Batak dungan is a ritual that empowers and strengthens the dungan, kaluluwa or soul for the person won't be vulnerable to spiritual attacks. This spiritual attack might caused by malevolent and benevolent entities and it causes the person to suffer from dizziness, extreme headache and vomiting or worst, faint. It is also done to patients who were afflicted by illnesses caused by sorcery and evil spirits and it protects the victim from further attacks. Pagaatang or offerings were presented during the ritual to petition God for help and the anointing of blood symbolizes cleansing and sacrifice for the repayment of sin. In the babaylan tradition, this ritual is performed to appease the spirits or ubay and to attract blessings from the ancestors. It empowers the person to face challenges and difficulties. Halad or offerings were presented and the babaylan invokes the ubay and ancestors of the person to gain their assistance.
