The balete tree (also known as balite or baliti) are several species of trees in the Philippines from the genus Ficus, which are broadly referred to as...
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The road is noted for a number of balete trees that previously lined it and urban legends of a white lady ghost. Balete Drive connects the long span between...
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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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Ficus microcarpa (category Trees of China)
Islands to Australia. It is widely planted as a shade tree and frequently misidentified as the Balete tree: F. retusa or F. nitida (syn. F. benjamina). Ficus...
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Correspondence Office, 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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are commonly believed to reside in balete trees Bà Mộc, Vietnamese goddess of trees Druantia, hypothetical Gallic tree goddess proposed by Robert Graves...
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Kodama (spirit) (redirect from Japanese tree spirit)
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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would change Philippine society forever. Yoser, Elizabeth G. Under the Balete Tree: F. Sionil José’s Rosales Novels, World Literature Today, Vol. 62, No...
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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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Balete, officially the Municipality of Balete (Tagalog: Bayan ng Balete), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According...
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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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The Rosales Saga (section Tree)
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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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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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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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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T48298233A48298238.en. Heaney, L.R.; Balete, D.S.; Rickart, E.A.; Veluz, M.J.; Jansa, S.A. 2009. Chapter 7. A New Genus and Species of Small ‘Tree-Mouse’ (Rodentia, Muridae)...
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Sacred related Sacred trees Balete tree, largest in Philippines Bodhi Tree Sacred groves Sacred groves of India Tree spirit Tree worship Sacred mountains...
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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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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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(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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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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for fear of encountering a buso. They can also hide in certain trees, like the Balete tree. The Bagobo would never travel alone, because the buso can't...
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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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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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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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settled near a creek on the bank where there were balete trees. These immigrants called their settlement Balete. The immigrants found the region where they...
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Soc. London, 1839:117, UPLB Museum of Natural History reported. Ong, P.; Balete, D.; Heaney, L. (2016). "Sundasciurus philippinensis". IUCN Red List of...
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