MUSDIKS:kagong

Word: kagong Source of Term Filipino Heritage vol. 7: Language:Tagalog Category:Genre Description: A curing ritual practiced in Abucay in Bataan. The kagong involves 12

            medikos, men and women between the ages of 45 to 60. The medikos begin
            the diagnosis by chanting together in low voices as they place on a plate 
            their medals, stones and dried leaves of different sizes and shapes. Two men
            play the guitar and two or more play the banduria while the medikos dance 
            and shout around the patient who has been made to sit in the middle of the 
            circle.