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which have been incorporated into Bagobo tales, while a few be- 

 liefs and magical practices may be referable to Moro influence; 

 but, considerino- that this contact has lasted for three or four centuries 

 and has had a decided effect on the material culture of the Bagobo, 

 it is remarkable that there has been no weakening of the ancient faith, 

 and no concession to Islam. 541 



Spanish Catholicism had no effect at all upon the mountain 

 Bagobo, and at the coast the ancient faith of the Bagobo has under- 

 gone but a superficial disturbance, while ceremonial observances 

 have remained fairly intact. 



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Benedict. Laura Watson. Bagobo Fine Art Collection. Am. Mus. Jour., 

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1582.] 

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1589. 

 Yol. 12 — 13. Chirino, Pedro de, S. J. Relacion de las Islas Filipinas. 



Roma. 1604. 

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1609; with notes from Jose Rizal's edition. Paris. 1896. 

 Yol. 21. San Nicolas, Andres de (and others). Early Recollect missions 



in the Philippines... 1624. 

 Yol. 29. [Bobadilla, Diego de, S. J.] Relation of the Filipinas Islands. 



[1640.] 

 Yol. 30. Aduarte, Diego de, O. P. Historia de la provincia del Sancto 



Rosario de la Orden de Predicadores. Manila. 1640. 



B * 1 Warneck found a like situation among the Batak of Sumatra. He says: "Im 

 Gegensatz zu vielen Volkern der hinterindischen Inselwelt haben sie ihre politische und 

 religiose Selbstandigkeit gegeniiber dem von alien Seiten auf jene Volker eindringenden 

 Mohammedanismus zu bewahren gewusst." Die Religion der Batak, p. 1. Leipzig, 1909. 



