RPH MIDTERM Flashcards
Spanish and Womens
-The custom of the period made women equal to men.
Pre- Spanish Era
-They could own and inherit property and sell it.
Women
could engage in trade and industry
Women
could succeed to the chieftainship of her community or baranggay in the absence of a
male heir.
Women
-has the right to give names to their children.
Women
-tagalog word baranggay derived from the ———- meaning a boat which transported
the Malay immigrants to the Philippines.
Malay balangay
-Each barangay—-INDEPENDENT—–ruled by a
chieftain
-Primary duty of the Chieftain:
*rule and govern his people justly
*promote their welfare.
*the chieftain was powerful and exercised the powers of executive, legislative, judiciary
*supreme commander
*aided in his role as lawmaker by a council of elders
*served their chieftain in times of war with other barangays
*helped in tilling and sowing the land.
*paid tribute to the chieftain
The Subjects
were highly respected in the community and
exempted paying tribute from rendering personal services to the chieftain.
The chieftain`s children and other relatives
gave advice to the chieftain in order to guide him in the administration of
justice.
the counsel of elders
-relations existed between baranggays there was ———– between them.
alliances or unity
-alliance was sealed through a process called
blood or sanduguan.
made the laws of the community.
Baranggay chieftain
-when he had a law in mind, he called the council of elders to ask its opinion. If the elders
approved the proposed law, the chieftain ordered a town cryer, called
UMALOHOKAN
the umalohokan would ring it as he went along in order to call the
attention of the people.
with a bell in one hand
AS MEMBERS OF THE JURY.
ELDERS OF THE
BARANGGAY
-the ancient court of justice was composed of the chieftain as
JUDGE
-board composed of elders from the neutral baranggays acted as
arbiters.
-witnesses usually took an —— to prove their honesty.
oath
“ MAY THE CROCODILE DEVOUR ME IF I TELL A LIE”, “MAY I DIE HERE AND
NOW IF DO NOT TELL THE TRUTH.
oath
-a man who had ——– was usually adjudged the winner.
more witnesses
-ancient Filipinos belief in ——- and the relation between the living and the dead
made him respect the memory of the dead.
the life hereafter or life after death
-when a relative died, he was placed in a coffin buried under his
house
-living relatives placed his ——– in the coffin.
cloth, gold, and other valuables
-upon the death of a person, the neighbors and relatives made——- under his house.
fires
were hired by the relatives in order to show their deep feeling of loss.
Professional mourners
a mourning man the former was called
Morotal
a mourning woman the later was called
MAGLAHI.
Mourning for a dead chieftain was called
LARAW.
-Pre-spanish Filipinos believed that the soul was
immortal.
-they believed in one supreme being called
Bathalang Maykapal or Bathala
THE GOD OF AGRICULTURE
IDIYANALE
THE GOD OF DEATH
SIDAPA
GOD OF FIRE
AGNI
GOD OF RAINBOW
BALANGAW
GOD OF WAR
MANDARANGAN