Philippine history

• Pre-colonial Filipinos had complex societies long before the colonizers arrived.
• The customs of the Tagalogs, described in the book Relacion de las Costumbres de los Tagalogs, were significant to contemporary times.
• Juan de Plasencia's experiences with the natives influenced him to write the book Relacion de las Costumbres de los Tagalogs in 1589.
• Birth order belongs to the father, even birth order belongs to the mother, only child is half free, half slave, the customs of the Tagalogs include caste systems, maharlikas could not after marriage move from one village to another without paying a certain fine in gold, when one married a woman of another village, the children were afterwards divided equally between the two barangays,investigations made and sentences passed by the datum must take place in the presence of those in his barangay,they had laws by which they condemned to death a man of low birth who insulted the daughter or wife o
• Pre-Spanish times in the Philippines showed that the natives already had customs and beliefs that systematized and civilized their society, making it hard for the Spanish government to administer the natives.
• The fine was heaviest if upon the death of the parents, the son or daughter should be unwilling to marry because it has been arranged by his or her parents.
• In this case, the dowry which the parents had received was returned and nothing more.
• If the parents are dead, the dowry is divided like the rest of the estate except in the case the father should care to bestow something additional upon their daughter.
• In the case of divorce, the whole dowry and the fine went to the children and was held for them by their grandparents or other responsible relatives.
• When the husband left his wife, he lost half of the dowry, and the other half was returned to him.
• He who violates the dowry custom shall pay a sum which varies according to the practice of the village and the affluence of the individual.
• In the matter of marriage, dowries which fathers bestow upon their sons when they are about to be married and half of which is given immediately, even when they are only children.
• With the establishment of the Spanish government, some Spaniards didn't want to live outside Intramuros, leading to the allowance of Filipino natives to be governadorcijos, monitored by friars.
• Mangkulamemitted fire from himself at night.
• Pangatahojan was a soothsayer and predicted the future.
• Katalonan is the officiating priest, either male or female, who is honorable among the natives and is held ordinarily by people of rank.
• Hocloban killed whom they chose by simply saluting or raising their hand without the use of medicine.
• Usig, equivalent to “sorcerer,” murdered men and ate their flesh, and people have seen them fly.
• Mangangayoma made charms for lovers out of herbs, stones, and wood, which would infuse the heart with love.
• If not, the child will become a whole slave.
• In this case, half of the child was free if the father (Maharlika) recognized him.
• The original work itself is a product of observations and judgments, therefore, it is probable that Juan de Placencia’s work might contain partiality in presenting his observations and judgments.
• Customs and beliefs systematized and civilized the way of living, making it difficult for the Spanish colonial government to administer the natives.
• The presence of this text leads to the preservation of the traditions that weren't written such as ways of worship, laws, religious practices, and superstitious beliefs.
• Pre-conquest society was not swept by the advent of the Spanish regime, and it has continued to serve as the basis for historical reconstructions of Tagalog society.
• The early Filipinos had their own religion before colonization of the Spaniards, as well as their own notion of the Supreme Being and ideas about life after death.
• Some of our perceptions on Filipino beliefs and practices are somehow no different from Juan de Placencia's point of view.
• Hosts which the Tagalogs call Vibit are supernatural beings in Tagalog culture.
• Phantoms which the Tagalogs call Tigbalang are supernatural beings in Tagalog culture.
• Bathala is a supernatural being in Tagalog culture.
• The manner of burying the dead in the case of a chief is to place him beneath a little house or porch which is constructed for such purpose.
• Mapolon is the change of seasons.
• The manner of offering sacrifices is to proclaim a feast and offer to the devil what they had to eat.
• Nagaanitos is the worship which the whole barangay, or family unit, united and joined.
• If the parents were living, they paid fines, worship, and religion.
• Pandot or “worship” is a festival.
• Tigmamanguin is a bird.
• Moon, especially when it was new, was the subject of great rejoicings, adoring it and bidding it welcome.
• Dian Masalanta is the patron of lovers and generation.
• The Tagalogs have no temples consecrated to the performing of sacrifices, the adoration of their idols, or the general practice of idolatry.