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    Juan de Plasencia was a 16th century Spanish friar who wrote extensively about the customs of the Tagalog people in the Philippines. His work "Customs of Tagalog" from 1589 described their social hierarchy with Datos as the leaders and three castes - Maharlica as nobles, Aliping Namamahay as commoners, and Aliping sa Guiguilir as slaves. It also detailed their religious practices such as worship of Bathala as the supreme deity, use of temples and idols, and beliefs about demons and witches with different roles.

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    Juan de Plasencia was a 16th century Spanish friar who wrote extensively about the customs of the Tagalog people in the Philippines. His work "Customs of Tagalog" from 1589 described their social hierarchy with Datos as the leaders and three castes - Maharlica as nobles, Aliping Namamahay as commoners, and Aliping sa Guiguilir as slaves. It also detailed their religious practices such as worship of Bathala as the supreme deity, use of temples and idols, and beliefs about demons and witches with different roles.

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    Juan de Plasencia was a 16th century Spanish friar who wrote extensively about the customs of the Tagalog people in the Philippines. His work "Customs of Tagalog" from 1589 described their social hierarchy with Datos as the leaders and three castes - Maharlica as nobles, Aliping Namamahay as commoners, and Aliping sa Guiguilir as slaves. It also detailed their religious practices such as worship of Bathala as the supreme deity, use of temples and idols, and beliefs about demons and witches with different roles.

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    Customs of TagalogUpdated

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    Juan de Plasencia was a 16th century Spanish friar who wrote extensively about the customs of the Tagalog people in the Philippines. His work "Customs of Tagalog" from 1589 described their social hierarchy with Datos as the leaders and three castes - Maharlica as nobles, Aliping Namamahay as commoners, and Aliping sa Guiguilir as slaves. It also detailed their religious practices such as worship of Bathala as the supreme deity, use of temples and idols, and beliefs about demons and witches with different roles.

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    Customs of Tagalog

    Juan de Plasencia
    • born in the early 16th century as Juan Portocarrero in Plasencia, in
    the region of Extremadura, Spain.
    • came together with the first batch of Franciscan missionaries in the
    Philippines
    • Spanish Friar for the Francescan order who was in the Philippines for
    most of his missionary life.
    Other Works of Juan de Plasencia:
    • Relacion de las Costumbres de Los Tagalos (1589)
    • La Santina
    • Arte de la Lengua (Art of Language)
    • Vocabulario
    • Coleccion de frases tagala (Collection of Tagalog Phrases)
    • Catecismo de la Doctrina Cristiana (1581)
    • Diccionario Tagalog (1580)
    Customs of Tagalog
    • Was written on 1589
    Spanish Colonial Period
    DATOS
    • Governed the Tagalogs
    • Captains in their wars
    • Chief of the barangay
    (boat in the Malay language)
    • Anyone who offended the dato
    and his family was severely punished
    THREE CASTES
    • Maharlica(Highest class – Nobles)
    • Aliping Namamahay(Commoners)
    • Aliping sa Guiguilir (Slaves)
    Maharlica
    • Freeborn
    • Did not pay taxes
    • Accompany the dato in the war
    • When married, they cannot transfer from one village to another,
    or one barangay to the other, without paying a certain amount.
    Aliping Namamahay
    • Serve their master
    • Accompanied the Dato in war
    • Rowed for him in his travel
    • Often mistaken as slaves
    Aliping Guiguilir
    • In the master’s house and land
    • Can be sold and transferred
    • A portion of the harvest is given to him
    • Can be paid according to the quality of work
    The Worships of the Tagalogs
    • Bathala(the almighty/God)
    - is the all-mighty deity who created the universe.
    • Pag-aanito(Offering)
    - Act of worship
    • Simbahan(Church)
    - mga mamamayang mananampalataya na nagtitipun-tipon sa isang
    pook na tinatawag ring gusali o sambahan
    • Pandot(Temple)
    - isang uri ng gusali na ginagamit ng tao upang sambahin ang banal
    na mga nilalang.
    IDOLS/DEMONS
    The distinctions made among the priests of the devil were as follows:
    • The first, called CATOLONAN
    - is a priest or priestess in the indigenous religions of the Tagalog and
    Kapampangan people.
    - as above stated, was either a man or a woman.
    • Mangagauay
    - also known as witches, deceive or pretends to heal the sick
    - if wishes to kill someone at once, they could; and they could prolong
    life for a year by binding to the waist a live serpent
    • Osuang/Aswang
    -sorcerer
    - flies, murders men, eats their flesh
    - occurs in the Visayas islands, does not exist among the Tagalogs
    • Magtatangal
    - Today we know this creature as Manananggal
    - occurs in Catanduanes
    - purpose is to show himself at night to many persons, half of her
    body.
    -in the morning, returns her body or remaining, like an alive person
    -many natives affirmed seeing it
    • Manyisalat
    - same with mangagauay
    - had the power of applying remedies to lovers that they would
    abandon their own wives, and prevent them in having sexual
    intercourse with the latter
    - if the woman, constrained by these, were abandoned, it would bring
    sickness, would discharge blood and matter
    • Mancocolam
    -duty was to emit fire from himself at night, once or oftener each
    month
    -the fire emitted could not be extinguished
    • Hocloban
    -another kind of witch but of greater efficacy than the mangagauay
    -they could kill someone whom they chose either by saluting or
    raising the hand
    -they could heal those whom they made ill by using other charms
    • Silagan
    - clothed in white who lives in the island of Catanduanes
    - tears out liver and eats it, thus causing death
    • Osuang/Aswang
    -sorcerer
    - flies, murders men, eats their flesh
    - occurs in the Visayas islands, does not exist among the Tagalogs
    • Magtatangal
    - Today we know this creature as Manananggal
    - occurs in Catanduanes
    - purpose is to show himself at night to many persons, half of her
    body.
    -in the morning, returns her body or remaining, like an alive person
    -many natives affirmed seeing it
    • MANGAGAYOMA
    - they made charms for lovers out of herbs, stones, and wood, which
    would infuse the heart with love.
    • SONAT
    - equivalent to preacher
    - help one to die, at which time he predicted the salvation or
    condemnation of the soul.
    • PANGATAHOJAN
    - was a soothsayer, and it predict the future
    • BAYOGUIN
    -signified a cotquean(A man who does what is traditionally women’s
    work)

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