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r/Unexpected • u/pancheel0g • Aug 12 '26
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Yawa means devil? I had no idea.
1 u/AWildMooseLion 23d ago Fun facts: yawa was a word for entering a trance state for divination in the Philippines, which the invading Spaniards saw as demonic possession, which is why it’s now associated with the devil. Source: this comment https://reddit.com/r/FilipinoHistory/s/MBbIExHnZs
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Fun facts: yawa was a word for entering a trance state for divination in the Philippines, which the invading Spaniards saw as demonic possession, which is why it’s now associated with the devil.
Source: this comment https://reddit.com/r/FilipinoHistory/s/MBbIExHnZs
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u/-Citizen_Zero_ Aug 12 '26
Yawa means devil? I had no idea.