hinduism are male, there are actually more female devis in total. Feminine and Masculine energies have their roles in hinduism. It's quite complex, but very simplified, one part is that female energies give you the wisdom to be peaceful in the moment, while masculine energies give you the drive/wish to expand, bothways of moving towards the infinite truth. Honestly the effects colonization continue to tell lies to every culture victimized even today, and we all need to figure them out for ourselves.
I've noticed that I've reached an awakening (a few years back) and had Babaylan tendencies to which. At the time I had no idea Babaylans existed nor have I heard of such terms being thrown around by Filipinos.
Tendencies:
A high connection with metaphysical philosophies, intense mental health knowledge seeking, people coming to me for non physiological advice or mental health healing...and an affinity towards massages despite not having formal training. It wasn't until I kept noticing parallels which made me stumble on the term Babaylan that I've notice I've unknowingly assumed the role of a Babaylan. Even though I have no access to traditional methods and I'm living in north America, filipino roots are filipino roots regardless.
Hope those who are in the same situation as me can relate.
I had a similar Babaylan awakening when I took psilocybin
I can relate, I just had my awakening recently when I visited Bali.
Everything you said was amazing.
Maybe I am/ supposed to be a Babaylan. Back then, when I was in elementary. I was playing with one of my friends then,(alam nyo naman mga elentary dati mga gusgusin pa) we were hoping in a fence and unfortunately his skin touched a bobwire and we were both scared to be scolded by his parents. So what I did was I grab a leaf from one of my mom's plant, nilawayan ko daliri ko then nilagay sa dahon(i know kadiri, but I was young then and just doing what I think was right. Ginagaya ko lang napapanood ko sa TV) then crumpled the leaf placed in his wound and whisper a prayer. I was afraid then, when his wound was gone after that.
I got interested to know and why or what was it.
Then I discovered coming from Dagohoy blood who is a shaman back then in Bohol in my father side and my grandmother in my mother side was also a famous manghihilot and a kumadrona in Eastern Samar. Also has relatives who are esperetista.
So true it was extremely wierd culture having an small cross and face of Christ while they also have flags with one eye with laces which they hold first and rub thier hands before touching their patient.
Also I was able to hear and see spirits back then, opened and shut connection with spirit. Can easily put curses to other. It was not good and doesn't feel good. Groing up in a Christian culture family.
That Is why I got closer to Christianity with faith and strenght coming from Lord Jesus.
History and present only tells us same message that good spirit and bad spirit exist. (good and evil)
You have the babaylan gift 🙏🇵🇭
Amazing share!
Thank you for the informative video! I feel like if I bring this up with my Catholic parents they’d just shut me down hahaha. I hope indigenous/pre-colonial practices come back to life.
I was wondering if you ever came across documentary about ‘the women of the bridge.‘ It was a PBS documentary years ago and it wasn’t listed to be aired. So I never had the opportunity to follow up on it. It was about the matriarchal society of the Philippines before the Spanish and how women were “in control.”
wow what an interesting video with soo much in-depth information. Clearly based in real knowledge and presented in a very understandable way. thank you
genuinely so interesting! thank you for this
I think you'll do great in a podcast. You Have a nice and clear speaking voice! and your topics are interesting!
Ahwwee thank you! May be in the future ❤️
Love this. Thanks for sharing ♡♡♡
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Thank you for the lesson. 💙❤️🧡💛💚
You're very welcome! And if you have any request I would gladly research and make a video about it ❤️
👏👏👏 Another great video! Thank you!!
Salamat ❤️
I love this.. Thanks for sharing our history before the spanish came... So proud!!!
You're welcome! I have a new video about santo niño and santonilyo. Maybe you can take a look if you have time ❤️
omgg i love the dry humor and monotonous delivery of the punch lines !!! thank you so much for sharing this :))))
Such a well done video, thank you
is it true us fil-ams are helping to bring back to life our ancient practices ?? i think yes, myself an example as a heritage learner who is devoted to spirituality , learning as much as i can of the medicines and sacred plants during my time here in Philippines, as well as my Pinoy friends from America practicing ritual and hilot intuitively
lyn pacificar says this magical side of our heritage has been closeted, and its time we step out, share our practices and show the world what we are capable of. Why is it Reiki become a commonplace form of healing in the West, when it is only a hundred years old ?
👏👏👏 always entertaining Phil 👍
Thank u! ❤️🙏
Ang cool po nitoo. salamat! I hope you can make more vids on precolonial ph. It's such a rich and fun subject and it'd be wonderful to see it gain more public attention. 🥺 also i love your delivery. 😁
Awheee thanks for the compliment. ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for the representation, this is informative
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How interesting with a funny twist, thank you!
SO INFORMATIVE WOW THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS
No problem!
Just this month I got sick with a ubo ug sip-on (common cold) my parents immediately brought to the doctor's for a check up, everything went well without a problem i got my prescribed medication, but still sick for some reason. Immediately my mother brought home a manghihilot and after the grueling massage, i was told to been filled to the brim with panuhot or suhot which is also the reason as to why my body felt so sluggish and tired all the time. I genuinely felt relieved with the dispersment of my panuhot.
Panuhot is visayan belief of accumalation of unwanted pressure btw. It's typically believe to be influenced by things such stress both physically and mentally.
Thank you, I hope to see more representation :’)
You mean to say that years ago we were allowed to marry someone of the same gender?! Man, what a time to be alive
There were LGBT relationships before but I havent found accounts about marriages. Only the Babaylans were allowed I think.
It was very enlightening to know that LGBT was normalized in our country before the colonizers came. I hate how Spaniards tortured them to force their Abrahamic religion.
This reminds of the manghihilots and other potion makers who sold amulets (anting-anting) and other things. I had seen some that would sell estampitas with prayers written in Latin. And they were just outside Quiapo Church.
But now, the pandemic hit the Philippines and they have been pushed out of their stalls due to the clearing operations in Manila.
I feel bad for them. Hope the pandemic will be soon over :(
informative and funny thank you po for this
My wife's lolo was a shaman, and her father as well but not as hardcore, because he liked to drink alcohol. And that's a No-No for shamans. It's amazing to see what was vibrant couple generations ago and is still alive to some extent today, but europe lost it generations ago.
thankyou
Wow strong thumbnail sir hehe. Pirmi jd ka mangape sir ba hehehee. Krn pko kabantay wa man diay ko ka hitbell sir hehe. Btw nice video sir :)
Walai blema! And salamat ❤️❤️🙏🙏
I’d love to learn more about this! Do you have any book recommendations??
Way of the Ancient Healer: Sacred Teachings from the Philippine Ancestral Traditions
Book by Virgil Mayor Apostol
I love how you said “when a woman gets pregnant, they can say it’s because the gods want her to be (even though the guy next door did it)” because that means the Babaylan may or may not have been protecting the woman for societal embarrassment. Even then the gays/theys and girls have such a special relationship!
i love this
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️🇵🇭
Yey
Amaya series taught me almost everything you said and researched, except for the gay babaylan, I hope they showed that too, because in the story there was a male who wants to be babailan but was forbidden since it's only exclusive for women
Actually, there is one male babaylan in Amaya but they didn't make him effeminate. You know, MTRCB is censoring gay contents outside comedy. MTRCB is influenced by CBCP.
@@rainb5987 he made himself babaylan in a bad way. he used violence, deceived many people to get his position. and I think we don't claim that portrayal of a male babaylan
more videos about local magic churva please!!!!
Yesss ❤️
Philippines is a mysterious place
Phil mura naa man ko sa social studies class ani. 👍
Hahaha history 101 sa pinas 😂
Would anyone here know when the words tagalog gendered pronouns such as "kuya" "ate" "tito" "tita"? Though we have siya for both genders these also existed
2:43 "They're even looking at me right now." made me wheeze but i can't say i'm not gay for women either sooo...
Wow nice quality content very informative,,,,, new friends nagawa kuna ng tama, ikaw napo bahala sakina ah, Salamat.po!!!!
Thank u po!
Maayo kyo ba hehe murag maistro hehe
Salamat kaayu 🙏🙏🙏
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Acting skills 💯 14:11 👌
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I am
A real babaylan
Modern generations
Im half white
And vesayans iloilo haro balabago
My grandmother and uncles
Are the village
Healers
Shaman in other words
I never believe it as growing up
Until.
The day comes as a young age
I would see things wierd enough
That ghost
Busaw mythical beast
Shows them selves to me
Including
Dreams of prophecy,…
I also have abilities
related to scrying
Icant escape
This somehow
Even in seattle
Iget visited
By mythical eastern dragons
So that’s why my gramps eat his cool herbs and starts blowing his mouth to my face and start talking language that I don’t understand thanks bro
No not Piolo!!😅❤
So much about our history I don't know😭🥰❤🇵🇭
@@SunkissedPinay oh yes, our culture and history is so rich that there are so many things we dont know ❤️🇵🇭
How come this is so funny? 😂
Bakit po babae ang mga babaylan?
pageants are gay olympics 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Altho everything u said were attested by independent sources but next time don't cite Wikipedia
Nag online teacher ka Madam?
the teacher...heheheh
well researched huh? Good job, Madam!
hahahaha...katawa ko sa pagbuntis nga silingan ang nakabuntis.
mga samokan gyud ning mga Spaniards oi
Pole Dancing student nako naa sa cebu 😃
Gabriela should rename itself as "Babaylan" and merge with LGBTQ+ group of UP Babaylan since feminism and lgbtqia+ movement have similar aims and purpose. Combined movement means more numbers against patriarchy.