superstitious beliefs: ( Dictionary of Philippine Folk Beliefs and Customs ) "do not sweep the house at night or insects

will come out." p.535 book 3 (Cagayan de Oro, 1966) "sweeping when somebody is dead in the family will result in another death. it should be done after three days." p. 540 book 3 (Corcuera, Romblon, 1936; Magallanes, Sorsogon; San Pablo City, 1966) "GABA befalls one who does wrong to his parents or marries ahead of elder sister."p. 659 book 3 {GABA is the affliction incurred by the people through divine intervention. This is a retribution in the form of illness or any other punishment for evil deeds like ambushing one's parents or other elderly people who deserve respect. ( Cf. Lieban, Cebuano Sorcery, p. 33) "do not run in the afternoon lest you bump against someone not like us, an agta, for instance." p. 664 book 3 "If one comes from a place where there is a dead person and somebody is sick in your house, you must step on the ashes of take a bath before going up to the house otherwise the sick will get worse. (Sta. Fe, Romblon, 1936). p.665 book3 "Bathe on Mondays. Cut your nails on Tuesdays, but never at night (Quezon City, 1966.)" p. 672 book 3 "Don't take a bath on Friday because: it brings accident, bad luck, or something bad will happen to you" p. 673 book 3 "Haircut: Not Practiced on Fridays to avert Misfortune" p.676 book 3 "do not comb your hair at night or you will be bald." (Cagayan de Oro 1967) "don;t get into a bad mood during the New year's Day, otherwise during the whole year you will always be in a bad mood." (Cagayan de Oro, 1967) p. 749 book 3

BOOK 1 "....This is then the function of the folk-belief,....Folk belief keeps alive the will to try again, which is but the expression of the will to live." dictionary of philippine folk beliefs and customs p. x "Don't forget to say your prayers before sleeping, otherwise there is a

tendency to dream of fearful things" p.99 " to sleep with wet hair will cause blindness or insasnity" p. 99 " one should not face the door while sleeping for he will die soon" p. 102 "avoid spitting in coming home from church until you arrive home because to do so would mean 'throwing away the grace of God" p. 109

it's popularity is very evident among the television shows and movies in the philippines. the show pedro penduko is a very good evidence to show that superstitious beliefs are still existing and popular among filipinos. other television shows which portray the superstitious beliefs of filipinos are Mutya, Agua Bendita, Enkantadia, Pepeng Agimat, and Buhawi Jack. moreover, there are always movies being shown in philippine cinemas every year whose stories are about aswang, tikbalang, engkanto, diwata, feng shui, and many other superstitious beliefs. some of these movies are Petrang Kabayo, Enteng Kabisote, Shake Rattle and Roll, and Sukob. Feng shui originated from the chinese culture. however, since there are a lot of chinese people who migrated in the philippines, it slowly became part of the way of life among many filipinos. wealthy filipinos even hire feng shui experts to design the interior of their houses. this practice could be observed in lifestyle television shows like Rated K wherein they feature the houses of actors and actresses who say that their houses are arranged in that manner because the feng shui expert told them it would bring them good luck, good health, long lives, and many other good things.

part 3 Superstitious beliefs are undeniably still part of the filipino culture. thus, it consequently affects the lives of the filipino people in some ways. it both has good and bad effects on the filipinos. for example, believing in the belief "do not run in the afternoon lest you bump against someone not like us, an agta, for instance." would help parents in making mishcievous children behave.

being required to pray before