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Mourning In the Grasslands

Under the moonlight, Sways gracefully the willows, Hushing dead spirits. The Babaylan chants a spell, Moon weeps the loss of a friend.

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Date: 10/1/2023 11:01:00 AM
Very good, but do you mean Babylon?
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Yehoshua Yochanan
Date: 10/2/2023 7:07:00 AM
Thanks! It really is typed Babaylan there. In the ancient Philippines, Babaylans are like shamans, local doctors, or shrine priests or priestess. They were known to communicate, appease, or harnessing the spirits of the dead and the spirits of nature.
Date: 10/1/2023 8:55:00 AM
Hauntingly beautiful
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