Davao Museum: Ginum Thanksgiving Festival
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(DSC02165) GINUM is a Bagobo thanksgiving festival that may last for one to four days. "Ginum" means "to drink" or "drinking". Indeed, the festival features "balaba" (wine) in jars placed in each corner of the long house of the datu, where the celebration takes place. A "tambara" or bamboo altar is placed in each of the various parts of the house. Two bamboo poles (patan-an) decorated with strips of palm leaves and cloth become the focus of the celebration. That is why the Ginum is also called "pista sa kawayan" or the bamboo festival. In ancient practice, Ginum could include the display of enemy skulls mounted on the patan-an as offering. The indigenous warriors boasted of their deeds. In some cases, the celebration included human sacrifice. Today, it is sufficient to offer a chicken, whose blood is made to drip onto the bamboo poles. Two "mabalians" or shamans (a man and a woman) and the datu or leading warrior lead the sacrificial offering. Present Ginum celebrations focus on drinking, feasting, chanting and dancing to the music of gongs. People also put offerings on the mat prepared for the purpose. These offerings include beautiful clothing, knives, and other expensive items. People petition the spirits for abundant crops, good health, safe travel, and other blessings. (Taken from an adjacent signage)
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