The Babaylan - Badass Priestess of the Philippines!

Did you know that abortion was once legal and widely accepted in the Philippines? 🤔 Women’s rights and gender equality were once thriving when Babaylans were in charge. What exactly happened? Who were the Babaylans and why were they fed to crocodiles⁉️🐊🔥

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:48 What is a Babaylan?
03:30 Powers & Abilities
07:53 Status in Society
08:35 Transgender Babaylans?
11:28 Decline & Survival
14:18 Babaylans Today?
17:28 Fed to Crocodiles!

Resources:
🌕 Center for Babaylan Studies - https://www.centerforbabaylanstudies....
🇲🇱 Ágúman Sínúpan Singsing: Center for Kapampángan Cultural Heritage - https://www.sinupan.org/
🏳️‍🌈 UP Babaylan - https://upbabaylan.org/

Recommended Readings:
📖 Barbara Watson Andaya, The Flaming Womb: Repositioning Women in Early Modern Southeast Asia (Hawaii, 2006).
📖 Kirby Araullo, Know Our Roots #2: The Fierce Women of Southeast Asia (California, 2021)
📜 Grace Baretto-Tesoro, ‘Where are the Datu and Catalonan in Early Philippines Society? Investigating Status in Catalagan’, in Philippines Quarterly of Culture and Society, Vol. 36, No. 3 (September, 2008), pp. 74–102.
📜 Carolyn Brewer, ‘Baylan, Asog, Transvestism, and Sodomy: Gender, Sexuality and the Sacred in Early Colonial Philippines’, in Intersections: Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context, No. 2 (1999).
📜 Maria Milagros Geremia-Lachica, ‘Panay’s Babaylan’, in Review of Women’s Studies, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1996), pp. 53–60.
📖Leny Mendoza Strobel, Babaylan: Filipinos and the Call of the Indigenous (California, 2010)
📖 Anthony Reid, ‘Female Roles in Pre-Colonial Southeast Asia’, in Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 22, No. 3, Special Issue: Asian Studies in Honour of Professor Charles Boxer (1988), pp. 629–645.
📜 Ramon C. Reyes, ‘Religious Experience in the Philippines: From Mythos Through Logos to Kairos’, in Philippine Studies, Vol. 33, No. 2 (1985), pp. 203–212.

About Kirby:
Kirby Pábalan-Táyag Aráullo is a renowned Filipino Culture Bearer and currently the National Coordinator for Culture and Heritage for NAFCON (National Alliance for Filipino Concerns). He is a Dátû and Lakan by blood, and an Activist at heart. Kirby is a direct descendant of the last Paramount Kings of Luzon (of both Lakandúlâ of Tondo and Rája Matandá of Maynílâ), and of the anti-colonial revolutionary Katipuneros and World War II Guerilyeras who fought for the liberation of the Philippines from colonialism. His upbringing exposed him to the contradicting worlds of traditional politics and grassroots activism.

With a keen interest in varying fields (such as history, government, and human rights) and a strong commitment to serve the community, Kirby studied in some of the world’s most prestigious institutions, such as the University of California, Davis, Harvard University, and Université catholique de Louvain. Kirby is also the Co-Founder of the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies at UC Davis and author of the groundbreaking book “Black Lives & Brown Freedom: Untold Histories of War, Solidarity, & Genocide.” He is a visiting professor at various colleges in the Philippines and a research fellow with Ágúman Sínúpan Singsing, an institute for indigenous advocacy and the study of Kapampángan language, history, and culture. Kirby is also well-known for his educationally engaging YouTube channel where you can find videos about history, culture, and everything in between!

Dátû Kirby is an educator who is well-rooted in his culture and passionate about his colorful heritage (Kapampángan, Tagálog, Indigenous Áytá, Pangasinan, and Spanish-Basque-Portuguese Mestizo); he strives to decolonize Philippine history and democratize Ethnic Studies through knowledge and creativity.