Nichiren F.

Opura BSEE 3A
March 03, 2022

1. What are the customs of the tagalog?

The customs of the tagalog can be about the laws of villages or barangay on which every
member of the family residing whether they are in higher class of slaves must willingly do. The
customs of tagalog can also be interpreted as their livelihood on which it’s like a definition of
their way of life with different circumstances in the village.

2. Who were the tagalogs?

The tagalogs are the people who are living near or along the river. On where the name
tagalog originates from taga-ilog where in English it literally means living besides the river.

3. What was the historical background of the document?

These are the Datu or Maharlika, slaves such as aliping saguiguilid and namamahay and
these people do enact such as dories before marriage.

4. What do you find interesting in the in the document

“The Maharlika’s could not, after marriage, move from one village to another or form one
barangay to another, with paying a certain fine in gold, as arranged among them” – for me it’s
just feel not right. Even if you’re one of the higher class in the village if you get married then it
feels like your life is already tied up with the village because you cannot move out without
permission or paying a lot amount of gold.