SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

Question 1

Naming children according to
their attributes or the
conditions marking their birth
was a regional custom.

Answer 1

Hence names such as Makusog (strong) and Magayon
(beautiful). The practice may still exist in some rural groups.

Question 2

the
initial acquaintance through an
intermediary.

Answer 2

Lagpitao/ palakaw-lakaw

Question 3

the
rendering of service by the groom
to the bride’s family

Answer 3

Pag-agad/ Paninilbihan

Question 4

gift to the bride from a
relative attending the wedding.

Answer 4

Sinakat

Question 5

extra fine if the bride

was not the eldest in the family.

Answer 5

Ilinakad

Question 6

drawing of the marriage

covenant.

Answer 6

Sayod

Question 7

a genealogical tracing to
prevent incestuous alliances

Answer 7

Tronco

Question 8

the wedding feast

Answer 8

Pagcaya

Question 9

the
bestowing of gifts.

Answer 9

Purukan or hurulungan

Question 10

Extravagant weddings were practiced during
the

Answer 10

colonial period, although they have always
been smaller and simpler for the poorer folk.

Question 11

is observed today with greater
simplicity, stripped of many of its old
formalities. In modern times, Bikol weddings
are no longer arranged as familial alliances.

Answer 11

The pamalaye

Question 12

The solemnity of Bikol death rites,

Answer 12

has never been determined by
class, even if this has tended to be more

elaborate for higher ranking individuals.

Question 13

(palm tree) coffin.

Answer 13

Hagol

Question 14

indigenous funeral rites

Answer 14

Pasaca

Question 15

cleansing of corpses

Answer 15

Basbas

Question 16

dutiful reverence of the

deceased

Answer 16

Dool

Question 17

the recounting of the
deceased life.

Answer 17

Yokod

Question 18

a big clay palate
containing a dressed chicken
without its innards.

“da-y na maolang, padagoson mo
an simong lacao.

Answer 18

Tolodan

Question 19

Mourning consisted of the deceased family’s

abstinence , display grief in chanting and
wailing and dancing with the

Answer 19

tolodan

Question 20

Before the actual burial,

Answer 20

the deceased nearest
kin recited (Tarry no longer ; proceed to your
journey)

Question 21

Bikol religiosity is deeply rooted. Sometimes Christian
faith is expressed through indigenous forms, and
indigenous beliefs may assume a Christian face.

Answer 21

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

AND PRACTICES

Question 22

love potion

Answer 22

Lumay

Question 23

thief detector

Answer 23

Hinaw

Question 24

amulets

Answer 24

Anting-anting

Question 25

which makes
invulnerable to sharp objects

Answer 25

kibal an anting-anting

Question 26

faith

healer

Answer 26

Parabulong/arbulario

Question 27

poison

Answer 27

Hilo

Question 28

convey ill omens.

Answer 28

Night birds like koro koro and

kikik or tiktik

Question 29

Agricultural rites like ____________combine
indigenous and Hispanic
influences.

Answer 29

tamoy, talagbanhi and rogativa

Question 30

celebrated after the

harvest during the feast of Corpus
Christi.

Answer 30

Tinagba

Question 31

a prayer offering

and oratory with song and
dance, sanctifies a devotion to
San Felipe and San Santiago in
Minalabac, Camarines Sur on

the 11th day of May,

Answer 31

Tumatarok

Question 32

The most popular and distinct manifestation

of Bikol faith is the special devotion to

Answer 32

Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia, Patroness of Bicol who is eanderingly addressed as ‘ina’

Question 33

Her feast is commemorated with the procession of the traslacion (transfer) to the Naga Cathedral
on the second Friday of September and a huge fluvial parade on the third Saturday of September
back to the Basilica.

Answer 33

Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia, Patroness of
Bicol