↳ WRITER || POLYTHEIST || CULTURAL ADVOCATE || EDUCATOR
𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐚, also known as Mary Joyce Caballes, is known for her works in the Filipino online community on educating and sharing information on the culture, history, and precolonial beliefs of the Philippines for over 10 years. She has run several popular blogs, including the 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐲-𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 and 𝐃𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧 blogs on Tumblr.
She is a Filipino-American woman from New York of 𝐀𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧 and 𝐓𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠 descent. She is also a 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 following 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐨, a term used to refer to a growing movement to revive the precolonial beliefs and practices of the Philippines. She has been a Pagan from 20 years and has been a Filipino Reconstructionist for 10 years. She is known for her writings on this Pagan, Animistic, and Polytheistic movement and has been looked up to as a teacher of it. She is currently teaching classes on Filipino Reconstructionism and Polytheism and is working toward other projects in regards to this movement.
Ligaya is currently in the works of writing her first book geared toward Anituo and of being a diwatahan, a Bisayan term to refer to those who revere the old deities. She is also both an artist and writer, who is currently combining both to create a webcomic based on the pre-colonial culture and beliefs of the Philippines.
