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the annual “baliw-baliw” festival in sta. rosa, olango island off mactan is just that, "gipangbaliw".  i wonder how its patron saint san vicente ferrer "feels" about this kind of devotion for him.



A cat fight has a feline pitted against a fighting cock.  
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this is practicing folk theology to the extreme.  tan-awa ra god nang mga nawong sa nanan-aw.  morag nayawaan, lupig pay sabog.

calling the attention of the philippine animal welfare society (PAWS)!

Revelers enjoy watching a man holding a wooden replica of a male sex organ who dances in thanksgiving to their patron saint San Vicente Ferrer for curing his prostate cancer. (CDN PHOTO/LITO TECSON)
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way angay.  ing-ana diay kun magpasalamat?    mag-unsa man pod tong magpasalamat for having their breast cancer or brain cancer or blood cancer or bone cancer cured?

my unsolicited opinion:  this is no longer honoring a saint.  this is bacchanalia, plain and gory, with the saint's feast day made as an excuse to legitimize this kind of celebration.  no wonder matinga pa nato ang visiting foreigners.

maayo gani kay di ingon ani ang pag-celebrate sa feast day ni san vicente ferrer sa canduao, valencia, bohol ug sa ubang dapit sa bohol nga ang patron si san vicente ferrer.  

dia pay dugang kabuang, all in honor of the saint who obviously has nothing to do with this.



A man carries a tray selling carabao feces disguised as snacks.
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Bizarre rituals in Olango Island

By Ria Mae Y. Booc
Cebu Daily News


A cat fight has a feline pitted against a fighting cock. A man walks about dressed in a cotton duster looking like a a pregnant woman.

Men hold aloft a wooden phallic symbol. Another man carries a tray selling carabao feces disguised as snacks.

In all the merriment by the sea the figurine of the island’s patron saint, San Vicente Ferrer, is loaded on a motor banca for a procession.

This mix of the bizarre and the religious came together in yesterday’s annual “Baliw-Baliw” Festival in Sta. Rosa, Olango island off Mactan.

The festival has been celebrated through several generations, evolving over time from pagan rites and later a fluvial procession.

Benedicto Sagarino, fiesta president, said he remembers watching the event as a young boy with his father.

"Gani bisan wala pa ko natawo naa na jud ni siya. Karon, hapit na gud ko mag-60 anyos. Mapasa pa jud ni sa sunod henerasyon (I wasn't born yet, this celebration was already being held. I’m almost 60 years old now. This will pass on to the next generation)," Sagarino said.


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Catholic priests have tried to discourage the festival but Sta. Rosa residents persisted even if the clergy wouldn’t bless the May time activities.

Island residents say the festival is even older than the Fiesta Señor that honors the Santo Niño de Cebu every January.

Sagarino said the island festival was originally called “Sakay-Sakay” because it consisted of taking the patron saint from the wharf and transporting it to the chapel via pumpboat.

In renaming the festival “Baliw-Baliw”, Sagarino said the participants act out the collective and personal tragedies that befell them and offer sacrifices and rituals in a plea for help to their patron saint.

Some of the rituals include staging a cat fight, instead of a traditional cockfight.

Cats placed in a fishnet recall an epidemic that once hit the island which resulted in the presence of dead animals in the sea.


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Men hold aloft a wooden replica of a male sex organ, an echo of old fertility rites or, as some residents explain it, a remembrance of those who were cured of prostate cancer who vowed to perform acts of thanksgiving to the patron saint.

Another reenactment has a woman -- or a man dressed as a woman -- giving birth to two children in a pumpboat.

Sagarino said this is part of the community’s memory of sudden adversity and their gratitude for the survival of their children.

Yet another ritual has a person climbing a coconut tree planted at sea, as a petition for abundant crops all year round.

Rev. Fr. Jun Palacio said the "Baliw-Baliw" festival symbolizes the confusion of the faithful, who chose to illustrate their struggles in life through rituals learned from their pagan ancestors.

"People are showing the things we want to remember and don't want to happen. Some are unexplainable experiences (that they deal with) in terms of their beliefs (in hopes of) establishing ties with their saint. It is also one way of reminiscing God's wrath," Palacio said.

He said the Catholic church plans to “amend” the festival in accordance with Christian teaching without offending the cultural traditions of the island community.


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Quote from: islander on May 18, 2011, 12:06:18 AM

He said the Catholic church plans to “amend” the festival in accordance with Christian teaching without offending the cultural traditions of the island community.

in such a bizarre festival when people claim that it is part of what they are, this is quite a tall order.  masantos unta ang pari nga makapausab ani.

lisod diay ni sila patohoon nga way labot si san vicente sa bugno sa iring ug manok ug sa snacks nga taeg kabaw?  taas na god kintahay tag literacy rate.  siyaro.

sorry, gabagutbot kog ako.  tiaw ba god pod ug matuhik ang mata sa iring o makamrasan ang liog sa manok.  di na man kaha ta barbarians.  

- islander very indignant    

ngano man tawong natunong man ko aning istoryaha nga wa tuyoa.  nawong ni talisay mayor soc fernandez akong gipangita, kini may nitungha.  makadamgo man sad ko anig di mao karong gabhiona.

will turn in from my solo flight.  bugs, ayaw baya sugdi sa valencia ning ing-ani ha?  

goodnight, tb netizens.  over and out.

Quote from: islander on May 18, 2011, 12:21:34 AM
ngano man tawong natunong man ko aning istoryaha nga wa tuyoa.  nawong ni talisay mayor soc fernandez akong gipangita, kini may nitungha.  makadamgo man sad ko anig di mao karong gabhiona.

will turn in from my solo flight.  bugs, ayaw baya sugdi sa valencia ning ing-ani ha?  

goodnight, tb netizens.  over and out.

kon mahitabo man gani na didto's atua.....simbako......ikaw mauy dudahan..

 Dli man na direct sa Sta.Rosa (poblacion)..ky ang patron didto San Agustin  man..basin sa outmost part of the Olango na..? I remember sakay-sakay sa una motabok ang taga Lapu-lapu to the island just to witness the procession sa dagat. Sa una ky duha ka higante raman to (male and female figure)ilaha nga isakay sa pumpboat ug pasayawsayawon..? Yes kanang lubi ibutang sa dagat always na..pero kanang manok og iring fighting..wa na sa una..daghan na napono karon tali sa ilang ritual? Kana pod preggy nga attire..para daw na sa maayong pagpanganak ky kon maglisod baya sa una manganak ky itabok pa tawon sa Lapu-lapu,wa pa poy hospital sa una ug wlay korenti.Huh kini laging new genre. ba.daghan ipono ug daghan ikuha sa naandan..

asa ba ang links woi pls. ky mo read ko sa details?

aw nakit-an na diay nako ang links,sowe ala ko mo klik sa 1st page..

kani nga links ako nabasahan oh:

http://cebudailynews.wordpress.com/2010/05/31/bizarre-rituals-in-olango-island-during-their-annual-baliw-baliw-festival/

Quote from: bugsay on May 18, 2011, 12:25:25 AM
kon mahitabo man gani na didto's atua.....simbako......ikaw mauy dudahan..

araaayyy!  kadudahan bay wa na mogimaw didto unya ang tinuod nga haring gangis nagpanghipi rag ngisi, nga siya mismo maoy hinungdan sa tanan kun pananglitan man galing mahinabo, simbako?

Basin apil c Bugs ana,nagsayawsayaw nagdala sa ijang unlanglamaon hahaha peace..!

Quote from: islander on May 18, 2011, 12:21:34 AM
bugs, ayaw baya sugdi sa valencia ning ing-ani ha? 

Quote from: bugsay on May 18, 2011, 12:25:25 AM
kon mahitabo man gani na didto's atua.....simbako......ikaw mauy dudahan..

Taga Balingsya, Ispangya ra ba tong santosa. Hmm... di ra ba daghan ang taga Balingsya, Bohol diris TB...

Tua gikapoy pa galing to sa ritual..etchie..

Ang banakon ug ang unlan maoy gipasabong?

Wa pa kono mahiluna ang cobra, ky dli man ang naandan nga yungib daw ang nasudlan..whoaa..!

Wa tuod mahiluna, pero wa magpasabot nga wa motesting sa singkit nga mga yungib...

Hala ka..Vantay...! Miawit diay to sya'g sing..kamas..at..mani..?

Basin naughan ang tunlan adto, nag finger tapping ra to sa iyang computer table...

Mora man ni sila ug gipang demonic possess, ang pista  gihimo na nilang circus..

Hmm, ila tingali ning gibuhat aron mahuwasan ang nagpuot nilang galamhan nga nag-awas sa hilabihang pag-antos ug kahigawad sa tibuok tuig o kaha sa tibuok nilang kinabuhi...

Maayo untag moapil na lang sila diris TB unya magyampungad sa thread nga "Ipagawas ang Inyong Gibati"...

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 18, 2011, 05:02:07 PM
Taga Balingsya, Ispangya ra ba tong santosa. Hmm... di ra ba daghan ang taga Balingsya, Bohol diris TB...

gamay ra bitaw taga Valencia diri, pero sagdi lang kay naa ko'y silingan nga bali'g baynte ka buok membro kon mobanat na...

Quote from: bugsay on May 19, 2011, 10:31:27 AM
gamay ra bitaw taga Valencia diri, pero sagdi lang kay naa ko'y silingan nga bali'g baynte ka buok membro kon mobanat na...

Hmm, morag naa man kay duha ka katagilungsod nga mohaom ani nga description. Kinsa nila ang buot nimong ipasabot?

Binuang na man ni. Mao unta niy kasab-an ni Cardinal Vidal.

Butangi!

Quote from: statesville on May 19, 2011, 03:31:58 AM
Mora man ni sila ug gipang demonic possess, ang pista  gihimo na nilang circus..

Basin wa ma-possess, basin demonyo nang daan...

Quote from: islander on May 17, 2011, 11:38:40 PM


Revelers enjoy watching a man holding a wooden replica of a male sex organ who dances in thanksgiving to their patron saint San Vicente Ferrer for curing his prostate cancer. (CDN PHOTO/LITO TECSON)
http://cebudailynews.wordpress.com/


way angay.  ing-ana diay kun magpasalamat?    mag-unsa man pod tong magpasalamat for having their breast cancer or brain cancer or blood cancer or bone cancer cured?

kadakong tinonto,,wala mahi uyon sa kahulogan sa maong selebrasyon,,,murag pagano,,

Na ubir na kana..mora raman unta na sa atiatihan or sinulog..? Preha gud sa Sto.Nino nga e-prosesyon sa dagat panahon sa huwaw daw..unja kasagaran inigkahoman mag-uwan baya pod..either tinoud tu or just a merely coincidence..who knows..?

Quote from: Kerstin on May 19, 2011, 06:50:03 PM
Na ubir na kana..mora raman unta na sa atiatihan or sinulog..? Preha gud sa Sto.Nino nga e-prosesyon sa dagat panahon sa huwaw daw..unja kasagaran inigkahoman mag-uwan baya pod..either tinoud tu or just a merely coincidence..who knows..?

Hmm... wa ba kahay satanista nga gapaluyo ani...

Quote from: islander on May 17, 2011, 11:38:40 PM


Revelers enjoy watching a man holding a wooden replica of a male sex organ who dances in thanksgiving to their patron saint San Vicente Ferrer for curing his prostate cancer. (CDN PHOTO/LITO TECSON)
http://cebudailynews.wordpress.com/

Kon mo-relapse ang prostate cancer unya maayo na pud, puthaw na pud kaha ang replica nga iwarawara?

deli jod na mao,,maong daghan namalhin kay,,wala makasabot sa ibasabot,,patuyang lang ni sila sa gibati,,

Quote from: chriswise on May 19, 2011, 07:35:55 PM
deli jod na mao,,maong daghan namalhin kay,,wala makasabot sa ibasabot,,patuyang lang ni sila sa gibati,,

Unsay namalhin bay, namalhin sa laing relihiyon?

under the influence of labanog galing na sila..°^

DUI  diay--dancing under the influence...

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 19, 2011, 07:38:16 PM
Unsay namalhin bay, namalhin sa laing relihiyon?

NAMALHIN LAING parada,,hr,he,he,

Quote from: Kerstin on May 19, 2011, 07:44:19 PM
under the influence of labanog galing na sila..°^

Mao diay ni ang nahitabo...

Quote from: chriswise on May 19, 2011, 07:52:16 PM
NAMALHIN LAING parada,,hr,he,he,

He he, basin mao ra gihapon ang padulngan bay...

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 19, 2011, 07:54:39 PM
Mao diay ni ang nahitabo...

ang nagpost ani UIF (under the influence) pod..of copy and paste (google tiktaktok) Vhahaha

Quote from: Kerstin on May 19, 2011, 08:07:10 PM
ang nagpost ani UIF (under the influence) pod..of copy and paste (google tiktaktok) Vhahaha

Sigi lang kay wa man magwarara og wooden replica...

Quote from: islander on May 17, 2011, 11:38:40 PM


Revelers enjoy watching a man holding a wooden replica of a male sex organ who dances in thanksgiving to their patron saint San Vicente Ferrer for curing his prostate cancer. (CDN PHOTO/LITO TECSON)
http://cebudailynews.wordpress.com/


way angay.  ing-ana diay kun magpasalamat?    mag-unsa man pod tong magpasalamat for having their breast cancer or brain cancer or blood cancer or bone cancer cured?

It looks like  a Cult.The government should investigate if they are doing something illegal other than having a celebration of the Patron.What they do is disrespectful to the holy Patron.

unsa man na nga replica. utog man jamo. dili na sila puede dakpon nga mora na ma na sila ug nagbinastos?

Truly, this is more desecration than celebration of the Saint. These types of actions are deplorable.

Quote from: statesville on May 19, 2011, 03:31:58 AM
Mora man ni sila ug gipang demonic possess, ang pista  gihimo na nilang circus..

Mao bitaw..sa ako nakita,dili na maayo nga talan-awon...murag nawala center nato which is si Jesus dapat maoy e bayaw...ano ba yan,nagkadugay ang kalibutan nagka complicated ang mga tao. 

naka tiguwang ang kalibutan,,naka batan on huna2x sa tawo,,

The conversion of a savage to Christianity is the conversion of Christianity to savagery. --George Bernard Shaw

Quote from: mistyeyed on May 20, 2011, 01:12:15 AM

Mao bitaw..sa ako nakita,dili na maayo nga talan-awon...murag nawala center nato which is si Jesus dapat maoy e bayaw...ano ba yan,nagkadugay ang kalibutan nagka complicated ang mga tao. 

i agree , misty.

Quote from: chriswise on May 20, 2011, 02:23:52 AM
naka tiguwang ang kalibutan,,naka batan on huna2x sa tawo,,

this is just a clear example of hijacking a patron's feast day to showcase debauchery and barbarism. 

Quote from: chriswise on May 20, 2011, 02:23:52 AM
naka tiguwang ang kalibutan,,naka batan on huna2x sa tawo,,

Deer lucky aym not around -> for aym going to throw my HANZgrenade at dem-ONYOG dagko