EARLY CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES A certain amount of money

the man has to give the

Partly from the Malays, partly from a response wifes parents
to the new environment As payment for the
Religion mothers nocturnal efforts
in rearing the girl to
Bathala womanhood
Prayed to lesser spirits, good and bad, who o Bigay-suso
dwelt everywhere and appease them by special Given to the girls wet-
offerings and ceremonies nurse who fed the bride
Babaylan / Katalonan women priestesses during her infancy with milk
Tradition of prayers and incantations which from her own breast
they believed had power to control mens lives o Himaraw
Reimbursement for the
Death
amount spent in feeding
Life after death the girl during her infancy
Took special care of the dead - Pamumulungan / Pamamalae
Burial place: o Duty of the parents to haggle and
- Under the house, in a cave, placed in a to make the final arrangements for
special boat and put out to the sea the marriage ceremony
- Sacred, people who trespass will be Arranged marriages by parents
punished Divorce
Mourning among ordinary families: Clothing
- Staying at home in dirty clothing
- Fasting Men
- Relatives wore rattan bands around their - Kanggan
necks, arms, and ankles o short-sleeved collarless coat falling
Mourning among nobles: a little below the waist
- No one in the barangay could use colored o color indicated the rank of the
clothes wearer
- Fighting was suspended red chief
- Spears and daggers were carried with their blue or black depends on
points down their position in society
- Bahag
Marriage o A strip of cloth wrapped about the
waist, passing down between the
A man belonging to one class married a woman
thighs
of the same class (not strictly followed) o Leaves ones thighs and legs
Polygamy exposed
- Asawa - first wife, the honored lady in the - Putong / turban
household o A piece of cloth which was wrapped
- Friends other women around the head
- Only the children of the first wife were o Color showed manliness
legitimate and legal heirs Red the wearer had killed
To win the hand of the bride: a man in war
- Future husband served in his future brides Embroidered killed at
house (Spaniards buying the bride) least seven
o Cannot meet or just talk Women
- Bribery - Baro / camisa
o Bigay-kaya / dowry o Blouses with sleeves of all colors
Land, gold, dependents or - Saya (T) / Patadyong (V)
any valuable article o Loose skirt
o Panghihimuyat - Tapis
 o A piece of red or white cloth usually sung by professional
wrapped around the waist women mourners, to which
- Nobles crimson and silk the husband or wife of the
- Wore their hairs gracefully knotted at the dead person replied in
back of her head frightful howling
Everyone walked barefooted (Spanish: sandals o Awit- rowing song
and shoes)
Ornaments
Earrings, necklaces, pendants, kalumbiga /
armlets, bracelets, rings, leglets, anklets
Made of gold, tiny stones or blackened cords
Gold as fillings between the teeth
Tattoos of various designs
- Also exhibits a mans war records
o The more tattoos, the more he was
looked up to in society
- Visayans were the most tattoed
o Pintados painted ones
o Islas del Pintados Island of the
Painted People
Writing
- From India and Islam
- Mainly for sending messages
Poetry
- Tagalogs
o Kumintang narrative song
o Awit love song
- Visayans
o Ambahan
Most simple
Simple ballad
o Bikal jokes and satires
o Balak
love poetry
consisted of two verses of
seven syllables each
(question-and-answer)
one verse recited by a man
accompanying himself on a
musical instrument kudyapi
the other verse by a woman
accompanying herelf on
another instrument corlong
o Sidai
Most complicated
Song of praise
o Parahaya / Anogon
song of mourning