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Juan de Plasencia

Juan de Plasencia

author of customs of the tagalo. primary source that highlights the importance of conducting context and content analysis

the customs of the tagalogs

written from 1578 to 1590 this narrative offers valuable insights into the cultural practices and traditions of Tagalog people. a valuable primary source for studying the customs and tradition of the tagalog people during the spanish colonial period in the philippines

datos

a chief, the one who govern and lead as captains in war.

barangay

tribal gathering ruled by datos, less or greater than 30 household

nobles, commoners, slaves

3 castes aside from the datos

nobles

free

Pila de la Laguna

in which nobles/maharlicas paind annually to the dato a hundred gantas of rice.

commoners

called aliping namamahay married, served their master (dato or not), with half of their cultivated lands agreed in the beginning live in their own houses are lords of their property and gold

slaves

aliping sa guiguilir served their master in his house and on his cultivated lands, and may be sold.

Nagcarlan, Laguna. October 21, 1589

when and where did juan de plasencia wrote the customs of the tagalog

simbahan

temple or place of adoration

Pandot or "worship"

before simbahan, we have this to celebrate a festival a festival celebrated in the large house of chief

sibi

a temporary shed on each side of the house with a roof to protect the people from the wet when it rain

sorihile

Small lamps they set on the posts of the house

usually 4 days

how many days where feast lasted

nagaanitos

What the whole barangay or family called the worship

badhala

Tagalogs' "all powerful", "maker of things"

sun

which on account of its beauty, almost universally respected and honored by heathens

moon

especially when it's new, they held great rejoicing, adoring it and bidding it welcome

tala

with the one exception of the morning star

seven little goats

pleiades

mapolon

change of seasons

balatic

our greater bear

lic

ha

dian masalanta

patron of lovers and of generation

Lacapati and Idianale

Patrons of cultivated lands and husbandry

Buaya or crocodiles

water lizards are called worshipped from fear of being harmed by them

Tigmamanuguin

a bird singing in a tree one of their auguries can be bad or good omen

sun

time and water

Catolonan

Either a male or a female. officiating priest. Honorable one among the natives

Buyos

a small fruit wrapped in a leaf with some lime, a food generally eaten in these regions

their eyes were blindfolded for 4 days and nights. after this, the catolonan took the young girl in the water and bathed and wash her head, remove bandage from her eyes

case of young girls who first had their monthly courses

Mangagauay or witches

who deceived by pretending to heal the sick

Manyisalat

These priests had the power of applying such remedies to lovers that they would abandon and despise their own wives, and in fact could prevent them from having intercourse with the latter.

Mancocolam

4th priest of the devil. Emit fire from himself at night that no one could extinguished

Hocloban

another kind of which, of greater efficacy; can kill a person just by saluting or raising the hand

Silagan

6th priest of the devil. Anyone clothes in white, they tear out the liver and eat it buried in Calilaya by Fr. Fray Juan de Mérida

Magtatangal

7th priest of the devil. Show himself at night to many persons without his head or entrails. This occured in Catanduanes

Osuang

sorcerer; have seen flying and murdering men and eating their flesh

Mangagayoma

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

sonat

"preacher" helps one die at which time he predicted the salvation and condemnation of the soul

Pangatahojan

soothsayer; predicts the future

Bayoguin

cotquean; man whose nature inclined toward that of a woman

maca

another life of rest; paradise; village of rest

Casanaan

Place of anguish. Place of punishment, grief, and affliction

Sitan

demons

vibit

ghosts are called

tigbalaang

phantoms are called

Patianac

a deception