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Tapara or Tapar was a babaylan from Labunao, Iloilo known for leading a revolt in 1663. Carolyn Brewer asserts that “being a composite of both sexes, their unconventional status and gender dualism is a sign associated with the primal creative force.” The names of some of these male babaylans have come down to us, who helped shape the course of time and events with their power and influence. Known as “asogs” or “bayogs,” they are mostly members of the third sex, who, according to Jesuit historian Fray Francis Ignacio Alcina were “impotent men…deficient for the practice of matrimony who considered themselves more like women than men in their manner of living.” However, male babaylans who possessed the same mystery, charisma of a female shaman also existed. As their name suggest, this all-important role was reserved for older women- “babayi lang.”Īlso Read: 10 Reasons Why Life Was Better In Pre-Colonial Philippines
Their sphere of influence extends to political, social, religious, medical and spiritual matters-for they have the power to summon spirits and deities. One of the most powerful personalities in ancient Philippines were the “babaylans,” female sorcerers and priestesses second only to the Datu in prominence. Source: Alex Castro Photo Archives/ “Palawan’s Pagdiwata, A Call to Gods.” Sunday Times Magazine, May 26, 1963, p. Tapar, Elofre, and Lampino: The male babaylans who stood up against the Spaniards. Here are more unusual stories from past and present, involving colorful LGBT personalities.
Ours have always been an accepting society- since the ancient time of gender-bending babaylans who were empowered with the authority to heal and speak with divinities. Never has the voice of the LGBT community been heard much louder than now, what with current issues in the news lately-from same-sex marriage to the victories of Filipino gays and transgenders in unexpected fields like sports and politics.