▁ ▁Sh am ans ▁ ▁The ▁spiritual ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁conf eder ation ▁were ▁called ▁Bab ay lan . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁Bab ay lan ▁were ▁women ▁who , ▁for ▁some ▁reasons , ▁the ▁colon izers ▁described ▁as ▁" las c iv ious " ▁and ▁ast ute . ▁On ▁certain ▁cer emon ial ▁occasions , ▁they ▁put ▁on ▁elaborate ▁app arel , ▁which ▁appear ▁b izar re ▁to ▁Sp ani ards . ▁They ▁would ▁wear ▁yellow ▁false ▁hair , ▁over ▁which ▁some ▁kind ▁of ▁dia dem ▁ad orn ▁and , ▁in ▁their ▁hands , ▁they ▁w ield ed ▁st raw ▁fans . ▁They ▁were ▁assist ed ▁by ▁young ▁app rent ices ▁who ▁would ▁carry ▁some ▁thin ▁can e ▁as ▁for ▁a ▁wand . ▁ ▁Notable ▁among ▁the ▁rit uals ▁performed ▁by ▁Bab ay lan ▁was ▁the ▁p ig ▁sacrifice . ▁Sometimes ▁ch icken ▁were ▁also ▁offered . ▁The ▁sacrific ial ▁vict ims ▁were ▁placed ▁on ▁well ▁ad orn ed ▁alt ars , ▁together ▁with ▁other ▁comm od ities ▁and ▁with ▁the ▁most ▁ex quis ite ▁local ▁wine ▁called ▁P ang asi . ▁The ▁Bab ay lan ▁would ▁break ▁into ▁dance ▁hover ing ▁around ▁these ▁offer ings ▁to ▁the ▁sound ▁of ▁drums ▁and ▁br ass ▁b ells ▁called ▁Ag ongs , ▁with ▁pal m ▁leaves ▁and ▁tr ump ets ▁made ▁of ▁can e . ▁The ▁rit ual ▁is ▁called ▁by ▁the ▁Vis ay ans ▁" P ag - a an ito ". ▁ ▁Integr ation ▁to ▁the ▁Spanish ▁East ▁Ind ies ▁ ▁The ▁Sp