Customs of Tagalogs and Works of Juan Luna and Fernando Amorsolo Flashcards
(50 cards)
- He is the author of what is believed to be the first book printed in the Philippines, the Doctrina Cristiana.
- He was among the first group of Franciscan missionaries who arrived in the Philippines on 2 July 1578
- He spent most of his missionary life in the Philippines, where he founded numerous towns in Luzon and authored several religious and linguistic books
Juan de Plasencia
What are the social class during pre-colonial period?
- Maharlikas
- Timawas
- Alipin
- Aliping Namamahay
- Aliping Sagigilid
They were the feudal warrior class in ancient Tagalog society in Luzon, the Philippines. They belonged to the lower nobility class similar to the Timawa of the Visayan people.
Maharlika
They were the privileged intermediate class of ancient Visayan society, in between the uripon (commoners, serfs, and slaves) and the tumao (royal nobility). This class included former slaves and illegitimate children of the Maginoo class.
Timawa
They had their own houses, which were usually built on the property of their masters.
Aliping Namamahay
They are the unmarried slaves who lived in their master’s household and had no possessions.
Aliping Sagigilid
What is the male attire usually composed of?
Kanggan(sleeveless jacket) and bahag(loincloth)
What is the color of the kanggan if the male has the highest position?
Red
What is the color of the kanggan if the male has the lowest position also known as commoners?
Black
What embroidery do males wear that tells their social status /achievements
Putong
What is the female attire usually composed of? They also wear a piece of red or white cloth on top of their skirt that is called/
- Baro’t or camisa(jacket with sleeves) and saya or patadyong(long skirt)
- Tapis
What are the example of ornaments?
kalumbiga, pendants, bracelets, and leglets (these ornaments were made of gold)
What do men and women wear to look attractive?
Ornaments
This were also fashionable for some pre-colonial Filipinos, they also exhibit a man’s war record
Tattoos
- it is a term coined by the Spaniards for the Visayans
- This is what the Spaniards called the Filipinos when they first arrived in the Islands of the Philippines.
Las Islas de Pintados
This is made of wood, bamboo, and nipa palm; it was built on stilts and can be entered through ladders that can be drawn up
Bahay kubo
What are the tribes that built their houses on treetops?
Kalingas, Mandayas and
Bagobos
These tribes built their houses on boats.
Badjaos
- What is the unit of the government during the pre-colonial period?
- It consist of about 30-100 families
Barangay (Balangay)
Barangays were headed by a?
Chieftain or Datu
- This was an ancient judicial practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused (called a “proband”) was determined by subjecting them to a painful, or at least an unpleasant, usually dangerous experience.
- It is a place between two parties in a dispute, either two individuals, or between an individual and a government or other organization. They, or, under certain conditions, a designated “champion” acting on their behalf, would fight, and the loser of the fight or the party represented by the losing champion was deemed guilty or liable.
Trial by Ordeal
It is a payment, such as land property, monetary, cattle, or any commercial asset that the bride’s family pays to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
Dowry
These are the people who believed in statues of spirits, deities, and ancestors
Anito belief system
The people who believed in their nature as their god during the pre-colonial period in the Philippines were called?
animist
