2 Customs of the Tagalogs Flashcards
Also called chieftain who governed as many as a hundred houses called barangay
Datos
: The nobles or warrior class, free men who were not obligated to pay tribute or taxes. They served the dato (chieftain) in times of war and had higher social status. Though they were expected to aid in communal duties, they had more autonomy and rights compared to lower classes.
MAHARLICA
: This class of dependents lived in their own homes, typically on the property of their master. They were not fully slaves but rather tenants who owed labor or a portion of their produce to the datu or master. They could not be sold, and they retained certain rights, such as having their own family and property.
ALIPING NAMAMAHAY
The lowest class of dependents, these individuals lived in their master’s house and had significantly fewer rights. They were closer to slaves, fully dependent on their masters for food and shelter, and could be sold or traded. Their freedom were severely limited compared to the Aliping Namamahay.
ALIPING SAGUIGUILIR
The Tagalogs did not have permanent temples for worship but instead used large houses of chiefs to celebrate festivals called _____, where they performed worship known as _____.
Pandot, Nagaanitos
: The supreme deity, representing the “all-powerful” or “maker of all things.”
Bathala
: The ___ was revered for its beauty, and the ____ was celebrated, especially when new. ____ were also honored, with the morning star known as Tala, and the ____ referred to as the “seven little goats.”
Sun and Moon, Tala and Pleiades
A deity for lovers and fertility.
Dian Masalanta
: Deities related to agriculture and husbandry.
Lakapati and Idianale:
: They revered crocodiles, offering food to these creatures to avoid harm.
Buaya (Crocodile)
by cultivation of soil, counted by moons, and other more effects of the nature: all these helps to make the year. The winter and summer were named as sun- time and water-time. The years of the advent of the Spaniards, seasons were determined by names, and have been divided into weeks.
Time
- The Tagalogs believed in ___, especially if they encountered certain animals, such as serpents, rats, or birds (tigmamanuguin). These encounters could either stop their journey or give them confidence to proceed, depending on the nature of the bird’s song. They also practice divination as to show their luck.
omens
: honourable, one among the natives and was held ordinarily by people of rank, this rule being general in all the islands.
Catolonan
: witches who deceived by pretending to heal the sick.
Mangagauay
: These priests had the power of applying such remedies to lovers that they would abandon and despise their own wives.
Manyisalat
: Priests who emitted fire from themselves during rituals.
Mancocolam
: Powerful witches capable of killing without the use of medicine, and by simply saluting or raising the hand, they killed whom they chose.
Hocluban
: if they saw anyone clothed in white, to tear out his liver and eat it, thus causing his death
Silagan
: In such wise the devil walked about carried, or pretended to carry, his head to different places; and, in the morning, returned it to his body, remaining, as before, alive.
Magtatangal
: Sorcerers believed to murder and eat flesh.
Osuang
: They made charms for lovers out of herbs, stones, and wood, which would infuse the heart with love.
Mangagayoma
: Preachers who helped predict the afterlife.
Sonat
: Soothsayers who predicted the future.
Pangatahojan
: Men inclined towards femininity, often holding special roles.
Bayoguin
- was seen as a place of rest for the just, and casanaan as a place of suffering for the wicked.
Maca
- Many of these beliefs and practices were eradicated following the spread of Christianity and the preaching of the gospel.
Transformation after Christianity
: Ghosts and phantoms, believed to be wandering spirits.
Vibit and Tigbalaang
: The belief that women who died in childbirth would become lamenting spirits at night.
Patianac
