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Tribal gathering
Barangay
It’s origin was a family of parents, children, relations and slaves
Barangay
Three caste
Nobles, Commoners and slaves
Freeborn whom they call maharlica
Nobles
Aliping namamahay
They live in their own houses and are lords of their property and gold
Commoners
Aliping sa guiguilir
Serve their master in his house and on his cultivated lands and may be sold
Slaves
If any of the litigants felt himself aggrieved a__ was unanimously selected from another village or barangay
Arbiter
Given by the men to the women’s parents
Dowries
Temple or place of adoration
Simbahan
Roof
Sibi
Celebrate a festival in a large house of a chief
Pandot or worship
Sorihile
Small lamps
The feast lasts
Four days
The whole barangay or family United and joined in the worship which they called
Nagaanitos
The title seems to signify “all powerful” or “maker of all things”
Bathala
On account of its beauty, is almost universally respected and honoured by the heathens
Sun
It was worshipped too.. especially when new, at which time they had great rejoicings adoring it and bidding it welcome
Moon
Morning star
Tala
Seven little goats
Pleaides
Change of seasons
Mapolon
Greater Bear
Balatic
Many idols called__ which were images with different shapes
Lic-ha
Patron of lovers and of generation
Dian Masalanta
Patrons of the cultivated lands and busbandry
Lacapati and Idianale
Bird which was singing in a tree
Tigmamanuguin
Helps making up a year in Tagalogs
*Cultivation of soil
*Counted by moons
*Diff. Effects produced upon trees when yielding flowers, fruits and leaves
Officiating priest ,male or female
Was an honourable one among the natives and was held ordinarily by people of rank
Catolonan
Objects of sacrifice
*goats
*Fowls
*Swine
A small fruit wrapped in a leaf with some lime
Buyos
Deceived by pretending to heal the sick
Are capable of causing death
Mangangauay or witches
Had the power of applying such remedies to lovers that they would abandon and despise their own wives
Manyisalat
Emit fire from himself at night
Mancocolam
Another kind of witch , of greater efficacy than the mangangauay
Hocloban
If they saw anyone clothed in white to tear out his liver and eat it, thus causing his death
Silagan
Show himself at night to many persons without his head or entrails
Magtatangal
Equivalent to a sorcerer
Seen him fly and that he murdered men and ate their flesh
Osuang
Another class of witches.
Made their charms for lovers out of herbs, stones, wood which would infuse the heart with love
Mangagayoma
Equivalent to a preacher
Help one die at which time be predicted
Sonat
Soothsayer and predicted the future
Pangatahojan
A cotquean. A man whose nature inclined towards that of a woman
Bayoguin
Bier
Coffin
Another life of rest .
Paradise
Village of rest
Maca
In other life there was a place of punishment, grief and affliction
Casanaan
Demons
Sitan
Vibit
Ghosts
Phantom
Tigbalaang
If any women died in childbirth, she and the child suffered punishment and that at night she could be heard lamenting
Patianac
