Babaylan

a ritualist, a chanter, diviner.

is having a Filipino word that specifically a gift of vision; an refers ability to see through to an individual a later group of on healers schemes or situationsor and advise future , mostly women, were acknowledged by plans... or the gift who for healing; a specific touch or friends family as possessing intuited orand passed-on knowledge to specific extraordinary gifts processes of fixing and putting people and things together. The first priority of all Babaylan [is] her community. --- Carlos Villa.

Philippine indigenous communities recognize a woman (or man) as a Babaylan, someone who has the ability to mediate with the spirit world, has her own spirit guides, and is given gifts of healing, foretelling, and insight. She may also have knowledge of healing therapies such as hilot, arbularyo

Babaylans are called by other names in the other languages of Philippine indigenous communities: Mombaki, Dawac, Balyan or Balian, Katalonan, Ma-Aram, Mangngallag, Mumbaki, Mambunong.

Baylans were historical figures in ancient pre-colonial villages in the Visayan Islands of the Philippines. They were the baranggay leaders. Female leaders, the babaylans, were of equal rank to men. Baylan comes from two baybayin sounds BA and LA. According to Philippine baybayin scholars, BA is the feminine principle and LA is the masculine principle. BA-LA together is quite indicative of the balance and harmony that baylans worked to maintain in their communities.

Baylans were historical figures in ancient precolonial villages in the Visayan Islands of the Philippines. They were the baranggay leaders. Female leaders, the babaylans, were of equal rank to men. Baylan comes from two baybayin sounds BA and LA. According to Philippine baybayin scholars, BA is the feminine principle and LA is the masculine principle. BA-LA together is quite indicative of the balance and harmony that baylans worked to maintain in their communities.

References:
http://fawn2005.com/pdfs/archetypes_lea dership.pdf http://www.babaylan.net/faqs.shtml

DATU
chiefs, sovereign princes, and monarchs

Datu hey are titles used for native royalty, and are still currently used in the Philippines Lakan in Luzon, Sultan and Rajah, in the Visayas and Mindanao Regions of the Philippines. Apo in Central and Northern Luzon

The word datu is akin to the Malay word Dato' or Datuk, which are royal titles of the Malay people,

Ratu for the Fijian

From Panay, they settled the surrounding islands of the Visayas, bringing along with them their culture, and social structure and system of government.

Proofs of Filipino royalty and nobility (Dugong Bughaw) has to be demonstrated only by blood descent, that is, one has to have Filipino blood in his veins, and has to be a descendant of ancient Filipino royal or noble families

Datu in Filipino Muslim and Lumad Societies in Mindanao

The Spaniards took possession of most of Luzon and the Visayas, converting the lowland population to Christianity. This area was populated by Islamised peoples (Moros to the Spaniards) and by many non-Muslim indigenous groups, now known as Lumads.

The Muslim Societies of Mindanao

Sultans were the highest authority followed by the datus, with their rule being sanctioned by the Qur'an. Datus were supported by their tribes. In return for tribute and labor, the datu provided aid in emergencies and advocacy in disputes with other communities and warfare through the Agamat and Maratabat laws.

The Lumad Societies of Mindanao

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Lumads controlled an area which now covers 17 of Mindanaos 24 provinces, but by the 1980 census they constituted less than 6% of the population of Mindanao and Sulu There are 18 Lumad ethnolinguistic groups: Mandaya Subanen ManguwanganTagakaolo Manobo Tasaday Mansaka Tboli Teduray Ubo. The Lumad Datus, on their part, have involved themselves in protecting their homeland forests from illegal loggers during the past decades. Some have joined the New People's Army (NPA), a communist rebel group in the Country, for this cause of their people. Ata Bukidnon Bagobo Dibabawon Banwaon Higaonon Blaan [ Mamanwa

Datu in Pre-colonial Principalities in the Visayas

"Datu" Class was at the top of a divinely sanctioned and stable social order in a"Sakop" (elsewhere referred to as Barangay) This social order was divided into three classes; The members of the Datu Class were compared by the Boxer Codex to the titled Lords (Seores de titulo) in Spain

As Agalon or Amo (Lords), the Datus enjoyed an ascribed right to respect, obedience, and support from their "Oripun" (Commoner) or followers belonging to the Third Order These Datus had acquired rights to the same advantages from their legal "Timawa" or vassals (Second Order), who bind themselves to the Datu as his seafaring warriors. "Timawas" paid no tribute, and rendered no agricultural labor.

Datu in Pre-colonial Principalities in the Tagalog Region

" The different type of culture prevalent in Luzon gave a less stable and more complex social structure to the pre-colonial Tagalog barangays of Manila, Pampanga and Laguna. The term Datu or Lakan, or Apo refers to the chief, but the noble class to which the Datu belonged or could come from was the Maginoo Class. One maybe born a Maginoo, but he could become a 'Datu by personal achievement. In the Visayas, if the Datu had the personality and economic means, he could retain and restrain competing peers, relatives, and offspring The term Timawa came into use in the social structure of the Tagalogs, The term, however, was being applied to former Alipin (Third Class) who have escaped bondage by payment, favor, or flightThe warrior class in the Tagalog society was present only in Laguna, and they were called the Maharlika Class.

Ang mga kilalang mga datu at rajah sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas ay sina:

Rajah Humabon (Cebu) - kalaban ni Lapu-lapu Pulaka, na kilala rin bilang Lapu-lapu (Mactan, Cebu) - ang pumaslang kay Magallanes (Magellan) Rajah Kolambu (Butuan) - ang nagdala kay Magellan sa Cebu (Sugbu) Datu Zula (Cebu) - ang kapanalig ni Humabon laban kay Lapu-lapu Rajah Sulayman (Maynila) - isa sa mga hari ng Maynilad Rajah Matanda (Maynila) - isa sa mga hari ng Maynilad Lakan Dula (Maynila) - isa sa mga hari ng Maynilad Rajah Siagu (Butuan) Rajah Tupas (Cebu) - anak ni Humabon, tinalo siya ni Legazpi sa labanan Datu Macabulos (Pampanga) Rajah Kalantiaw (Panay) - gumawa ng batas

Panday
a blacksmith, a magician,

WHAT IS PANDAY??
The importance of specialists with particular skills was emphasized by the bestowal of the title 'panday', In recognition of mastery of an art, an applied science.

Skills in various materials were specified:

panday-ginto (goldsmith)

panday-bakal (blacksmith)
panday-anluwagi (builder-carpenter) .

More About Panday

He

was mostly known as somebody, who worried and supplied the metallic needs of the pamayanan
He

was relatively known as magician; Because he has the knowledge of putting together minerals or melting and reforming itself.
He

was, in a manner, a practicing chemist; he took charge of the update and supply of the community's tool technology.

More About Panday

He

was there so as to make the life better and easier,

all sorts of metallic tools, for the community members

in account of

and

to supportthe actions and decisions of both datu and bagani in terms of the supply for war armanents

Death of the Pandays 17th Century Philippines:

What happened to them in the 17th century. Why do we, the forbears of the converted Christians or indios no longer possess kalises, lantakas and the balangay boats? Why have these technologies been lost?

Death of the Pandays 17th Century Philippines:

The answer lies in the way the Spaniards treated the pandays. One clue can be found in the narration of a Spaniard named Sebastian de Pineda in 1619. He said the pandays and other carpenters were employed by the Spaniards to build ships for the Spaniards in Cavite.

He also said that although they were supposed to be paid, they were not paid for five years, so many have fled and left the land.

Death of the Pandays 17th Century Philippines:

Others had been caught in the crossfire of the so-called moro wars. His report show how much damage this forced labor wrought on the pandays when he said in 1616 there were 1,500 pandays in Cavite. Then in 1617 the moros captured 400 workmen and killed more than 200 others. Many have died through the severe work and in 1618 there were no more than 200 pandays. (De Pineda 1619) There could be around one panday in a barangay, so imagine how many barangays lost their pandays during the Spanish colonization if in only three years 1,300 of them had perished or disappeared.

Death of the Pandays 17th Century Philippines:

The system of forced labor imposed by the Spaniards is According to y Agoncillo and from Guerrero (1977) the known as polo servicios. Men 16 years old to sixty implementation theeldest polo ysons servicios the village except datus and of their were disrupted required to serve for economy. The year population were 1975) drastically forty days each startingof in many 1580. villages (Constantino Most reduced andused farm were laid waste. There was of them were by lands the Spaniards to build ships due to the starvation may barangays. And some indios revolted Dutch wars in (1600-1747), the Moro wars (1570-1898) andlike the th Francisco the revolt led by Galleon Trade (16 century toManiago 1815). in 1660 in Pampanga. This was followed by the Pangasinenses led by Andres Malong and Ilocanos led by Pedro Almazan. All these were suppressed by the Spaniards with the help of other indios. (Agoncillo and Guerrero)

INSIGHT
Philippines revolved around three central figures: the datu, the panday, and the babaylan, each with a specific function in society, be it military, economic, religious, and curative, or technological.