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Abstract:As Ilokanos call this herb and sometimes consider it an ornamental plant, Bain-bain has many uses. It has moved from its use as a fence to the center of Ilocanos' life, literally around which revolves their social, cultural, and economic activities. This hermeneutic phenomenological study aimed to examine the lived experiences of the Ilocanos on the Mimosa pudica(makahiya). The study focused on Ilocanos' practices, beliefs, a deeper understanding of the plants, and their medicinal value. This study delves further into the symbolical interpretation, the more substantial effect on sociocultural development,the cultural knowledge on the sensitivity of the makahiya leaves, and the significant contributions to the teaching-learning process to preserve culture and identity. A total of 15 respondents/informants participated in the survey. Additional information was obtained from personal interviews with the members of the community, who are the most knowledgeable elders.Results revealed that Ilocano treats illnesses like ulcers, skin problems, and inflamed liver. It is also used as an antioxidant to replenish the loss of nutrients due to diarrhea. Moreover, the makahiya plant is used for medicinal purposes and is associated with different emotions or parts of life. It was deemed that makahiya was an emblem of femineity and freedom
Keywords:Mimosa pudica, hermeneutic, semiotic, lived experiences, Ilokano practices, and beliefs
Abstract:This study aims to metaphysically explore, interpret, and establish how the Ilocanos in the northern part of the Philippine islands experience bain ken basol, understood as shame and sin or guilt, during moral failure and how they resolve it. The research method used is a qualitative research design employing the philosophic phenomenological methodthat comprises the four intertwining steps of 1) epoche, 2) phenomenological reduction, 3) imaginative variation, and 4) synthesis. Vital information had been explored from thirty informants represented by the young, middle-aged, and old generations through in-depth, semi-structured interviews or open-ended questioning. The findings of the study revealed that the cultural complexities and the perspectival and contextual concepts of the Ilocano society have established a progressively multifaceted psychoanalytic intersubjective ground. The discussions of the experiences and concepts built up on bain ken basol further boiled down to four theories, namely: theory of distinctiveness, theory of oneness, theory of accommodation, theory of interconnectedness, theory of relational responsibility.
Keywords:shame, sin-guilt, intersubjective, grounded theories
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- Contextual Threads of Morality: An Exploration of Moral Reasoning and Parenting Practices Amidst Poverty (SS-24-13)
- Health Challenges of Emerging Adult Lesbians and Their Development Milestones (HN-24-5)
- Rupa ken ti Kaunggan ni Ilokano: A Contradistinction on Levinas “Ethics of the Face” (SS-22-23-c38)
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- Biag ti Maysa nga Ubing nga Ina (The Lifeworld of a Teenage Mother) (2024)
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