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    The balete tree (also known as balite or baliti) are several species of trees in the Philippines from the genus Ficus, which are generally referred to...
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    The road is noted for the balete trees that previously lined it and urban legends of a ghost of a lady in white. Balete Drive connects the long span...
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    Correspondence Office, the New Executive Building, and the Music Room. A large balete tree stands at the main entrance to the Freedom Park (at the grounds of the...
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    reside in balete trees Bà Mộc, Vietnamese goddess of trees Chuhaister, Ukrainian tree spirit, also Lisovyk Druantia, hypothetical Gallic tree goddess proposed...
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    Banyan (redirect from Banyan tree)
    they are usually referred to as balete trees, which are home to certain deities and spirits. In Okinawa, the tree is referred to as gajumaru, which...
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    Balete, officially the Municipality of Balete (Tagalog: Bayan ng Balete), is a municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the...
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    Dhalpal banyan tree. Located in CoochBehar district, WestBengal. Sacred related Sacred trees Balete tree, largest in Philippines Bodhi Tree Sacred groves...
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    of Environment and Natural Resources declared its 80-year-old Balete tree a Heritage tree. On October 12, 2023, Mayor Vico Sotto unveiled the renovated...
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    down a tree which is home to a kodama is thought to bring misfortune and such trees are often marked with shimenawa rope. Anito Balete tree Tree spirits...
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    native Filipino religion called Bathala, the worshiping anito spirits, balete trees (Ficus spp.), also known as nonok or nunuk, are regarded as abodes of...
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  • hanging trees List of tallest trees List of tree genera Veteran tree Bonsai Capitol Christmas Tree Living Heritage Tree Museum National Christmas Tree (United...
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  • statuses. The object that connects and binds these families is the "giant Balete tree" located at the plaza of Rosales town. Among the common themes in the...
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  • Cabarbuhan in the West. Its topography type is plains. Its name came from the Balete tree that's common in the barangay. Balogo (Feast Day: May 3–4) – Its land...
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  • Balete may refer to: Balete people, a Southern African Tswana tribe Balete tree, a tree in the Philippines related to the banyan Balete, Aklan, a municipality...
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  • matches and dry boughs. Accidentally, the fire spreads and burns the old Balete tree. With its destruction, the vines pursue Bubuy to his home and it results...
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    acacia trees, and even a balete tree or two. The acacias are festooned with the cactus like 'Queen of the Night.' The broad lawns, lush trees and greenery...
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    Yorishiro (section Trees)
    bamboo objects called kumade supposed to attract good business. Anito Balete tree Glossary of Shinto Himorogi Shintai Tamura (2000:21) "Shinto Portal -...
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  • invoke the gods to grant the blessing of fertility by dancing around a Balete tree that was already a century old. Joaquin later turned this short story...
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    (Dumagat) – horses with fire on their backs from head to tail. They live in balete trees and bring danger, sickness, and death. They may be sighted on Mount Pinatubo...
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    Spaniards in Macabebe, at that exact place, it was believed that a big balete tree was planted.[citation needed] Poverty incidence of Macabebe Like other...
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    Catalina. Even today, a famous landmark can be seen in the form of a balete tree growing on what was left of a portion of a wall of the old Tribunal House...
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    Anito (category Tree deities)
    were balete trees (also called nonok, nunuk, nonoc, etc.) and anthills or termite mounds (punso). Other examples include mountains, waterfalls, tree groves...
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    200-year-old balete tree (strangler fig). This tree was declared by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources as the second heritage tree within Manila...
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  • was said to move so fast that he was nicknamed "Kid Balite", after the Balete tree which is said to be the dwelling place of ghosts and spirits in Philippine...
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    (8,087 ft) above sea level at its highest point. The Balete Tree (also known as the Century Tree) inside the OISCA Farm is estimated by botanists from...
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  • Dalaketnon (category Tree deities)
    They reside in Dalakit trees (also known as Balete or Dakit), hence the name Dalakitnon, meaning "from the Dalakit or Dakit tree." This mythological race...
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    were balete trees (also called nonok, nunuk, nonoc, etc.) and anthills or termite mounds (punso). Other examples include mountains, waterfalls, tree groves...
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    were spirited as to their belief on the spirits of nature (like the trees "balete tree", the rivers and mountains, sun and moon); in fact, they have "anito...
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    babaylan, were exposed to the elements hanging from the branches of the balete tree. Wakes lasted for as long as the bereaved family could offer food and...
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    visited them, they would consult the spirits of the earth, the air, the balete tree, the forests, the river and all elements that have to do with nature...
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