LEARNER’S ACTIVITY SHEETS (LAS)

Name: Baes John Jezhrell A. Date: 6/12/22

Section: HUMSS 11-Agimat

Learning Activity in IWRBS

Learning Activity I.
Direction: Supply the English and the Shinto counterpart of the following religious terms
Religious World Dimensional Views

Filipino English Shinto

Kalangitan Heaven (langit) It is the dimension considered to be the Ame,

highest and the place where the powerful spirit stays. Amatsukami

Sangtinakpan Tsuchi, Edo

Earth (lupa) is also called sangtinakpan, sangsinukob,
sandayigdig and sanglibutan. It is the dimension where
people live. It is also the home of the diwata, anito and
other spirits

Ilalim ng Inner Earth or Under the land is similar to the concept of Jigoku
Daigdig hell.

Learning Activity II
Direction: Give the English meaning of the following Shinto terms:
Shinto terms Meaning

1. Kami Shinto gods are called kami, who are sacred spirits which take the
form of things and concepts important to life, such as wind, rain,
mountains, trees, rivers and fertility. Humans become kami after
they die and are revered by their families as ancestral kami. The
kami of extraordinary people are even enshrined at some shrines.

2. Amaterasu
The Sun Goddess Amaterasu is considered Shinto's most
important kami. Amaterasu, also known as Amaterasu Ōmikami
which translates to “Great Divinity (that which) illuminates
Heaven”, is the celestial sun goddess.

3. matsuri Shinto festivals are called “matsuri” (“to entertain” or “to serve”)
and centre on a particular kami who are treated as guests of honour
 at the ceremony. Most shrines celebrate festivals (matsuri)
regularly in order to show the kami the outside world. Shinto
priests perform Shinto rituals and often live on the shrine grounds.

4. miko Priests are aided by younger women (miko) during rituals and
shrine tasks.

5. kimono Miko wear white kimono, must be unmarried, and are often the
priests' daughters. A long, loose robe with wide sleeves and tied
with a sash, originally worn as a formal garment in Japan and now
also used elsewhere as a robe.

6. tsunagari Shintō is described as a religion of tsunagari (“continuity or

communion”).

7. Uji The constituent unit of society at that time was the uji (clan or
family)

8. ujigami ujigami—its particular tutelary or guardian deity. The prayer for

good harvest in spring and the harvest ceremony in autumn
were two major festivals honouring the ujigami.

9. musubi At the core of Shintō are beliefs in the mysterious creating and
harmonizing power (musubi) of kami

10. makoto in the truthful way or will (makoto) of kami. Makoto (sincerity).
Makoto refers to sincerity of the heart. If goodness and sincerity
are not in your heart, all acts are pointless.

11. magokoro magokoro (“true heart”), which is usually translated as “sincerity,

pure heart, uprightness.

12. harae Purification rites (harae)—commonly held at a corner of the

shrine precincts before participants come into the shrine but
sometimes held within the shrine before beginning a ceremony.

13. Aki Matsuri Autumn Festival (Aki Matsuri, or Niiname-sai; Harvest Festival)

14. misogi special water purification (misogi)

LEARNER’S ACTIVITY SHEETS (LAS)

Learning Activity III

A. Direction: List down concepts or practices common in Shintoism
and Filipinos cultural beliefs.
1. Festivals are used to bind a community together; each shrine has an annual festival
where people gather to pay their respects and celebrate with food, music, dancing.
2. Strong family ties, both Japanese and Philippine people have strong family ties we
tend to live with parents for long time and take care of them when they're older.
3. Shinto and Anito - both countries' pre-contact animistic religions are very similar.
Belief in nature spirits and ancestral spirits (Japanese kami, Filipino anito), as well as
the world's inherent duality into the material and spirit worlds. Another similarity is
that shamans in both cultures are mostly or entirely women (Japanese miko, Filipino
baylan), and their primary role is to serve as vessels for spirit possession.
4. Hospitality and politeness, both the Japanese and Philippine people are very catering
to guest and friends. Both cultures emphasize on politeness.
5. Pointing finger at other people, surprisingly both in Japan and Philippine pointing the
index finger is bad.