RPH - Module 5 ( Customs of the Tagalogs )

Fray Juan de Plasencia

Fray Juan de Plasencia

customs of the tagalog by?

Fransiscans

He came with the first batch of _________ missionaries to the Philippines in July 2, 1578

Customs of the Tagalogs, 1589

This book describes in details the cultural, economic, social, and political practices of the Filipino natives before the Spaniards arrived.

friars

played significant roles in the pueblo.

datos

(chiefs) who governed them and were captains in their wars, and whom they obeyed and reverenced.

barangay

tribal gathering is called in Tagalog a _______

helped

The chiefs, in their various wars, ______ one another with their respective barangays.

maharlika

The nobles were freeborn whom they call ______.

• They did not pay tax or tribute to the dato, but must accompany him in war

tingues, mountain ridges

The lands on the ______&______, are not divided but owned in common by the barangay.

aliping namamahay

The commoners are called ________

• They are married and serve their master, with half of their cultivated lands, as was agreed upon in the beginning.

aliping namamahay

They accompanied him wherever he went beyond the island and rowed for him.

aliping saguiguilir

The slaves are called ____________.

• They serve their master in his house and on his cultivated lands and may be sold.

half of gold tael

if one of them had children by a slave-woman of another, she was compelled, when pregnant, to give her master ___________, because of her risk of death, and for her inability to labor during the pregnancy.

divided

If two persons married, of whom one was a maharlica and the other a slave, whether namamahay or sa guiguilir, the children were _____

Dowry

are given by the men to the women's parents.

divided to children

At their death, provided the dowry has not been consumed, it is ______

husband, return

In the case of divorce before the birth of children

• if the wife left the husband to marry another, all her dowry and an equal additional amount fell to the ______

• if she left him, and did not marry another, the dowry is _______

a temple or place of adoration

Simbahan

Pandot

when they wished to celebrate a festival, which they called _____ or “worship,” they celebrated it in a large house of a chief.

Sibi

a temporary shed on each side of the house, with a roof, called ____

Nagaanitos

During this time the whole barangay, or family, united and joined in the worship which they called _____

Bathala

The title seems to signify “all powerful,” or “maker of all things.”

sun, moon, stars, bathala

What do the Tagalogs worship

Tala

morning star they called

Mapolon

the change of seasons, which they call

Balatic

which is our Greater Bear

Lic-ha

which were images with different shapes; and at times they worshipped any little trifle, in which they adored

Masalanta

patron of lovers and generation

Lacapati & Idianale

patrons of the cultivated lands and of husbandry

Buaya

water crocodiles

Tigmamanuguin

if they left their house and met on the way a serpent or rat, or a bird called _______ which was singing in the tree

Divination

They also practiced _________, to see whether weapons, such as a dagger or knife, were useful and lucky for their possessor whenever occasion should offer

• cultivation of soil

• moons

• effects produced on trees,

These natives had no established division of years, months, and days; these are determined by:

sun & water time

The winter and summer are distinguished as

offer devil what they had to eat

Their manner of offering sacrifice was to

Catalonan

This was done in front of an idol, which they anoint with fragrant perfumes, such as musk and civet, or gum of the storax-tree and other odoriferous woods and praise it in poetic songs sung by the officiating priest, male or female, who is called

tied to tree

In some districts

• when in those idolatries the devil incarnated himself and took on the form of his minister, the latter had to be ____________ by his companions, to prevent the devil in his infernal fury from destroying him.

who deceived by pretending to heal the sick.

• These priests even induced maladies by their charms

Mangangauay

applying such remedies to lovers that they would abandon and despise their wives

Manyisalat

whose duty it was to emit fire from himself at night, once or oftener each month.

Mancocolam

Without the use of medicine, and by simply saluting or raising the hand, they killed whom they chose.

Hocloban

if they saw anyone clothed in white, to tear out his liver and eat it, thus causing his death.

Silagan

his purpose was to show himself at night to many persons, without his head or entrails.

Magtatanggal

They made charms for lovers out of herbs, stones, and wood, which would infuse the heart with love.

Mangangayoma

equivalent to “preacher.”

• It was his office to help one to die, at which time he predicted the salvation or condemnation of the soul

Sonat

was a soothsayer and predicted the future.

Pangatahojan

signified a “cotquean,” a man whose nature inclined toward that of a woman.

Bayoguin

The deceased was buried where

beside his house

he was placed beneath a little house or porch which they constructed for this purpose. (dead)

Chief

if he was _____, a living slave was tied beneath his body until in this way he died. In the course of time, all suffered to decay;

warrior

paradise,” or, in other words, “village of rest.”

• those who go to this place are just, and the valiant, and those who lived without harming, or who possessed moral virtues.

Maca

They also said that in the other life and mortality, there was a place of punishment, grief, and affliction, called _______,

• “a place of anguish;”

Casanaan

There were also other pagans who confessed more clearly to a hell, which they called, as I have said, casanaan; they said that all the wicked went to that place, and there dwelt the demons, whom they called _____

Sitan

There were also

• ghosts, which they called

• phantoms, which they called

• vibit

• tigbalaan

any woman died in childbirth, she and the child suffered punishment; and that, at night, she could be heard lamenting, its called _____

Patianac

Franciscan order

Who was Plasencia and what order did he belong to?

July 2, 1578

When did the first batch of Franciscan missionaries arrive in the Philippines?

Southern Tagalog area

Where did Plasencia and Fray Diego de Oropresa do mission works?

Gobernadorcillo

First position held by Filipino during spanish rule

Joan de Portocarrero

Real name of Juan de Placencia

Franciscan Order

Juan de Plasencia was a member of _____ who came together with the first batch of missionaries to the Philippines in 1578

Franciscan Fray Diego de Oropesa

Fellow of Juan de Plasencia that were assigned on a mission to do works in the Southern Tagalog area

Quezon, Laguna, Rizal, Bulacan

Towns Plasencia helped in foundation and organization

Relacion de las Costumbres de Los Tagalogs

Vividly described the political, social, economic, and cultural practices of the Filipinos before they were Chriatianized

Doctrina Christiana en Lengua Española y Tagala

First printed book in the Philippines 1593

To help filipinos deepen their faith

Why did plasencia wrote Doctrina Christiana

Liliw, Laguna 1590

Where and when plasencia died

Archivo General de Indias Seville, Spain

Kept the orginal copy of Customs of Tagalogs

Archivo Franciscano Ibero-Oriental Madrid Spain

Kept the duplicate copy of Customs of Tagalogs

Datos

Ome who governed them and were captains in their wars

Severely punished

The subject who committed any offense against them, or spoke but a word to datos wives and children are

Barangay

Tribal gathering is called in Tagalog

NoblesCommonerSlaves

Three Castes

Nobles

They are called maharlica

Nobles

They do not pay taxes or tribute to the dato but mus lt accompanuly him in war at their own expense

Aliping namamahay

Other name of commoners

Aliping nammahay

They are married and serve their master

Aliping namamahay

They live in their houses and own them

Aliping sa guiguilir

Other name for slaves

Aliping sa guiguilir

Serve their master in his house and on his cultivated lands and may be sold

Temple or place of adoration

Simabahan means

They wished to celebrate a festival

Pandot or worship

Roof

Sibi

Small lamps

Sorihile

Nagaanitos

Whole barangay or family united and joined in the worship called

Bathala

They specially worshipes l, the all powerful or maker of all things

Tala

Morning star

Mapolon

Chnage of season

Balatic

Greater bear

lic-ha

Images with different shapes

Dian Masalanta

Patron of lovers and generation

Patrons of cultivated lands and husbandry

Lacapati and Idianale

Bird singing in a tree

Tigmamanuguin

Catolonan

Officiating priest male or female

Mangangauay

Witches who decieved by pretending to heal the sick

Mayinsalat

Same with manganagauay, and has the power of applyung such remedies to lovers

Mancocolam

Emit fire from himself

Hocloban

Another kind of witch of grater efficacy than mangangauay

Hocloban

Without medicine or instruments but by simply rasing the hand they killed whom they chose

Silagan

Tear out liver and eat it, clothed in white