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• Tingguians


  A tribe
• Dawak


  1. Ceremony conducted by a couple after many years of being barren

  2. Starts with a begnas (thanksgiving)

  3. Ballives, tadek and denglala dancers take part on the rituals

  4. An elder shout his paliwat (Prayer) for the couples to bear children

  5. Old women butcher a chicken and offer to the couple's departed ancestors and sought their intercession for a fruitful marriage

  6. Basi (sugar cane wine) is usually served
• Gipas or Sikki


  1. Birth rite performed for the bright future of the child

  2. After delivery, the fire is kept burning for twenty-nine (29) days in a shallow box beside the mother for warmth and protection from evil spirits
• Apo


  1. Practice of the masadiit tribe where the parents bring the child to the grandparents for the first time

  2. Gifts are exchanged by the parents or immediate relative bringing the child and the grandparents

  3. Sometimes the grandparents give a chicken or butcher a pielet to welcome the child
• Longbos


  1. Confirmation rite performed after a month for the child to gain strength while growing up

  2. Food is served to the relatives of the family joining the ritual performed by Sangasang, the Apo
• Sangasang


  A priestess or dalaw who makes the necessary offerings during or before the teething of the child
• Oloy


  Ritual performed when a child reaches two years old, where a pig or rooster is offered and a thread from the mandadawak's dress is touched to the child while the heart of the animal butchered is passed against the chest of the family members. This is believed to prevent excessive crying and lead to a happy childhood.
• Kalon or tani (Child Engagement)


  When a boy of about six (6) to eight (8) years old is matched with a girl of the same age or younger, the boy's parents' intermediary visits the girl's parents and presents three (3) beads to signify their intentions. If the offer is accepted, the beads are tied around the girl's waist as a symbol of engagement.
• Singlip or Danon


  An engagement ritual for adults where the man's family visits the woman's family, and the agreement includes the sab-ong and the Pama-uso (gift to the bride's family). The singlip or danon is written in a "burador" (document) to be kept and discussed during the wedding day.
• Pakalon or Wolwac


  The dowry or sab-ong is finalized and settled. The groom and bride sit together with an antique bowl (chinaware bowl) in front of them, with two beads placed inside the bowl that they are to drink to ensure their lifetime union.
• Tugtugaw


  A courtship ritual in Bolinao, Bulallo, where a mediator assists when the group of men goes through the forest and gathers wood to bring to the woman's house. If the family accepts them and butchers a pig for the group of young men, it shows that they value their intentions.
• Tinipuy or Kinaiw


  The Maeng living in Luba, Villaviciosa and Tubo practice this, where a group of individuals in the tribe (at least 3 grown-up adults) are sent to neighboring tribes to inform them concerning the passing away of their tribe's mate.
• Batakan


  The commencement of the burial rites during the 3-day observance of the passing away of the dead, which includes Kodom (the first part where elders and babbakot present to the funeral are summoned to start the rituals of lamentation, and a pig is butchered and cooked to be shared) and Palpalubos or Pakpakada (bidding farewell, where members of the immediate family chant their farewell words and someone is asked to isa-op (to represent) the dead person who bids the living goodbye).
• Bugga (Pannaka-ipakammo ti Natay) is a part of the practices of the Tingguians, where a group of individuals in the tribe (at least 3 grown-up adults) are sent to neighboring tribes to inform them concerning the passing away of their tribe's mate.