 Throughout the Spanish colonial period, numerous accounts of "babaylan" who defied Spanish colonial rule were recorded.The most prominent three of which are those of a Hiligaynon "babaylan" named Tapara, a Cebuano "babaylan" named Ponciano Elofre, and another Hiligaynon "babaylan" named Gregorio Lampino.A 1663 account of a fray named Juan Fernandez noted that a male "babaylan" named Tapara or Tapar from Lambunao, Iloilo led a revolt against the Spanish.