Buklog, thanksgiving ritual system of the Subanen (Philippines)
Nomination: Urgent Safeguarding List 2019
EN: Community members prepare the special offering altars while gandingan musicians continuously play gongs
EN: Voluntary labor by community members is expressed in the construction of the buklog
EN: Collective efforts by the community in gathering bamboo and other materials for the buklog structure
EN: Two ritual specialists with their assistant prepare special offering altars for the river ritual
EN: A group of ritual specialists gather at the special offering altar while a member of the community places an offering in the 'sangat'
EN: At the center of the structure, a long pole called 'petaw' is installed to hit the dulugan, a hollowed log suspended on a trench
EN: Women leaders actively participate in setting the community rules for everyone to observe as symbolically codified in the knotting of the rattan strips
EN: A sacred pact is performed for unity and harmony among the members of the community and representatives of assisting organizations
EN: Attached to the house of the host family who will hold the buklog is a stairbridge through which participants enter, creating a representation of man’s journey from the mundane to the sacred
EN: Community members dance hand-in-hand on the flexible platform during the community dancing called ‘gbat’
