Customs of The Tagalogs: Kaspil2 V24 Module2 Group2 Cho - Espina.Idiesca - Macapugay.Salita - See
Customs of The Tagalogs: Kaspil2 V24 Module2 Group2 Cho - Espina.Idiesca - Macapugay.Salita - See
Alipin Maharlica
Analysis of Important Data
Property
The land area was divided among the whole barangay,
especially the irrigated portions.
No one from a different barangay could cultivate land
unless they inherit or buy the land
The lands on the tingues, or mountain ridges, are not
divided but owned by the barangay as a whole.
At the time of rice harvest, any individual (regardless
of their barangay) that starts to clear any land area
may sow in it.
Analysis of Important Data
Property
Fisheries of chiefs had established limits, and sections of
the rivers for markets
Unless you were a member of the chief’s barangay, you had
to pay for the privilege of fishing or selling in the chiefs’
fisheries
In the case of a divorce, if the wife would leave her
husband for the sake of marrying another man, all her
belongings plus a certain amount would be given to her
former husband however, if she chooses to leave and do
not have any plans to marry, then all of her dowry will be
returned to her.
Analysis of Important Data
Property
In the case of an adoption, the children would receive
double the value of how much they were bought to be
adopted
Investigations and sentences for the accused shall be
presented and read in front of the tribe
Analysis of Important Data
Adoration
There were no temples or sacred places in which Filipinos
would worship
The word simbahan means a place to worship which is
constructed at a large house of the chief where people of
the tribe go to celebrate festivals (aka pandot or worship)
they beat large and small drums successively during the
feast which usually lasted 4 days
nagaanitos - worship; (anito - soul or spirit of ancestors)
sibi - a temporary shed, made on each side of the
chief’s house, for the assembled people
Analysis of Important Data
Adoration
Analysis of Important Data
Adoration
Badhala, one of their many idols, was the “all
powerful”, or “maker of all things” for the Tagalogs
They worshipped the sun, the moon, and some, even
the stars or a particular dead man with special
capability that fought bravely or protected them in
their time of need
Analysis of Important Data
Adoration
sun - almost universally respected and honored because of its beauty;
moon - they would rejoice, especially when new
stars - they did not name them except for the morning star, which
they called Tala
“Seven little goats” - the Pleiades; a star cluster
Balatic - the Greater Bear constellation
Mapolon - the change of seasons
lic-ha - idols; images with different shapes;
Dian masalanta - an idol; patron of lovers and generation
Lacapati and Idianale - idols; patrons of the cultivated lands and
husbandry;
buaya - crocodiles; were respected by the Tagalogs due to their fear of
being harmed by them; they offered a portion of what they carried
in their boats to them
Analysis of Important Data
12 Priests of the Devil
Catolonan ● Priest from a people of rank
● Officiates the offering sacrifice for a feast and the food to be eaten being
offered to the devil
Manyisalat ● They can cast remedies to couples for them to abandon one another
Hocloban ● Much more powerful than a mangagauay in which they can kill anyone
without the use of any medicine. They can also heal those who are ill.
Silagan ● They would tear out and eat the liver of those they saw were wearing white
Analysis of Important Data
12 Priests of the Devil
Magtatangal ● They would go out at night without their heads and put it back into their
bodies before the sun rise
Osuang ● Tribesmen reported that they saw the “osuang” who can fly and murdered
a man and ate his flesh.
Mangagayoma ● They would seduce their partners with charms and other accessories so
they can deceive them.
Sonat ● This devil helped people to die. They can also know if the soul they helped
to die can either be saved or not.
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