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    Customs of The Tagalog: Political Organization

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    The document summarizes aspects of political, economic, legal, and cultural practices of pre-colonial Tagalog societies in the Philippines. It discusses that Tagalog communities were organized into barangays led by a datu. The datu governed with the advice of elders and had judicial, legislative, and military powers. The communities engaged in agriculture, hunting, fishing, and trading. They had customary laws governing various aspects of life and trial by ordeals to determine guilt. The document also provides an overview of their marriage customs, religious beliefs involving spirits and gods, and burial practices involving veneration of the dead.

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    The document summarizes aspects of political, economic, legal, and cultural practices of pre-colonial Tagalog societies in the Philippines. It discusses that Tagalog communities were organized into barangays led by a datu. The datu governed with the advice of elders and had judicial, legislative, and military powers. The communities engaged in agriculture, hunting, fishing, and trading. They had customary laws governing various aspects of life and trial by ordeals to determine guilt. The document also provides an overview of their marriage customs, religious beliefs involving spirits and gods, and burial practices involving veneration of the dead.

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    The document summarizes aspects of political, economic, legal, and cultural practices of pre-colonial Tagalog societies in the Philippines. It discusses that Tagalog communities were organized into barangays led by a datu. The datu governed with the advice of elders and had judicial, legislative, and military powers. The communities engaged in agriculture, hunting, fishing, and trading. They had customary laws governing various aspects of life and trial by ordeals to determine guilt. The document also provides an overview of their marriage customs, religious beliefs involving spirits and gods, and burial practices involving veneration of the dead.

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    consist of 30 to 100 families

    Character traits

    BUWIS (families must paid tributes)


    GOVERNMENT Barangay
    alliances between barangays were common and formalize
    by SANDUGUAN

    conflicts among barangays solved by violence, those who


    win is always right

    the datu consults with a Council new legislation or laws is


    LEGISLATION of Elders who approved of his plans announced and explained
    before rules or laws are made by UMALOKOHAN

    CUSTOMARY

    Political Organization WRIITEN

    LAWS dealt with various subjects such as inheritance, property


    rights, divorce, usury, family relations,
    adoption, loans, etc.

    those found guilty were punished by fine or death

    JUDICIAL PROCESS Subtopic

    to determine the innocence of an accused, he is made to go


    through a number of ordeals which he must pass

    TRIAL BY ORDEAL examples are dipping one's hand in boiling water, holding a
    lighted candle that must not be extinguished, plunging into a
    river and staying underwater for as long as possible.
    chewing uncooked rice and spitting, etc.

    planting of rice, corn, banana, coconut, sugar canes, and


    agriculture in the plain lands other kinds of vegetables and fruits

    hunting in high lands

    fishing in river banks and seas


    Economic Organization
    shipbuilding, weaving, poultry, mining and lumbering

    trading of products in different barangays by boat

    foreign trade with countries like Borneo, China, Japan,


    Cambodia, Java, and Thailand

    men were in general, decent; while their wives called ASAWA and
    concubines called friends

    courtship begins with PANINILBIHAN


    Customs of the Tagalog prior to marriage the man requires to give a dowry: (1) Bigay kaya (a
    piece of land or gold): (2) Panghihimuyat (a gift for the brides parents);
    MARRIAGE CUSTOM (3) Bigay - suso (for brides wet nurse)

    marriage between couples belonging to different social classes were


    not common

    several grounds of divorce are: (1) Adultery, (2) Abandonment on the


    part of the husband, (3) Cruelty, and (4) Insanity

    they worship many gods and goddesses such as; (1)


    Bathala, supreme being or the Creator; (2) Idayanale, god of
    agriculture; (3) god of death; (4) Agni, god of fire; (5)
    Balangaw, god of rainbow; (6) Mandarangan, god of war; (7)
    Lalahon, god of harvest; and (8) Siginarungan, god of hell

    they also adored idols called anitos or diwatas to whom they


    made offerings. The babaylan/baylana or katalona acted as
    RELIGIOUS BELIEFS mediums to communicate with these spirits

    they also showed respect for animals and plants like the
    crocodile, crow, tigmamanukan. Some trees were not cut
    because they were thought to be divine and are dwelling
    places of spirits. Disease were thought to be cause by the
    temper of the environmental spirits
    Cultural Practices and Traditions

    pre-colonial Filipinos venerated the dead by keeping alive


    their memory through the carving of idols of stone, gold or
    ivory called LIKHA or LARAWAN, food, wine and other things
    were also shared with the dead

    the dead was place in a wooden coffin under the


    house with gold, cloth and valuable things

    mourning for the dead chief is called LARAW, and this was
    accompanied by certain prohibitions like engaging in petty
    BURIAL PRACTICES/BELIEFS quarrels, wars, carrying daggers with hilts in the normal
    position, singing in boats coming from the sea or river, and
    wearing loud cloths

    the celebration held on the ninth night after the death of the
    person is called pasiyam, in which a play called TIBAW is
    staged to honor the dead

    relatives of the dead who was murdered would not end their
    mourning until they have exact vengeance or BALATA

    believe in aswang,dwende,kapre, tikbalang, patyanak/tiyanak

    DIVINATION/BELIEFS IN CHARMS
    they also believe in magical power of amulet and charms
    such as anting-anting,kulam and gayuma or love potion.

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