JUAN DE PLACENSIA

• Fray Juan de Plasensia came together with the first batch of Franciscan missionaries in the Philippines.
• SOCIAL CLASSES:

  Chieftan (Datu)

  Nobles (Maharlika)

  Commoners (Aliping Namamahay)

  Slaves (Aliping Saguiguilid)
• NOBLES

  -free-born, they do not pay taxes
• HOUSES

  -made of wood, bamboo, and nipa palm.
• MODE OF DRESSING

  Male - Headgear is Called Putong (symbolizes the number of persons the wearer had killed)

  (Upper)a jacket with short sleeves called kanggan

  (Lower) bahag
• MODE OF DRESSING

  Female - (Upper) Baro or Camisa

  -(Lower) Saya
• GOVERNMENT

  -the unit of government called Barangay rules by chieftain, and consist of 30 to 100 families together with their relatives and slaves.
• ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

  -disputes between individuals were settled by a court made up of the chieftain and council of elders.
• INHERITANCE

  -The 1st son of the barangay chieftain inherits his father's position; if the 1st son dies, the 2nd son succeeds their father; in the absence of male heirs, it is the eldest daughter that becomes the chieftain.
• SLAVES

  -a person becomes slave by:

  (1) by captivity in war

  (2)by reason of debt

  (3) by inheritance

  (4) by purchase

  (5) by commiting a crime
• MARRIAGE CUSTOMS

  -marriage between couples belonging to different social classes were no common.

  -several grounds of divorce are:

  (1)Adultery

  (2) Abandonment on the part of the husband

  (3) Cruelty

  (4)Insanity
• RELIGIOUS BELIEF

  -they worship many gods and goddesses:

  (1) Bathala - Supreme Being

  (2) Idayanale - God of Agriculture

  (3) Sidarapa - God of Death

  (4) Agni - God of Fire

  (5) Balangaw - God of Rainbow

  (6) Mandarangan - God of War

  (7) Lalahon - God of Harvest

  (8) Siginarugan - God of Hell

  -also believe in sacred animals and tress.
• ECONOMIC LIFE

  • agriculture in the plane lands: plating of rice, corn, banana coconut, sugar canes and other kinds of vegetable and fruits.
  • hunting in high lands
  • fishing in river banks and sea
  • shipbuilding, weaving, poultry, mining and lumbering
  • domestic trade of different barangays by boat
  • foreign trade with countries like Borneo, China, Japan, Cambodia, Java, and Thailand
• LANGUAGE AND SYSTEM OF WRITING

  • major languages:

  -Tagalog

  -Ilocano

  -Pangasinan

  -Pangpangan

  -Sugbuhanon

  -Hiligaynon

  -Magindanaw

  -Samarnon

  • this languages are originated from the Malayo-Polenisian language