Are you superstitious?

[Lorenzo]

Do you believe in superstition?

[kiamoy]

yes... but only 5% of it.. or i think 3%

[Brownman]

ako gamay ra

[hazel]

1% ra gani tingali ko.

[Lorenzo]

I raise this question again:

Are you superstitious?

[manilyn]

not at all

[Lorenzo]

I am not, nor do I believe the superstitions in the Philippines. However, I was culturally sensitive when I was in the Philippines.

All the things they talked about: the use of the term 'pwera bujag', crossing over a burning bush once leaving a cemetary, etc.

I like to remain culturally sensitive despite not believing in said superstitions. Interesting kaayo.

When I was in Leyte , I overheard some family members talk about ghost stories and stories involving 'wakwaks', 'mananangal' etc. Tho i did not believe in these things, I refrained from stating my reluctance to believe in them. I remained quiet and listened to the stories to absorb the oral folklore.

[vrglguapo]

Im superstitious and i believe in feng shui and spirit and and ghost even though i haven't seen one.

[Lorenzo]

Im superstitious and i believe in feng shui and spirit and and ghost even though i haven't seen one.

oh how nice. So your house is arranged via Feng Shui mandates, Virgil?

[vrglguapo]

oh how nice. So your house is arranged via Feng Shui

most of it anyway and i believe if you arranged things in a certain way like a bedroom or a setting room it Will give you more comfort and peace of mind.

[Lorenzo]

Sure do. My mother arranges our house via feng shui for aesthetics purposes. How one arranges furniture gives added depth and space to the room(s).

[bugsay]

 dili supertition ang fengshui........ practicality.

[hubag bohol]

Pungsoy? Di ba card game ni? 

[bugsay]

Pungsoy? Di ba card game ni? 

.....meal card.

[fdaray]

No, I'm not. Superstitious is not anymore followed by the new generations. They are part of our colorful customs and traditions from our early colonizers.

[Lorenzo]

No, I'm not. Superstitious is not anymore followed by the new generations. They are part of our colorful customs and traditions from our early colonizers.

That's exactly how I take some of the local superstitions in the Philippines, Mr. Daray. I take it all with a grain of salt, and am culturally sensitive to them. Tho i do not believe in them, i listen intently to the different kinds of superstitions, remedies etc as a form of oral folklore. A cultural experience, more so.

Some of these so called superstitions go back before Spanish colonial times--and hearing them reaffirms the region's notable animist / pagan past. Bringing to mind the saying, "the past comes to life".