This type of Filipino witches were respected for these functions but they were also feared sorcerers able to work black magic. The catalonas performed public ceremonies for community prosperity, fertility, or seasonable weather as well as private services to diagnose and cure ailments. As compensation for their services, they received part of the offerings (mostly food, wine, clothing, and gold.) Thus, the catalonas filled a very prestigious as well as lucrative role in society. The Catalona could be of either sex, or male transvestites (bayoguin), but were usually women from prominent, wealthy families. Mountains in Luzon Female and Transvestite Catalona, Offerings, and Ceremonies In the Philippines, altar of Philippine churches, or monuments erected to Type of community) and the dambana, the main term for a sacred place beforeĬatholicism was introduced in the Philippines. They safeguard the religious practices of the barangay (a Spanish friars and missionaries also called them anitero (male) and anitera (female). They are the equivalent of the Visayan Babaylan. Mostly found in Central to Southern Luzon. The Katalonan (Catalonan, Catalona Catulunanin Kapampangan): is a priest or priestess in the indigenous religions of the Tagalog. For our intents and purposes, Filipino “witches” means anyone who practices magic. I put “witches” in parentheses, because each individual’s belief on what is considered or not considered a witch will vary. The Most Prominent Types of Filipino “Witches” Please go back and read the first in the duology, if you haven’t yet. The second in an exciting duology by a modern Filipino witch, Kristine Ibanez, covers detailed accounts of the types of Filipino witches, healers, and indigenous shamans.
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