prayers known as Tinambajon or body of the Tambajon cannot be pierced by and performs other ritual. He is a bullet. The primordial duty of a Tambajon to be the most moral person in the is to keep the faith of the Mamanwas to village. their god. The Tambajon is a spirit medium, an intermediary to the world of Plate no. 3 Female Baylan/Sukdan the living and the spirits. As a medicine man (healer) with Kalibugan Children and healing-religious leader, he is expected (Mixed descent of both Manobo and to reveal the massage of their God Tahaw Mamanwa marriages). to the village using the Binaylan language. Moreover, in his healing -religious practice, The Tambajon/Baylan , in some extent is a he does not receive payment in his service peacemaker or in occasion where there are of healing the sick only offering in in kind. cases of conflict that could not be solved by the Dakula. He advises the Dakula in Plate no. 4 The Mamanwas Kudlong pertaining to tribal unity. Another word that describes the respect of the Tambajon is the concept of Binaylan, which means Bagani that the Baylan or Tambajon possess Despite the fact that the Mamanwas powers and that they derived are more passive and peace loving than the their charms from Tahaw himself but they dominant IP in the region. The Mamanwa are believed to be not vulnerable to sorcery. offender will just be driven out as outcast. During the kahimonan the Mamanwas They have the concept of Baganiship, that the spirit of Tahaw possesses the to that of the Manobo. In fact, it is body of the Tambajon and in such time, the to be a Manobo influence due to its
prayers known as Tinambajon or and performs other ritual. He is to be the most moral person in the village. Plate no. 3 Female Baylan/Sukdan (healer) with Kalibugan Children (Mixed descent of both Manobo and Mamanwa marriages). The Tambajon/Baylan , in some extent is a peacemaker or in occasion where there are cases of conflict that could not be solved by the Dakula. He advises the Dakula in pertaining to tribal unity. Another word that describes the respect of the Tambajon is the concept of Binaylan, which means that the Baylan or Tambajon possess powers and that they derived their charms from Tahaw himself but they are believed to be not vulnerable to sorcery. During the kahimonan the Mamanwas that the spirit of Tahaw possesses the body of the Tambajon and in such time, the body of the Tambajon cannot be pierced by a bullet. The primordial duty of a Tambajon is to keep the faith of the Mamanwas to their god. The Tambajon is a spirit medium, an intermediary to the world of the living and the spirits. As a medicine man and healing-religious leader, he is expected to reveal the massage of their God Tahaw to the village using the Binaylan language. Moreover, in his healing -religious practice, he does not receive payment in his service of healing the sick only offering in in kind. Plate no. 4 The Mamanwas Kudlong Bagani Despite the fact that the Mamanwas are more passive and peace loving than the dominant IP in the region. The Mamanwa offender will just be driven out as outcast. They have the concept of Baganiship, to that of the Manobo. In fact, it is to be a Manobo influence due to its
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