Philippine Kingdoms_beginning with the Bisayan Kindome of Sugbu

Blog listing a small collection of pre-colonial kingdoms of the Philippine archipelago.
Begin with Sugbu, the ancient Cebuano kingdom.

web page: http://philippinekingdoms.blogspot.com/

Urban Anito_this post needs development

Excellent source, though use caution to verify information.

Urban Anito

Reconstructing Filipino Indigenous Spirituality for the Urban Filipino Diaspora

This wiki is a collection of theory and practice on following the Anito tradition for those who do not reside in the islands now commonly known as the Philippines, but whose ancestry originates from this Southeast Asian archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. This is not a scholarly work, but the author's personal attempt at creating a spiritual path, cobbled together through various online and literary sources, as well as firsthand experience that can be taken in the form of personal revelation or Unverified Personal Gnosis (UPG). Another term that could describe the focus of this wiki is "reconstructionist-derived".

Table of Contents

Worldview & Value System
Cosmology

Deities
Nature Spirits
Ancestor Worship

Communal Celebration
Art & Poetry
Baybayin

References

 

Darangen _(this post needs development)

I.  General overview of Philippine Epic Poetry, wikipedia, address: < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_epic_poetry >

1. Pangalay
Wikipedia
a. Pangalay dance -address: < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangalay >
b. Apsarasa- female spirits of the clouds and waters address: < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsara  > 
c. Mahabaratah and exploits of individual Asparasas . Scroll down page.
d. Silat  address: < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silat  >

2. Sagayan
a. War dance of Prince Bantugan (Lord Rama) used in healing ritual.
Depicts warrior in combat in order to protect their master (Lord Bantugan).
Could this be an equivalent to Hanuman? beware information content.  Verify further. wikipedia. address: < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagayan  >


3. Sinkil
a. Derivative of Darangen . The name of the dance itself means "to entangle the feet with disturbing objects such as vines or anything in your path." The lead dancer, in the role of Putri Gandingan (the Darangen name for Sita).
The Bayanihan version attempts to blatantly exposit the story as per Western conventions, and re-tells the Darangen. The dance itself narrates a scene where Putri Gandingan escapes her abductor, the demon king Lawana, and is lost in the forests of Alangka. She is finally found by another person, but the Darangen and the Ramayana differ as to the identity of this person: the former recounts that Rajah Bantugan found her, while the latter states that it was the god Hanuman who found Sita on Rama's behest. The modification of this detail possibly suggests acculturation, where the monistic, Hindu aspects of the narrative were edited to conform with the monotheistic beliefs of Islam.   wikipedia, address: < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darangen >

4. The Story of Bantugan
a. Sacred Texts, address: < http://www.sacred-texts.com/asia/pft/pft48.htm >
b. The Bantugan is an epic story told in the great oral tradition of the Maranao Tribe. oocities.org, address: < http://www.oocities.org/soho/village/5404/syn.htm >
c.

Ifugao, Nabaloi, Kankanay Ceremonies

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address: < http://archive.org/stream/universityofcali15univ/universityofcali15univ_djvu.txt >

Lios, edited by Kroeber 1919-1922 Univ of Cal Publications

CONTENTS 

PAGES 

Number 1. — Ifugao Law, R. F. Barton 1-186 

Number 2. — Nabaloi Songs, C. R. Moss and A. L. Kroeber 187-206 

Number 3. — Nabaloi Law and Eitual, C. E. Moss 207-342 

Number 4. — Kankanay Ceremonies, C. R. Moss 343-384 

Number S.^Ifugao Economies, R. F. Barton 385-446 

Studies in Philippine language & Cultures_SIL International

1.  Archive Search Results, Language & Culture Archives,  SIL International

2.  Borneo, Sulawesi & Philippines Papers, Archives resource