Technical Beliefs in Malolos, Bulakan.
Article by:Francisca
One of the technical beliefs among our people is in connection with the moon. In the changing from the old moon to the new moon, bathing is considered bad and causes death. People may think that when the moon is dead or when there is no moon and you take a bath you will trouble down and die instantaneously. They base this belief on the idea that the moon is possessed of life and that during its dying, it takes the spirit of people who pour water on their hands.
Another belief is that illness, be it of whatever kind, is simply caused by either of the two elements, the wind and heat.There are no germs to them because they do not see them. When the sickness causes the patient to be hot or say the patient has fever, they say bad heat enters the body. When the patient does not have fever and is cold, they say the patient was caught by bad wind.
During the holy week, on Good Friday, people gather leaves of a tree “Alagaw” believing that those are medicinal, valuable because the spirit of Christ passes over those leaves.
At the time of the Resurrection early in the morning, children are woken up so they will grow fast believing that the coming to life of our Lord gives more life to the children because they rejoice for Him.