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Denomination in trade Carabao Store
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Carabaos are a major contributor to agriculture. They provide meat and dairy products, hide, sustainable farming, and transportation in remote rural areas. In some northern communities in the mountain regions of Luzon, they are part of prestige feasts that validate the social status of the upper class. Rituals such as weddings, healing, or other rites of passage allow the heads of slaughtered carabaos to be displayed prominently as part of offerings to spirits.