Module 4 Reading in The Philippine History
Module 4 Reading in The Philippine History
Module 4 Reading in The Philippine History
“Customs of Tagalogs”
by Juan De Plasencia
Module 4:
Readings in Philippine History
Study Objectives
01
Analyze the context, contentand perspective of different kinds of primary sources.
02
Determine the contribution of different kinds of primary sources in understanding
Philippine history.
03
Develop critical and analytical skills with exposure to primary sources.
04
Appreciate the early Filipino civilization and acknowledge the rich Filipino culture
even before the advent of colonialism.
Meet the Team
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Alexis Cedric Abagat Donn Emmanuel S. Matias
Juan de Plasencia
Who is Juan de Plasencia?
The Bisayans
"The Bisayans are accustomed to paint their
bodies with some very elegant tattoos. They do
this with iron or brass rods, the points of which are
heated on fire. These are done in the manner
illuminations, paintings all parts of the body, such
as the chest, the stomach, legs, arms, shoulders,
hands, and muscles, and among some, the
posteriors.”
Tagalog Noble Couple
A Tagalog Noble couple dressed in gold accessories.
"The dress of the women is not as neat nor as
elegant as that of the Bisayans, because they wrap a
cotton or taffeta mantle around the body with very
little polish. They wear jackets and skirts in the same
way we have described of the Bisayans. They also
wear their dress skin-tight, gathering it at the waist
and breast because they use no chemise or
stockings...All carry over their dress some small
mantles, which reach to the waist, these are of
colored cotton, and some are ofsatin, taffeta, and
damask obtained from China."
Tagalog Common Men
Tagalog common men. "The Moros (Islamized
Tagalogs) are dressed with clothes of cotton and
are not naked like the Bisayans...from the calves
of the knees they wear many chainlets often made
of brass, which they call bitiques (bitik). These are
worn only by the men who regard them as very
stylish."
CUSTOMS OF THE TAGALOGS
The Datos
● Nobles
● Commoners
● Slaves
The Maharlicas
1. Namamahay
*Can’t be sold
*Can’t be transferred to other
barangay unless by
inheritance, provided they
stay in the same village
2.Guiguilir
*Can be sold
Dato or Chief
*Who governed the member of
the barangay
Adoption
Adopted children inherit double of what was paid for their adoption, but
if the child dies first, the child do not inherit from the second father.
R E A D I N G S I N P H I L I P P I N E H I S T O RY
Dowry
• Given by men to women's parent
• Half of the dowries are given immediately even
when they are only a child
R EA D IN GS I N PH ILI PP IN E H IS TORY
In Terms of BE FO RE T H E B I RT H O F TH E CH I L D
Divorce ⚬ If the wife left husband for the purpose of marrying another, all
the dowry will fell to the husband, but if she left him, and did
not marry another, the dowry was returned.
⚬ If the husband left his wife, he lost half of the dowry and the
other half return to him.
W I TH C H I L D
⚬ Whole dowry and fine went to the children and was held by
grandparents or relatives
R EA D IN GS I N PH ILI PP IN E H IS TORY
In Terms of
Death ⚬ If the wife dies with no born child, her parent should return
one-half of the dowry to the husband.
⚬ If the husband dies with no born child, one-half of the dowry
should return to the relatives of the husband
R EA D IN GS I N PH ILI PP IN E H IS TORY
Relationship of the Worship of the
Tagalogs, Their Gods, and Their
Burials and Superstitions.
SLIDESMANIA
SLIDESMANIA.
The posts of the house
Sorihile- small lamps
Compartments
of the house
The center of the house
one large lamp
SLIDESMANIA
Nagaanitos people from the whole barangay or
family who joined in the worship
SLIDESMANIA
Badhala
whom they especially worshiped
SLIDESMANIA.
They also worshiped the following:
SUN
STARS
MOON
SLIDESMANIA
Tala
Morning star
Mapolon
the change of season
Balatic
our great bear
SLIDESMANIA
Lic-ha
people’s idols were images with different shapes
some particular dead man who was brave in war and endowed
with special faculties, to whom they commended themselves
for protection in their tribulations.
SLIDESMANIA
Dian Masalanta
Buaya
SLIDESMANIA
They were liable to find auguries
Tigmamanuguin
a serpent or rat, or a bird
Example of Auguries
Tigmamanuguin which was singing in the tree
If Anyone who sneezed
SLIDESMANIA.
Their manner of offering sacrifice was to proclaim a feast, and offer to
the devil what they had to eat. This was done in front of the idol, which
they anoint with fragrant perfumes and praise it in poetic songs sung
buy catolonan.
SLIDESMANIA.
The objects of sacrifice were goats, fowls, and swine.
The heads of the animals, after being “offered,” they cooked and eaten
also.
SLIDESMANIA.
Reasons of Offering their Sacrifice and Adoration
personal matters,
They made charms for lovers out of herbs, which is equivalent to ” preacher.” It
stones, and wood, which would infuse the was his office to help one to die, at
heart with love. Thus did they deceive the which time he predicted the
people, although sometimes, through the
salvation or condemnation of the
intervention of the devil, they gained their
ends. soul.
Pangatahojan Bayoguin
which was “a place of anguish;” they The guardian of Kasamaan and the
also maintained that no one would go to keeper of all souls therein, the
heaven, where there dwelt only Bathala, counterpart of Satan.
“the maker of all things,” who governed
from above.
Summary
● Friar Juan de Plasencia wrote the “Custom of the
Tagalogs” for he was asked to do it so by the King of
Spain.
● In burials:
● Normal people: buried beside their house
● Datu: buried under a porch
● Warrior: a slave is tied beneath the warrior’s body