Pagsasaklab

(Pagtatawas)
 Diagnostic Ritual
Believe it or not….
•Pagtatawas is a divination ritual
•It attempts to diagnose an affliction or
psychological disorder.
•It interprets shapes produced in water by
heated alum or molten wax droppings
from a burning candle.
• It is thus a form of both carromancy and
oryctomancy.
Pagtatawas, an old kind of diagnostic
ritual performed by a quack doctor also
called “Albularyo.”
Pagtatawaws is also called Pagsasaklab in
Marinduque.

This diagnostic ritual act has been a part

of the culture and tradition in Marindique,
an island province in the Philippines.
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THANK YOU!
By: Erdie Mistal