CUSTOMS OF TAGALOG Flashcards
A narrative on the established culture in tagalogs in Luzon
CUSTOMS OF TAGALOG
Tackles about the everyday living of then ancient Filipinos, their. system of government, their social statuses, and their customs, traditions, and beliefs.
CUSTOMS OF TAGALOG
Franciscan missionary, one of the first 19 Franciscan missionaries who arrived in the Philippines on July 2, 1578
Juan De Plasencia or Juan De Puerto Carrero
Aside from the customs of the tagalogs, he also wrote the first printed book in the Philippines titled
Doctrina Christiana en Lengua Espanola Y tagala
- This document was written as an answer to the request on the monarchy in Spain to provide pieces of information about the government, administration of justice, slaves, worship, burials, and superstition of the “indians”.
CUSTOMS OF TAGALOG
who governed them and were captains in their wars, and whom they obeyed and reverenced.
dato
Temple or place of adoration; but this is because, formerly, when they wished to celebrate a festival
SIMBAHAN
festival they celebrate it in the large house of a chief.
PANDOT or “worship”
event that the whole barangay, or family united to joined in the worship.
NAGAANITOS
Filipinos believed that events in the human world were influenced by the actions and interventions of these spirit beings.
anito
were the ancestor spirits (umalagad), or nature spirits and deities (diwata) in the indigenous animistic religions of precolonial Philippines.
Anito
whom they worship, among their many idols there was one called
badhala
the title seems to signity “all powerful” or “maker of all things”
Badhala
Officiating priests, sang poetic songs praising the idol while participants made responses, beseeching favors.
catolonan
included goats, fowls, and swine, which were flayed, decapitated, and laid before the idol.
Sacrificial animals
Young girls experiencing their first menstrual period were blindfolded for
four days and nights.
The purpose of Young girls were blindfolded for four days and nights.
to ensure the girls’ fertility and increase their chances of finding suitable husbands
was only imposed for severe offenses, such as meriting the death penalty or being accused of witchcraft.
Slavery
was prevalent, leading to borrowers becoming enslaved until debts were settled, and often extending to their children after their death.
Usury
The punishment for insulting witches, women, princess, and killing two young boys is by being
burned alive.
were killed, and their children and accomplices became slaves of the chief, with the chief making recompense to the injured party.
Witches
illegal lending money
Usury
are given by men to women’s parents.
dowry/ dowries
- Tribal gathering
- consist of 30-100 household
- its origin was a family of parents and children, relation and slaves.
BARANGAY
-It is the term used to refer to the political unit established by the Tagalog
BARANGAY
Village Chief or the head of the barangay. responsible for maintaining order and settling disputes within the community
Datu
THREE CASTES:
- Noble
- Commoners
- Slaves
- free born, they do not pay taxes.
Nobles
- they live in their own houses and lord of their lord of their property and gold
commoners
- serve their masters in his house and his cultivated land that can be sold.
slaves
salve that is allowed to married
Aliping Namamahay
class of freemen. well respected warriors of the barangay. They have the same rights as the Timawa but doesn’t pay taxes. Instead, they provide protection to the community and they prepare their own weapons at their own expense.
Maharlika
They serve anyone who is above their class. They do the work inside a home such as cooking, cleaning, and aiding their masters with their duties.
Alipin/Slaves
slave that is not allowed to married
Aliping Saguiguilid
dead chiefs were placed/buried beneath a __ that is next to their house
constructed porch
Believed in an afterlife called
“maca”
“maca” means
akin to paradise
“casanaan” means
akin to hell
Acknowledged a place of punishment called
“casanaan”
“the maker of all things.”
Badhala
Acknowledged ghosts
“vibit”
phantoms
“tigbalang”
Believed that women who died in childbirth, along with their child, suffered punishment known as
“patianac”
temporary shed on each side of the houses, with a roof, to protect the people from the wet when it rained.
sibi
economic life among ancient filipinos:
agriculture, hunting, and fishing
MAJOR LANGUAGES:
Tagalog, Ilocano, Pangasinan, Pangpangan, Sugbuhanon, Hiligaynon
SYSTEM OF WRITINGS:
BAYBAYIN
son of the barangay chieftain inherits his father’s position
1st son
wives are called
asawa
- courtship begins with
paninilbihan
giving dowry to the mother only
Panghihimuyat
giving dowry to the parents called
Bigay Kaya
giving dowry to the one who take care of the wife (yaya)
bigay-suso
light that made of salt
soriheli
