Gayuma, Anting-anting and other Tagalog Charms in 1915 (and how they were made)
Image directly loaded from Wassup Pilipinas . Charms are “objects used to avert evil and bring good fortune 1 .” People have been known ...Read More
Showing posts with label Superstition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Superstition. Show all posts
The Day John ‘Died” and Why It’s Always Best to Verify News that Someone You Know Has Died
Of all people, it was my sister who lives in Auckland from whom I first heard that one of our contemporaries had passed on. Her message wa...Read More
The Laglag Bala Scam: the Alternate Story
Image credit: Rappler.com . I am just as mortified as everyone else at the level to which some of our fellow citizens will descend to ...Read More
The Mystery of the Filipino Ailment Called ‘Pasma’
A man suspects his wife of having an affair; so he hires a private detective to follow her. In no time at all, the detective confirms that...Read More
The Fishbone and the Magical Hand of the Suhî
Enjoying your breakfast of fried eggs, fried rice and hawot when, all of a sudden, you feel something stuck down your throat? Chances are...Read More
Pagpag and Other Superstitions Surrounding Death
I spoke to a cousin before Christmas; and the pancit lomi that we were served was from a neighbourhood lomi house, she told me. They had ju...Read More
The Ikî and the Tiyanak
I am amused now when I think about the things that we as kids were told to make us go to sleep; or stories we told to scare each other becau...Read More
Tabi-tabi Pô and the Nunô sa Punsô
Because I am Filipino, I cannot – to this day – take a pee beside a mound of earth, a thick old tree trunk, some leftover grub or even just...Read More
Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome, a.k.a. Bangungot
I knew something was badly wrong the moment the planchadora walked past the gate. Her wrinkled leathery face looked sad and horribly wear...Read More
ADC: After Death Communication
Many of you have seen my status on Facebook paying my respects to a former colleague who passed away last week. When I relayed the sad news...Read More
Athletes and How Superstitious They Can Be
I do not know if there is an athlete in the world who is not superstitious. In sport, it is not normal not to have superstition. In man...Read More
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