Beliefs of the People:

               People in our community  has not completely replaced the belief that engkanto 
(supernatural beings) reside in places called mari-it, such as cliffs, bamboo groves, 
boulders, and earth mounds.  The palhi are either evil spirits or their dwelling place.  
Aswang (flesh-eating ghouls) come in different forms.  The tiktik is a bird that eats 
human liver; the bagat, usually in the form of a huge dog or some grotesque creature, preys on lone travelers; the sigbin, also a dog, preys on people at noontime; the bawa 
looks like a big hen, but it can easily snap its victim’s neck.  The kama-kama are lazy 
and funloving dwarfs living in earth mounds.  The tamawo are either friendly or evil 
spirits, and live in resplendent palaces that look like mere boulders to the human eye.  
Through a peculiar act of courtship called yanggaw, they entice humans who attract 
them.  Hiwit or barang is a ritual that gives one the power to inflict pain on an enemy.