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1. By: Charmaine G. Bendanillo
Some practices and beliefs
of the Badjao Tribe
By: Charmaine G. Bendan

2. PRESENTATION NAME
Company Name
Traditional Badjao communities may
have a dukun , a spiritual leader
(i.e. a shaman)

3. Example: Thanks - giving offering to the
Omboh Dilaut, the God of the Sea, whenever
a particularly large catch is brought in.
PRESENTATION NAME
Company Name

4. Spirit mediums are consulted at least once a year for
a public séance and nightly trance dancing.

5. In times of epidemics, the mediums are also called
upon to remove illness causing spirits from the
community. They do this by setting a "spirit boat" adrift
in the open sea beyond the village or anchorage.
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7. A Badjao
wedding is a
three day affair
with
dancing, food
and festivities.
The whole town
is invited.
Today, the
ceremony has
been mixed with
modern formal
rite.

8. On the final day of
festivities, most of
the people of the
community
gathered in front of
the
church, watching
dancers and
waiting for the fun
to begin.

9. The bride is named
Lassa. She is the
pastor’s daughter
and was marrying
late at 18 yrs old.
(Most are married off
at 13 or 14 yrs.) The
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bride wore a
white, frilly gown .
Around her neck
hung not one but two
large gold necklaces
with another in her
hair which laid low
on her forehead.

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Her hair was tucked up under a white tulle veil that
trailed behind her.

11. On her
hands she
wore lacy
gloves.
Each finger
donned at
least one
large gold
ring and her
wrists
drooped
with gold
bracelets.

12. A woman sings the
“lugu” before the
ceremony starts as
the “imam” or
PRESENTATION “panglima” walks
NAME
Company Name
with the groom to
the bride’s side.
The lugu’s lyrics
are verses from the
Koran; it has a
traditional and
melancholy tune.

13. Today, some of the
Badjao tribes are
civilized. The groom
was in also his finest.
But for him, that meant
shiny new
sneakers, dark blue
PRESENTATION NAME a traditional
jeans and
white linen shirt. His
hair was spiked with
gobs of gel. And up
until the vows, he wore
brand-new black sun
glasses. They sat on a
bench with their hands
neatly folded on golden
pillows

14. After they
exchanged
rings and
vowed to love
each
PRESENTATION NAME other, they
performed
together a
traditonal
badjao
dance, the
PANGALAY.

15. The traditional
attire of a Badjao is
the “patadjong.” It
has many uses;
they are made
large enough to fit
any person and is
worn by both men
and women as a
Company skirt or gown
Name tucked at the chest
level.

16. It can serve as head
cover, waistband, sash
, blanket, hammock, s
houlder
bag, cradle, pouch, ho
od, or pillow.

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