Various cognates in other non-Filipino Austronesian languages include babalian, bobolian, and bobohizan ( Kadazan-Dusun) wadian ( Ma'anyan) belian ( Iban) belian ( Malay) walen or walyan ( Old Javanese) balian ( Balinese) bolian ( Mongondow) balia ( Uma) wulia or balia ( Bare'e) balia ( Wolio) balian ( Ngaju) and balieng ( Makassar). They are all derived from Proto-Western-Malayo-Polynesian *balian, meaning "shaman" (probably originally female, transvestite, or hermaphroditic) or " medium". The most common native terms for shamans among Austronesian groups in Island Southeast Asia are balian, baylan, or cognates and spelling variants thereof.
A ritual of the Iraya Mangyan to prepare land for kaingin ( swidden farming)
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