Kalanguya Beliefs

Da-ngah

This labor sharing is usually done when building a house. A family prepares the building materials like wood and pal-ot and sets a date to put up the structure then announces it to the neighborhood. The community comes to help build the hut free of charge. Free lunch is served.

Ubbo

This form of exchange of labor is intended to accomplish one's task on hand easily and speedily. This usually happens during the planting and harvest seasons where one family/household schedules and announces the job e.g. ani (harvesting rice), then neighbors or other villagers who are expecting to do similar tasks come to help. A member of the household then returns the favor to each of the laborers who came to help. This exchange of labor goes on until everybody had their turn.

Kabunyan

Also Kalanguya people believe in a supernatural being which they call "Kabunyan". Kabunyan to them is the Almighty and Creator. However, since they have not yet seen Kabunyan, they also refer to Him as "Agmattebew" (could not be seen or spirit).