Guide Questions of Chapter 2 & 3

Chapter 2
 What was the role of the catalonan in the spiritual life in the community?
 As a friar, how did Juan de Plansencia describe the religious beliefs of the Early
Filipinos?
 As a Spaniard and Christian, how did the biases or prejudices of Antonio de
Morga manifest in the document?
 How did Morga describe the religious beliefs of the early Filipinos?
 How did Loarca describe the religious believes in Pintados
 How similar or different was Loarcas descriotion of the baylanas from the
accounts of Plasencia and Morga?
 How similar or different were the descriptions of Chirino from the Plansencia‘s
account of early Filipinos religious beliefs?
 Was Chrino’s observations of the early Filipinos’ religion influenced by his being
a friar?
 How different were the description in the narrative from the Spaniards’ accounts
of early Filipino religious beliefs?
 What is the significance of a creation or origin myth to a community?

Chapter 3

 What was the role of the barangay in the political and social life in the natives?
 How did early Filipinos classify the people in the barangay?
 How was justice served in the barangay/
 How did Loarca describe the system of slavery of the Pintados?
 How similar or different was Loarca’s description of the slaves in the early Filipino
society from other slave societies in history?
 How did Juan Francisco de San Antonio describe the Visayan marriage tradition?
 How did the Visayan dowry system work?
 Has this dowry system persisted up to now? Explain your answer.
 How did the author describe the tattooing and clothing customs of the Visayans?
 What is the significance of tattoo and body ornaments to the Visayans?
 What are the ingredients in preparing betew chew
 How widespread is the ‘consumption’ of this delicacy?
 What is the importance of betel chew in the lives of early Filipinos?