is a community ritual performed to drive away general sickness and malaise from the village. The anito master strikes the Chinese bowl with a sharp knife several times to call the spirits while he/she chants a prayer. Then the master gets a bottle of coconut oil and requests the spirits to bless and heal the sick members of the community. Then he anoints, with oil, the foreheads of all members who desire healing. Then the anito master sips liquor and spits it out on the pig and chicken to be sacrificed. He slits chicken’s neck with a sharp bolo and allows the blood to drip over the head of those who want to be well. The heads of the chickens and the pigs are severed and brought to the raft. People who want to ask the spirits for assistance or blessings to cast away their misfortune/sickness are instructed to give a coin as donation (regardless of the value) which is placed on the raft. As one body, all members of the community chant while pushing the raft into the river. The people believe that, with the ritual, the spirit/s will take away the people’s misfortunes, malaise and/or sickness with the raft to the far seas and leave the people in the community in peace.

For Gaddang, seeing a butterfly in or around a coffin might be perceived as a sign that the departed soul is at peace and watching over loved ones.