Witchcraft
ABSTRACT This study is all about the superstitious beliefs of the students toward witchcraft in the Philippines. Witchcraft (also called witchery or spell craft) is the use of alleged supernatural, magical faculties. Beliefs in witchcraft have historically existed in most regions of the world. One of the regions is the Philippines. Witch in the Philippines was known as sorcerers or practitioners of black magic are known as Mangkukulam in Tagalog and Mambabarang in Cebuano.
The main purpose of this study is to determine the superstitious beliefs of the high school students of IMCC toward witchcraft in the Philippines. This study was also focused on other activities which include spells, voodoo dolls and fortune tellers. The subjects of this study were 20 high school students of Iligan Medical Center College. The study is answered by a survey questionnaire structure.
According to the results, the respondents don’t have enough knowledge about witchcrafts; they find witchcraft interesting and are curious of what witchcraft is, and they are not totally sure if they believe in witches and faith healers/mabobolo and also with the fortune tellers.
The findings of this study may not be beneficial to the students in Iligan Medical Center College but it can help students to have knowledge about witchcrafts. And it may be beneficial to those students or the other people who were interested in witchcrafts and spell through this study.
Introduction
When the sea faring Spaniards pushed into unknown seas in search of new land, an eerie looking piece of land in the Mindanao Sea in the Pacific Ocean attracted them. This land gave off an eerie glow and the Spaniards named it "Island of Fire". Later, they understood that the glow came from swarms of fireflies that lived off the molave trees on the island province, which is now called Siquijor (Ariadne, 2009).
Present era tourists flock to this island province for demonstrations of treatment by "bolobolo" which is healing
The main purpose of this study is to determine the superstitious beliefs of the high school students of IMCC toward witchcraft in the Philippines. This study was also focused on other activities which include spells, voodoo dolls and fortune tellers. The subjects of this study were 20 high school students of Iligan Medical Center College. The study is answered by a survey questionnaire structure.
According to the results, the respondents don’t have enough knowledge about witchcrafts; they find witchcraft interesting and are curious of what witchcraft is, and they are not totally sure if they believe in witches and faith healers/mabobolo and also with the fortune tellers.
The findings of this study may not be beneficial to the students in Iligan Medical Center College but it can help students to have knowledge about witchcrafts. And it may be beneficial to those students or the other people who were interested in witchcrafts and spell through this study.
Introduction
When the sea faring Spaniards pushed into unknown seas in search of new land, an eerie looking piece of land in the Mindanao Sea in the Pacific Ocean attracted them. This land gave off an eerie glow and the Spaniards named it "Island of Fire". Later, they understood that the glow came from swarms of fireflies that lived off the molave trees on the island province, which is now called Siquijor (Ariadne, 2009).
Present era tourists flock to this island province for demonstrations of treatment by "bolobolo" which is healing