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    Juan de Plasencia was a Spanish Franciscan missionary sent to the Philippines in the 16th century to document local customs and traditions. In his writings, he described a society with distinct social classes governed by local leaders called datus. The people had their own religious beliefs, burial practices, and social norms before Spanish colonization. His accounts provide valuable insights into pre-Hispanic Philippine culture and some traditions he described remain practiced today.

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    Juan de Plasencia was a Spanish Franciscan missionary sent to the Philippines in the 16th century to document local customs and traditions. In his writings, he described a society with distinct social classes governed by local leaders called datus. The people had their own religious beliefs, burial practices, and social norms before Spanish colonization. His accounts provide valuable insights into pre-Hispanic Philippine culture and some traditions he described remain practiced today.

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    SS1C

    COURSE READINGS IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

    Activity 4

    Catherine joy T. Bartolata October 3,2022

    BPA 1- CAPAS

    1. Barangay
    2. Datu/Datos
    3. Babaylan
    4. Chiefs/Maharlica
    5. Baybayin is the writing system native in the Philippines before Spanish colonization.

    Part 2

    1. “Customs of Tagalogs" is a part of longer monographs written by chronicles of the Spanish


    expeditions in the Philippines during early 16 th to 17th centuries. The original documents was
    written in 1589 during Spanish colonial period and it was written in Naglarcan,Laguna.
    2. . Juan de Plasencia he was among first group of Franciscan missionaries who arrive in island.
    Spain sent the Spanish missionaries to the Philippines. Fr. Francisco Alcina was assigned in the
    Visayas, and Fr. Juan de Plasencia was set in Tagalog Region. Then Juan de Plasencia writes or
    document the customs and traditions and judgement in tagalog and as the given tasked of the
    king of Spain.

    3. This account of Juan de Plasencia the claim that even before the Spaniards colonized the
    Philippines, Filipinos already have their own set of traditions, customs, practices, beliefs and
    government that they abide to. He provided information that are helpful for today's generation
    in understanding our history and in discovering practices that are no longer practiced today.
    Even now, it is noticeable that some of the practices during the 16th century are still practiced
    by some ethnic groups here in the Philippines like the birde and the groom giving dowry and the
    beliefs about elements tyanak,tikbalang at manananggal and even the concept of barangay still
    we practice it in our lives.

    4. It's all about the “Customs of tagalogs" that proclaimed that even before Spaniards colonized
    the Philippines, Filipino people already have knowledge in their traditions, customs beliefs and
    government. Still, it is not safe that Magellan discover the Philippines because of colonizing
    Philippines and proclaim that Filipino are doesn't have any knowledge and teaching filipino
    about barptile view.

    5. Pansilang Pananaw is best suited to describe Juan de Plasencia's account because it is written in
    a forein language and is intended to be read by foreign people.The reason is juan de plesencia
    who write the customs of tagalogs and its involved in Philippine history and its written in english
    to read by foreigners and Filipino people.

    6. In pre-Hispanic, there are people are governed by chiefs and datos. They were the leaders of the
    community and the leaders protect the people during wars.

    7. There were three castes: nobles, commoners, and slaves or the maharlica, at mga alipin
    saguiguilir at aliping namamahay. The maharlicas do not pay for taxes to the datos. The
    commoners are called aliping namamahay. They are married, and serve their master, whether
    he be a dato or not, with half of their cultivated lands, as was agreed upon in the beginning.
    They accompanied him whenever he went beyond the island, and rowed for him. And lastly, The
    slaves are called aliping saguiguilir. They serve their master in his house and on his cultivated
    lands, and may be sold.

    8. • A) To limit the access of any aquatic resources of Philippines for enjoyment of the people and
    to exclusive use of it.
    • B) men should be given dowries (gift) to the womens. parents before their marriage.
    • C) Inheritance are given to the legitimate child of both parents equally.
    • D) Investigations made and sentences passed by the datos must take place in presence of
    those of his barangay.
    • E) If the wife left the husband in purpose of marrying another man, all the dowry will be given
    to the husband but if not, the dowry should be returned.

    9. A) They perform or celebrate their "pandot" or worship in the chief's large house.
    • B) During those early times, Filipinos already and especially worship Badhala. They also
    worshiped the sun, stars, moon, "seven little goats", lic-ha, Dian masalanta, Lacapati and
    Idianale, buaya, or crocodiles etc.

    • C) They believed that if ever they leave the house and saw a black cat or a bird or a serpent they
    must return to their home because bad things might happen on their way. They also practiced
    divination, to see whether weapons, such as a dagger or knife, were to be useful and lucky for their
    possessor whenever occasion should offer.

    • D) The dead will be buried beside his house and if they dead were a chief he will be buried in a
    little house or porch. The family will mourn for four days and the deceased will be put in a boat with
    two slaves. The family will also sing and eat together. However, the negritos have their own way of
    burying the dead they will dig a deep hole, perpendicular, and there they will put the body of the
    deceased upright with the head unburied, they will soon shield the head with cocoa nut.of witches
    called mangagayoma. They made charms for lovers out ot herbs, stones, and wood, which would
    infuse the heart with love. The tenth was known as sonat, which is equivalent to "preacher."
    •E.) First, Catolonan also known as Katalonan—which is the Northern Tagalog equivalent of a Visayan
    Babaylan. The second they called mangagauay, or witches, who deceived by pretending to heal the sick.
    These priests even induced maladies by their charms. The third they called manyisalat, which is the
    same as magagauay. These priests had the power of applying such remedies to lovers that they would
    abandon and despise their own wives. The fourth was called mancocolam, whose duty it was to emit
    line from himself at night, once or oftener each month. The fifth was called hocloban, which is another
    kind of witch of greater efficacy than the manggaguay. The sixth was called silagan, whose office it was,
    if they saw anyone clothed in white, to tear out his liver and eat it, thus causing his death. The seventh
    magtatanggal, and his purpose was to show himself at night to many persons, without his head or
    entrails. The eighth osuang, which is equivalent to "sorcerer;" they say that they have seen him fly, and
    that he murdered men and ate their flesh. The ninth was another class

    of witches called mangagayoma. They made charms for lovers out of herbs, stones, and wood,
    which would infuse the heart with love. The tenth was known as sonat, which is equivalent to
    "preacher." It was his office to help one to die, at which time he predicted the salvation or
    condemnation of the soul. The eleventh, pangatahojan, was a soothsayer, and predicted the future.
    This office was general in all the islands. The twelfth, bayoguin, signified a "cotquean," a man whose
    nature inclined toward that of a wornan.

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