Tourism, shamanism and the pandemic

There can be no doubt that tourism has contributed to the popular understanding of folk Christianity, including shamanistic practices that, since colonial times, have formed part of the dominant Filipino faith. However, faced with the pandemic, the island's co-existence with tourism risks losing vital economic lifeblood through commerce-driven spaces for cultural exchange and the psycho-noetic conditions that sustain the spiritual structure of folkloric practices threatened by the existential risks of Covid-19.