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2 - Plasencia PDF
2 - Plasencia PDF
§ Freeborn
§ Did not pay tax
§ Accompany the dato in
their war
§ When married, they cannot
transfer from one village to
another, or one barangay to
the other, without paying a
certain amount
ALIPING NAMAMAHAY
COMMONERS
Before birth:
Has intention of marrying
another (wife) = 2x dowry
given to the husband
§ Has no intentions of marrying
another (wife):
Dowry is given back to
the husband
8. OSUANG - sorcerer
- flies, murders men, eats their flesh
- occurs in the Visayas islands, does not exist among the Tagalogs
9. MANGAGAYOMA
10. SONAT
11. PANGATAHOJAN
12. BAYOGUIN
§ deceased buried beside the house
§ if he were a chief, placed beneath the little house or porch that
was built for this purpose
§ before interring him, mourns the chief for four days then
afterward laid him in a boat that will serve as a coffin or bier, a
guard was kept over him by a slave
§ if the deceased was a warrior, a living slave is tied beneath
him until the slave dies too
§ for many days the relatives of the deceased would bewailed
him, singing dirges, and praising him of his good qualities
until they got weary, this is accompanied by eating and
drinking also
§dug deep, perpendicular hole, and placed the
deceased within it, leaving in an upright position
with head unburied in which they put half of the
coconut to the head that will serve as a shield
§for retribution, they will pursuit the Indian who
killed the Negrito
§ Through this document, we are able to
acquire knowledge on the culture of the
Tagalogs back then
§ Knowing our past gives an individual sense
of being which then could be a national
identity Customs of the Tagalogs
Juan de Plasencia
§ This document clearly shows that we
already have a certain degree of
civilization even before the Spaniards
came
§ Social structure
§ Political organization
§ Religious belief
§ Ways of burying the dead
§ Culture
THANK YOU!
§LEADER: CASTRO, FERN ROSHAN
§MEMBERS: FAJARDO, NICOLA FRANCHESCA
RUIZ, GIANINA
VELASCO, CHIARA
VENCI, AMERY