I remember asking everyone for financial support 2 years ago in fixing our door so we could secure our shrine. As we are also living within it and we are just located on a road side. And the cost of the roll up door that we install is already Php 15,000.00 or almost USD 300.00
And now, i knew some one who are rebuilding their house that almost live with a holed roof for almost endure it when it rain that their house is flooded. And they have loaned for Php 300,000.00 or USD 5,497.526 and still the amount is not enough.
Early this morning, I received a message asking me if in the old days do witches have been paid for their teachings? and I say Yes! when an Individual have been called to become a Babaylan, that individual will seek an Elder Babaylan to be trained by her, and the seeker will pay live carabao, chicken, pigs, so as with fine linen clothes, woven baskets, and gold and that is for training alone and for their services aside from Gold are the best part of the live offerings will the Elder Babaylan teacher will receive.
But now-a-days, why is our Teachings seems to be expensive? To be honest, me as teacher is not receiving that much of money from the training I provide. Since we do not have a Training Center as we only have a small place where we conduct rituals and healing services that can only accommodate 1person at a time. So when a student comes here, we are renting a place for the student to sleep so as the food and the materials we are going to use.
And aside from these, there are so many damages that have been brought by the colonization, and reconstructing it in the present time is not that cheap as the cost of everything went up.
