Chapter 2

Exercise:
Breaking down the Customs of the Tagalogs
NAME: ANSIL REGINABEL D.
SUBJECT TEACHER: MAAM JANICE PINKY MORENO

Instructions: Identify at least two (2) practices mentioned by Plasencia on the following aspects:

1. Religion
a. They worship many gods and goddesses.
b. They believed in sacred animals and trees.
2. Superstitions
a. Believe in Aswang, Duwende, kapre, Tikbalang and Tiyanak.
b. They believed in the magical power of amulets and charms such as anting-anting,
kulamand gayuma or love potion.
3. Burial or Death
a. The deceased was buried beside his house.
b. Grief was accompanied by eating and drinking.

Reactions and Comparing your Customs to the Tagalogs’

1. What were your reactions upon reading the excerpts from Plasencia’s “Customs of the
Tagalog”?
ANSWER: My reaction upon reading the excerpts from Plancencia’s customs in Tagalog is I'm
amazed, shocked, because there are many beliefs of different ways like religion,
superstitions, and burial or death.
2. Are any of the customs mentioned in his writing still practiced nowadays?
ANSWER: Based on what I have observed, any of the customs mentioned in placencia is still
practiced today like Religion, Superstitions.

3. Identify at least five distinct or unique practices, customs and traditions in your province or
community.
a. Before planting Rice they first offer eggs, food, dishes and they ritual to goddesses.
b. They believed anitos.
c. They believed Anting-anting, gayuma or love potion.
d. They believed Aswang, Dwendi, kapri.
e. They believed sacred trees like Baliti.
 In 300 to 500 words, compare your community’s practices in terms of (1) religion, (2)
superstitions, and (3)burial or death to the observations discussed by Plasencia in his article /
write-up.
ANSWERS:
Based on what I have observed, my community’s practices in terms of Religion did not exist
very well, because in my community they are not believed in many goddesses, they did not
worship many goddesses and they are not believed in sacred animals and trees.because in
my community we believing only one GOD and we already know that worshiping many
goddess and believed in sacred animals or trees is unacceptable to our Almighty GOD and
it is wrong beliefs that we follow because we are followers of GOD and we are son of GOD. In
Superstition practices in my community Yes it is the same as the discussion of Plansacia
because here in my community they believed in Aswang, Aswang, Duwende, kapre,
Tikbalang and Tiyanak and they believed in the magical power of amulets and charms such
as anting-anting, kulamand gayuma or love potion. In Burial or Death practices in my
community there did not exist the practices of plansacia like The deceased was buried
beside his house, Grief was accompanied by eating and drinking. because in my community
after death they would not be buried beside the house they buried in the ground.

SECTION 2.
Exercises:
Instructions: Southern Philippines has long been plagued with conflict rooted to religious
discrimination and prejudices. Moro Muslims have been fighting for self-determination for them
to have a voice and be recognized in a country where Christianity is the norm. Using a Venn
Diagram, identify cultural traits, practices, or philosophies by each religion and their possible
point of interaction or commonality.

MUS
LIM CHRISTIAN
1.religion of islam ITY
2. muslim culture is .the 1.culture of christian
refer to cultural belie is influenced and
practices common to ved assimilated much
historical islamic only from the greco-romam
people. one Byzantine.
3.followers worship GOd. 2. believed Jesus to
Allah by praying and .the be the Messiah of the
reciting the Quaran. sam hebrew.
they believed there will e 3. based in new
be of judgment, and follo testament from life of
life after death. wers Jesus christ.
4.the Muslim of 4.teaching about that
langguage is Arabic. God. there about Jesus
5.consider the trinity to christ of nazaret
 onesess and grave sin jesus is the savior or
Muslim belived jesus the GOD.
(Isa)
6.derive from tradition
Instructions: Identify five (5) examples of material culture of Moro-Muslims as presented
in old testament time.
in the documentary / write-up, and explain their significance to the Moro-Muslim
7. Jesus is just a
population.
prophet.
1. pearls
2. sea cucumbers
3. wax
4. birds nests
5. tortoise shells
the significance of to the moro is any several Muslim Filipinos have never constituted a collective
entity. Shortly after the defeat of Jikiri and his band, piracy in the southern Philippines seems to have
come to an end, and for the remainder of the colonial era there were only a handful of sporadic
pirate attacks in the region. It was not the definite end of piracy in the Sulu Archipelago, however,
and in the wake of World War II, maritime raiding once again began to emanate from the region
and affect the eastern coast of north Borneo, stimulated by the spread of firearms and the
motorization of sea transportation.

UNDERSTANDING THE BANGSAMORO PEACE PROBLEM AND THE BANGSAMORO ORGANIC LAW
Instructions: In July 2018, the historical signing into law of the long-awaited Bangsamoro Organic
Law finally took place. It has always been the goal of every administration to put an end to the
Moro Conflict which has its origins in the country’s colonial period. In a 500-word essay, look
into the identified causes of Moro conflict in the country in relation to the documentary, Raiders
of the Sulu Sea, and analyze how the Bangsamoro Organic Law can possibly address the issue.
ANSWERS;
The Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), (Filipino: Batayang Batas para sa Rehiyong Awtonomo ng
[2]
Bangsamoro), Republic Act No. 11054, also known as the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) and by its full
title as the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, is a Philippine
law which provided for the establishment of the autonomous political entity known as the Bangsamoro
[3]
Autonomous Region, replacing the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
Legislative efforts for the establishment of a Bangsamoro autonomous region was first proposed and
deliberated upon by the 16th Congress of the Philippines but failed to pass into law. The issue was taken up
once again in the 17th Congress. The legislation was ratified by both the Senate and the House of
[4]
Representatives on July 23 and 24, 2018 respectively. The bill was finally signed into law by President
[5][6] [7]
Rodrigo Duterte on July 26, 2018. The provisions of the law became effective on August 10, 2018.
As an organic act, the Basic Law abolished the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and provided for the
basic structure of government for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, following the agreements set forth in
the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro peace agreement signed between the Government of the
[3]
Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in 2014.
A two-part plebiscite was held on January 21 (for ARMM areas) and February 6 (for Cotabato and the 6
municipalities of Lanao del Norte, including areas who petitioned to join the Bangsamoro), creating the
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region and formally abolishing the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
The BOL, now called the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (OLBARMM), is made to establish a new autonomous political entity in the
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (BAR). It aims to bring peace by addressing the grievances,
sentiments, and demands of Muslims in the region.The Bangsamoro Government shall promote
unity, peace, justice, and goodwill among all peoples, as well as encourage a just and peaceful
settlement of disputes.

The Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro (CAB) is a final peace agreement signed

between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front on March 27,
2014 at the Malacañang Palace in Manila. ... The MILF agreed to decommission its armed wing,
the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF).

Instructions: Give three (3) reasons why the documentary, Raiders of the Sulu Sea, is important to
the grand narrative of Philippine history.

1. The raiders from Sulu were also, for good reason, the most feared by the coastal ...
Map 2 : The Sulu Sea ... Such an understanding of maritime raiding in the Philippines in
the early ...
2. Raiders of sulu sea. “Raiders of the Sulu Sea” A Historiography Documentary film
focusing on Zamboanga City depicting how the Spaniards defended the city with the
Fort Pilar as Spain's last stronghold and bastion of defense and economic expansion in
the South of the Philippines
3. Bangsamoro Organic law is a Phil. law which provides establishment of an
autonomous political entity.