Customs of Tagalog
Module 3.
I. Learning Objectives
After studying this module, you should be able to:
a. Discover the life of the Filipino Natives during the
early colonization of Spain.
b. Compare the life of the Filipino Natives to the present
time.
c. Learn and illustrate the culture of the Early Filipinos.
Juan de Plasencia
▪ Fray Joan de Puerto Carrero, del convento de
Villanueva de la Serena was his real name.
▪ He was one of the seven children of Pedro Puerto
Carrero, a captain of a Spanish Schooner.
▪ He grew up during the period known as the Siglo de
Oro.
Juan de Plasencia
▪ He spent most of his missionary life in the Philippines,
where he founded numerous towns in Luzon and authored
several religious and linguistic books, most notably the
Doctrina Cristiana.
• He came with the first batch of Franciscan Missionaries to
the Philippines on July 2, 1578, at the port of Cavite.
Historical Background of
the Document
a. Social Classess
A. Datu or Chieftain – He was the chief,
captain of wars, governed and ruled the people
whom the people obeyed and reverence.
B. Nobles or Maharlika – They are the rich
people, friends of the Datu, the free-born and
they do not pay taxes.
a. Social Classess
C. Commoners or Aliping Namamahay - They are
helpers of the Nobles, they live in their owns
house, and still can get a property.
D. Slaves or Aliping Saguguilid – they serve
their masters in their master’s house, and his
cultivated lands can be sold by their masters.
b. Mode of Dressing
A. Putong - the Head
Gear for the Male.
b. Mode of Dressing
B. Kanggan – the
Upper gear for the Male
b. Mode of Dressing
C. Bahag – The Lower
Gear for the Male.
b. Mode of Dressing
D. Baro or Camisa –
The Upper Gear for the
Female
b. Mode of Dressing
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the Female
C. Their houses are made of
bamboo, nipa palm and wood.
D. They also like different ornaments for
decorations
E. The unit of government is called
Barangay that comes from the word Balangay.
F. Marriage Customs
- Men were in general, monogamous; while their
wives called Asawa.
- Courtship begins with Paninilbihan.
Prior to Marriage, the man is required to give
the following:
F. Marriage Customs
A. Bigay – Kaya
- is dowry practice in the old
times; it is a transfer of
property to a daughter as her
inheritance at her marriage
this can be a piece of land or
gold.
F. Marriage Customs
B. Panghihimuyat
- a certain amount of money to
be given to the bride-to-be's
parents as payment for the
mother's efforts in rearing the
girl to womanhood.
F. Marriage Customs
C. Himaraw
- was compensation for the
mother for all the
sleepless nights lost
while the bride was an
infant.
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b. Abandonment
c. Cruelty
. d. Insanity
There are also several grounds for divorce:
G. Religious Beliefs
- They believe in Sacred animals
and Trees.
- They are also polytheist;
G. Religious Beliefs
a. Bathala
G. Religious Beliefs
b. Idiyanale
G. Religious Beliefs
c. Dumangan
G. Religious Beliefs
d. Mayari
G. Religious Beliefs
e. Tala
G. Religious Beliefs
f. Aman-Sinaya
G. Religious Beliefs
h. Sitan
H. Economic Life
a. Agriculture in plane lands.
b. Hunting in highlands.
c. Fishing on river banks and sea.
d. Shipbuilding, weaving, poultry, mining, and
lumbering.
e. Domestic trade in different barangays by boat.
f. Foreign trade with different countries.
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