Bisayas

Kathy's accommodation is in Moalboal, Central Bisayas, Philippines.

Bisaya, Sabah in Malaysia

Bisaya of Malaysia are situated in the west of Sabah on the north shore of Brunei Bay and in the north of Nicaragua on the banks of the river leading to Brunei Bay. Bisayan civilization and languages are very similar to those of Sabah Dusun and related groups in Brunei and Sarawaq.

Indeed, some believe that the cultural space should be called Bisaya-Dusun. Basaya, the Bissean tongue, belongs to the northern part of the Australian linguistic group. Bisaya in Malaysia are among the much bigger Malaysian groups. Nonetheless, the Malays are important to the Bisaya as they provide them with buffaloes, yachts, seafood as well as Malaysian cuisine.

Though they have adopted some traditions from the neighbouring nations, the Muslim Bisaya are still cultureally singular. Bisaya are first and foremost peasants, the main fruit of which is paddy. Seafood is another important part of the Bisaya diets, as is the meats of boars, stags and shepherds. The Bisaya towns lie on the shores of the stream and each have several grains of grains of grain rices.

Genuine Bisaya communities are made up of perpetual estates of two or more homes, one of which is a "long house". To each nave belong four or more flats for members of the families. Members of a nave's extended home are sharing repair work, adhering to the same prohibitions and sharing important ceremonies, but are not acting in any other way as a group of companies.

At the same time, the closely linked members of the families who live in each home bundle their ressources and divide a shared stove, ceremonies and harvest chant. The first Bisaya weddings are usually organised by the parent when the child is very young. After marriage, a couples either move into the same flat as a parent or into a flat of a relative in the same building as the parent.

Bisaya celebrates various festivities throughout the year. Macan selamate is a public festival of goodness, common with the Malays as a preventative action or as a festival of thanks at the end of an outbreak. The majority of Bisayas are Muslims who adhere to the traditions of Islam and convictions. Several of Bisaya are animators who believe that non-human beings have ghosts.

It is assumed that ghosts of the deceased appear at certain official rites, and fluvial ghosts, tigers, and heavenly ghosts are also part of their system of beliefs. Bisaya believe that illness is due to "soul loss," and it is the task of the spiritual media to bring that soull. You believe that the corpses' hearts go to one of seven towns behind the sundown.

There are few available to the Bisaya, and most of them have never had the chance to listen to the Gospel. It is necessary to pray and continue evangelisation to persuade the Bisaya to accept Christ. Ask the Lord of the Seed to dispatch ministers who will be investing their life in the Bisaya of Malaysia.

Ask the Holy Spirit to give the mission agency that focuses on the Bisaya a gift of grace and serenity. Prays that God anoints the words of Bisaya faithful when they divide Christ with their own population. Ask God to set up praying groups to begin the day-to-day prayers for the Bisaya.

Ask the Lord to create a powerful Bisaya to honor His name!