Barangay: 16th Century Philippine Culture and Society Flashcards
The smallest political unit of Tagalog society.
Barangay
The colony name of Philippines after deriving the Filipinos from King Philip II.
Las Islas Filipinas
Refers to tooth filling where one filled and the teeth were colored in different ways.
Sangka
A tar-based coating that is applied by chewing it regularly that would give the appearance of polished ebony.
Tapul
A teeth goldwork.
Pusad
The Spaniards name for the Visayans.
Pintados
A general term for tattoos.
Batuk/Patik
It is where the skull shape which conforms to the local canons of beauty.
Skull Moulding
A comblike set of thin rods bound to a baby’s forehead by bandages fastened at some point behind.
Tangad
A pin that is inserted into a child’s penis for greater stimulation of their future sex partners.
Tugbuk
A circumcision that is operated informally with no particular ceremony.
Tuli
An uncircumcised.
Pisot
6 Staple Food
- Rice
- Millet
- Root Crops
- Sago Palm
- Banana
- Finger Banana
4 Drinks
- Tuba
- Kabarawan
- Intus
- Pangasi
A boat to which Spanish called it as canoa.
Baroto
The process of making cloth and other objects.
Weaving
3 types of textiles
- Abaca Cloth
- Gapas
- Pinayusan
4 Musical Instruments
- Small Lute
- Bamboo Zither
- Nose Flute
- Red Jew’s Harp
A word which meant mountain, countryside, terrain, climate, and homeland.
Banwa
They are expected to govern their people, settle their disputes, protect them from enemies, and lead them in battle.
Datu
They are originally offspring or descendants of a datu’s commoner wives or slave concubines.
Timawa
Their status dependent on birthright, inheritance or acquired debt, commuted penal sentence, or by victimization by the more powerful.
Oripun
A general term for warfare.
Gubat
A Malay-Sanskrit pantheon of divinities.
Diwata
Tagalog version of diwata.
Anito
Visayan and Tagalog term for a spirit ritualist that is an elderly woman of high status or a male tranvestite.
Baylan
Catalonan
A charm which caused the one who received it to obey like a slave.
Ropok
A spear or G-string which caused leg pains or swelling in the victim as soon as they stepped over it.
Panlus
It causes intestinal swelling in those who crossed the datu.
Bosong
It is used to kill simply with a breath or the touch of a hand.
Hokhok
It is used to pierce to somebody through just by pointing a finger at them from a distance.
Kaykay
A higher-status who were more likely to do military service.
Maharlika
The mass of society or the common people who owed tribute to the datu and service in general to the upper classes.
Tao
