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Song of the babaylan : living voices, medicines, spiritualities of Philippine ritualist-oralist-healers / Grace Nono.

Title
Song of the babaylan : living voices, medicines, spiritualities of Philippine ritualist-oralist-healers / Grace Nono.
Author
Nono, Grace
Publication
  • Quezon City, Philippines : Institute of Spirituality in Asia, [2013]
  • c2013

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Description
400 pages : illustrations; 28 cm. +
Summary
On the babaylan, a Visayan term identifying an indigenous Filipino religious leader, who functions as a healer, a shaman, a seer, and a community "miracle-worker" or a combination of any of those.
Subject
  • Healers > Philippines > Music
  • Women shamans > Philippines > Music
  • Rites and ceremonies > Philippines
  • Folk songs > Philippines > Texts
  • Philippines > Folklore
Genre/Form
  • Folk songs
  • Folk song texts.
  • Folklore
  • Folk song texts
  • Chansons folkloriques.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 383-388).
Language (note)
  • In English, song texts in their original dialects with English translations.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9789719517030
  • 9719517034
LCCN
^^2013307020
OCLC
  • 854541784
  • SCSB-10417435
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library