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    Juan De Plasencia was a Spanish Friar who came to the Philippines in 1577 and wrote about the customs of the Tagalog people in 1589. At that time, villages were governed by a chief called a Dato and divided into social classes - the noble Maharlica did not pay taxes, commoners were free but served masters, and slaves could be sold and served their master's household. Marriage between classes resulted in children being divided, with odds going to the father and evens to the mother.

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    Juan De Plasencia was a Spanish Friar who came to the Philippines in 1577 and wrote about the customs of the Tagalog people in 1589. At that time, villages were governed by a chief called a Dato and divided into social classes - the noble Maharlica did not pay taxes, commoners were free but served masters, and slaves could be sold and served their master's household. Marriage between classes resulted in children being divided, with odds going to the father and evens to the mother.

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    Juan De Plasencia was a Spanish Friar who came to the Philippines in 1577 and wrote about the customs of the Tagalog people in 1589. At that time, villages were governed by a chief called a Dato and divided into social classes - the noble Maharlica did not pay taxes, commoners were free but served masters, and slaves could be sold and served their master's household. Marriage between classes resulted in children being divided, with odds going to the father and evens to the mother.

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    Customs of the Tagalog

    By: Juan De Plasencia

    About the Author

    -Juan De Plasencia or Joan de Portcarrero is a Spanish Friar of the Franciscan Order.


    -He came into the Philippines with the first batch of Franciscan Missionaries in 1577.
    -He is also the author of the first religious which is the “Doctrinal Christiana”.
    (He wrote this book based on his own judgments and observations)
    -He functioned as a defender of the rights of the native Pilipino.

    About the Text


    - The primary source was written in 1589, where in it tackled the practice and traditions of the Tagalogs
    during the Spanish period.

    - During that time the Filipino citizen in the community was governed by a chief called Dato. The village
    that time is called barangay and each barangay has one Dato is in charge of them.

    -The people that time were categorized base on their social standing or status. The nobles or the
    Maharlica; the commoners or the Aliping Namamahay; and the slaves or the Aliping Saguiguilir.

    -The Maharlica were the highest in the social classes. They did not pay tax or tribute to the dato, but
    they must company the dato in war. There was some village in which these nobles or maharlicas paid
    annually to the dato of 100 gantas of rice.

    - If a noble married a commoner or a slave their children will be divided. The odd place (1 st,3rd,5th,…) of
    their children will go on to the father. The even place (2 nd,4th,6th,…) of their children will go on to the
    mother.

    -The Commoners or Aliping Mamamahay are married, and serve their masters, whether he be a dato or
    not. They free and live on their own houses and are lord of their property and gold. They cannot be
    slaves nor sold.

    -The Slaves or Aliping Saguiguilir serve their masters in his house and on his cultivated lands. They can
    be sold to other masters.

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