PRE - COLONIAL PHILIPPINES → Ruled by the chieftain called DATU,

RAJAH, HARI
SOCIAL – houses, dress, social class
 Sanduguan
Pre-colonial houses
 Bahay kubo → Ritual that formalized the alliances of
 Tree house barangays
 Boat house  Maragtas Code
Mode of dressing → One of the earliest example of written
Girls/Women laws or batas
 Baro
 Saya Judicial Process
 Gold accessories 1. TRIAL BY ORDEAL
Boys/Men  ORDEAL - ancient test of guilt or
 Putong innocence by subjection of the accused to
 Kanggan / Vest severe pain, survival of which was taken
 Bahag as divine proof of innocence.
Social classes
→ ORDEAL BY HOT WATER
 Nobles or Maharlika – The Chiefs,
→ ORDEAL BY COLD WATER
Families, Relatives and carried the GAT or
→ ORDEAL BY HOT IRON
LAKAN
→ ORDEAL BY SACRAMENT
 Freemen or Timawa - Free born persons
2. TRIAL BY BATTLE OR JUDICIAL DUEL
or freed slaves
 Alipin, Slaves, Dependents
RELIGION IN PRE-COLONIAL PH
 Bathalang Maykapal – ancient word for
2 types of Alipin
God or Creator
 Aliping Namamahay
→ May Karapatang pumili ng  Idianale – God of Agri
mapapangasawa  Sidapa – Health
→ Hindi maaring ipagbili  Agni – Fire
→ Maaaring manirahan sa sariling bahay  Mandarangan – war
→ Maaring magkaroon ng sariling bahay  Siginarugan – hell
→ Maaring magkaaroon ng ari-arian maliban  BABAYLAN - visayan word of ancient
sa kinatitirikan ng bahay woman who perform ritual offerings in
→ Binabayaran sa paglilingkod sacrifices
 Aliping Saguiguilid
→ Hindi malaya CULTURE IN PRE-COLONIAL PH
→ Walang sariling tirahan Burial and Practices
→ Walang pag aari  Laraw – mourning for a dead of chieftain
→ Maaring ipagbili ng amo  Maglahe – for dead man
→ Nakatira sa tahanan ng kanyang amo
 Morotal – for dead woman
→ Hindi maaring mag asawa ng walang
 Tattoo – ancient Filipinos belief that this is
pahintulot ng kanyang amo
the passport to the other world
POLITICS – government, laws, judicial process  Caluwalhatian – sudden death of a man
Government / Laws killed by sword
 Barangay Language
→ From Malay word which means Boat
 Malayo-Polynesian Language – is the
mother tounge of malay and pacific races.
Musical Instruments
 Kudyapi – two stringed fretted boat-lute
 Tulogan – lyre
 Silbay – flute
 Kutibeng – ukulele
Cultural Dances
 Dandansoy - is courtship dance from
Negros Occidental. In its song, it depicts a
story of a woman who goes home to
Payao and tells her sweetheart to follow
her in case he misses her.
 Kumintang – dance with wine
 Mahinhin dance – a girl dance for
courtship
 Tadek – is a ceremonial dance performed
during the attainment of victory,
marriage, after burial or remembering the
dead
Marriage Customs
1. PANINILBIHAN
2. DOWRY O BIGAY KAYA - it is a transfer of
property to a daughter as her inheritance
at her marriage this can be a piece of land
or gold.
3. PANGHIHIMUYAT - amount of money to
be given from groom’s parents to the
bride to be’s parents as payment for the
mother’s effort inrearing the girl to
womanhood.
4. HIMARAW - was a compensation for the
mother for all the sleepless night lost
while the bride was an infant in gold or
land.