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migrate to Siquijor to participate in the preparations of<br />
concoctions made from a variety of herbs plants roots<br />
and tree barks, gathered on the Fridays of the lent from<br />
the sea, forests, caves and cemeteries. The resulting<br />
brews are known to have healing powers, The festival<br />
begins on the holy Wednesday by the gathering of the<br />
ingredients and is known as “Pang-Alap”. On Good<br />
Friday the healers and herbalists concoct Alalgams for<br />
“black Magic” or occult practices, this is part of the<br />
villages’ secret knowledge, and no outsiders are allowed<br />
to observe this practice, in contrast to Black Saturday<br />
activities that are open to spectators. Faith Healers,<br />
herbalists and spectators gather together in a circle,<br />
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