Usog
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title:
Usog
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Usog or balis is a Filipino superstition whereby an affliction or psychological disorder is attributed to a stranger's greeting or evil eye hex. It is usually attributed to afflictions of infants and toddlers. In some limited areas, it is said that the condition is also caused by the stranger having an evil eye or masamang mata in Tagalog, lurking around. This may have been influenced by the advent of the Spaniards who long believed in the mal de ojo superstition. Once affected, the child begins
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Topic in Filipino psycho-medicine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usog
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2024-03-25T17:03:38Z
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