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| | The Mandayan Culture, Province of Davao Oriental |
 | | The Mandaya tribe is found in the province of Davao Oriental, one of the seven (7) provinces of Region XI, Eastern Mindanao, Philippine Islands. |
 | | The tribe's greatest concentration is in the municipalities of Boston, Cateel, Baganga, Caraga, Manay, Tarragona, Lupon and Mati, both from the highlands and the lowlands. |
 | | She chants, supplicates, and wails to persuade the concerned spirits to come in, to appeal to the busaw or evil spirit to leave the patient, and to inform the diwata of the nature of the patient's ailment for proper medical advice. |
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