Lesson 3 Flashcards
What are the 6 facts about pre-colonial Philippines on 900-1565?
- Filipino women were on equal footing with men
- The earliest coin was made of gold.
- Pre-colonial inhabitants were already literate.
- The earliest form of Philippine literature was the
- Rice has always been the center of meals.
- Ancient Filipinos celebrated a woman’s first
In most aspects of life, pre-colonial women enjoyed the same rights, privileges, and opportunities as did men,” wrote activist
nun _________ in her essay “_______.”
Mary John Mananzan
The Pre-colonial Filipina
She also recounted how if females were to marry, they didn’t lose their names, and in fact, among the Tagalogs, if the woman was especially distinguished (in class or achievement), the _____ takes the name
of the ___
husband
wife
Females were also made to take charge when it comes to ______ and landholdings, and contracts with Chinese merchants even required to have women’s signatures because women were proven
____
finances
reliable
During ______, virginity was also not seen as a value that should be upheld
Pre-colonial period
Spanish worked to transform
Filipinas into how women were in Iberian society — sheltered and reserved.
Pre-colonial Period
It’s no surprise that most pre-colonial Filipinos had no knowledge of money, but instead were trading through __
gold
In author _____ essay “________,” she noted that early Spanish chroniclers noted that Filipinos then were already experts at evaluating the quality of gold.
Angelita Legarda’s
Small Change
The earliest filipino coin was called?
Piloncito
They called it such because the gold bits
looked the same as the sugar receptacle called ‘___.’
pilon
Further proof that the gold bits were indeed the coins used by early Filipinos surfaced when the largest piloncito was found to weigh ___ grams, which is equivalent to one ‘mas,’ the standard
weight of gold that was used across Southeast Asia.
2.65
Who noted this?
“the people cling fondly to their own methods of writing and reading. There is scarcely a man, nor a woman, who does not know and practice that method, even those who are already Christian in matters of devotion.”
Francisco Colin
Those who were living in _______ were said to be the most literate among early Filipinos
coastal communities
Women underwent ______ to be deemed beautiful
cranial reformation (Katung ipa talinis ang ulo)
______, a process by which the skull is made to be reshaped, was a type of body adornment in pre-colonial Philippines.
Cranial reformation
________ was done by wrapping the head of an infant with a cloth or attaching small wooden boards around an infant’s head, and then gradually taking these off upon maturity
Cranial reformation
In author and professor ______ essay, “_______,” she asserted that riddles were among the first
and most common use of words.
Damiana Eugenio
Riddles to Tease and Teach
Nonsense words were also coined just so it can go well with a particular rhythm
Riddles
”_______” essaysnack underscores the importance of rice for pre-colonial Filipinos
The staff of Life
If people were eating without it, it was just considered a _____weddings, not a meal
snack
Not only was rice important in the day-to-day meals of earlier Filipinos, rice was also used in _______ where couples would
exchange balls of rice
weddings
The many words Filipinos used for rice — palay is ___, bigas is ______
unhusked
husked
The ______, a Spanish manuscript detailing the lives of pre-Spanish Philippines, includes details of how when a woman got her first menstruation, she underwent a ceremony known as “_____,” where she was blindfolded and secluded in a windowless space for ______
Boxer Codex
dating
four days
Once her menstrual period was over, she was led to a___ for a bath but her feet were not allowed to touch the ground, so
she was either carried or made to walk on an elevated pathway
stream
