{"id":1448,"date":"2026-03-23T05:14:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T05:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingtraditions.fun\/iteration1\/?page_id=1448"},"modified":"2026-03-23T05:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T05:56:00","slug":"buklog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livingtraditions.fun\/iteration1\/buklog\/","title":{"rendered":"Buklog Rites"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1448\" class=\"elementor elementor-1448\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5edc8f9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5edc8f9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d717167 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d717167\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Buklog Rites<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8a735e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8a735e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coming from the Subanen, an indigenous group in the southern Philippines, the Buklog is a thanksgiving ritual system.&nbsp; The \u201cTimuay\u201d, who could be the head of a host family or usually a village chief, plans a ritual to express gratitude to the spirits.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rituals are to ensure harmony among the family, clan and community, as well as with the human, narturak adn spiritual worlds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rituals include asking the spirits for permission to get material from the forest, present coin offering, and inviting the spirits of the dead to feast.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After participants dance on the \u201cBuklog\u201d, which is an elevated wooden structure. The Buklog is a sacred and social space that resonates with a sound that is believed to please the spirits. A community dance marks the renewal of the spiritual and social realtionships with in the community. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buklog is now considered highly vulnerable due to several different social, political, and economic threats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(\u201cBuklog, Thanksgiving Ritual System of the Subanen &#8211; UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage,\u201d n.d.)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buklog Rites Coming from the Subanen, an indigenous group in the southern Philippines, the Buklog is a thanksgiving ritual system.&nbsp; The \u201cTimuay\u201d, who could be the head of a host family or usually a village chief, plans a ritual to express gratitude to the spirits.&nbsp; 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