KEEPING INDIGENOUS WISDOM ALIVE IN TUDING, ITOGON

In a ritual called “betad”, the elders of Tuding led by Apo Kagawad Danilo Palangdan called on the Supreme Creator, the ancestral spirits and the nature spirits to give their blessings to their efforts to keep alive the wisdom of the ancestors. After butchering a chicken, the bile was read and the good news was delivered that yes, the spirits …