Other examples include mountains, waterfalls, tree groves, reefs, and caves. The most widely venerated were balete trees (also called nonok, nunuk, nonoc, etc.) and anthills or termite mounds ( punso). Other types of sacred places or objects of worship of diwata include the material manifestation of their realms. Taotao may sometimes also be placed on these platforms. They held halved coconut shells, metal plates, or martaban jars as receptacles for offerings. They were either small roof-less platforms or standing poles split at the tip (similar to a tiki torch). These bamboo or rattan altars are identical in basic construction throughout most of the Philippines. These were called latangan or lantayan in Visayan and dambana or lambana in Tagalog. ĭuring certain ceremonies, anito are venerated through temporary altars near sacred places. Among Bicolanos, taotao were also kept inside sacred caves called moog. They can also be used as places to store taotao and caskets of ancestors. These shrines were known in various indigenous terms, which depend on the ethnic group association. They can range in size from small roofed platforms, to structures similar to a small house (but with no walls), to shrines that look similar to pagodas, especially in the south where early mosques were also modeled in the same way. However, they do have sacred shrines, which are also called as spirit houses. Ancient Filipinos and Filipinos who continue to adhere to the indigenous Philippine folk religions generally do not have so-called "temples" of worship under the context known to foreign cultures.
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