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- View of the main altar (bangkasu, in the
foreground) which is dedicated to the deities.
Connected to it, there is another altar, or
better, long table on which the offerings to be
eaten by the community are placed. At all four
corners of the main altar there are bamboo
platforms attached, upon which betelnut offerings
(binangan) are placed. Another kind of
betelnut offering called inapugan is
shaped like small ice-cream cones, consisting of
betel nut pieces covered with lime powder and
rolled into leaves. They can be seen on a small
plate on the main altar, on which they are
arranged in a circle. The food offerings consist
of chicken meat, pork and rice as well as herbal
wine (“Lapu-Lapu,” “Fighter”
and similar brands) as a substitute for the
traditional rice wine (pangasi). On the
right side, an agung can partly be seen,
on the left side a small basket containing coins,
paraphernalia of the priest (baylan) as
well as amulets. On the blood-soaked bamboo
platform on the left side, some intestines are
placed to distract the bad spirits from the other
offerings.
Kalasungay, Malaybalay, Bukidnon.
December 17, 1983, nine o’clock in the
morning.
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