The Life and Works of Rizal
Module 10 Assignment 1
Name: Braña, Elaine Myrtle L.
Section: 1BSA-ABM3
Instruction: Complete the table provided.
Pigafetta
People ➢ They are kind, self-sufficient,
and value camaraderie treaties.
➢ Islanders are described as such.
People who live near the island
have holes in their ears
(earrings) large enough to slide
their arms through.
➢ We were heathens who went
nude and painted. They cover
their privies with a piece of
fabric made from a tree. They
consume a lot of alcohol.
➢ Were continually eating a fruit
called areca, which looks like a
pear.
➢ understood how to count, were
intelligent enough to comb their
hair, and could articulate the
various parts of their body.
Customs ➢ Visayan traditions include their
and Culture food, the fermentation of palm
and coconut wine, and
traditional dress. We gain a
sense of how the Visayan ruling
elite worked through his account
of meetings with Raja Humabon,
the ruler of Cebu, and other
Visayan ruling elite.
➢ Music, arts, and literature are
abound.
➢ Abundant in food and livelihood
supplies, most of which are
derived from natural resources.
➢ There contains information
about Visayan food, such as the
fermentation of palm and
coconut wine, as well as
traditional attire.
Date: November 9, 2022
Professor: Ma’am Lilibeth B. Cruz
Morga
➢ They are of ordinary height, the
color of cooked quinces, and both
men and women have attractive
features. Their hair is jet black, and
their beards are sparse.
➢ They entertain themselves by
chewing their fingernails, so they
pull away the hair of their beards,
which are dark in color and have
kinky hair.
➢ Native barbarians, who are not to
be trusted, are given the task of
murdering and attacking the
communities of other natives,
causing significant damage.
➢ Have no fixed abodes or villages
and travel in bands and bivouacs
over the mountains and rugged
region, changing locations
according to the season.
➢ Likes fish that have begun to decay
and stink. Bagoong is a popular
fish dish in the Philippines.
➢ Before the Spaniards came, the
inhabitants of Luzon wore short
clothing. Some were blue, some
were black, and some, as worn by
chieftains, were red and called
chininas.
➢ They are very picky about their
hair and take pleasure in having
very dark hair; they wash it with
the boiled bark of a tree called
gogo and anoint it with sesame oil
mixed with musk and other smells.
➢ Their staple cuisine is cooked rice
pounded in wooden mortars, which
is known as morisqueta and is the
country's standard bread.
➢ Their ordinary food is cooked rice
which has been pounded in
wooden mortars, is known as
morisqueta, and is the ordinary
bread in all the country.
Beliefs and ➢ Superstitious, with animals as
Religion gods and spirits guarded by
natural characteristics.
➢ According to Pigafetta's story,
residents worshiped nothing but
elevated their joined hands and
faces to the sky, calling their
deity "Abba."
➢ On March 1521, Magellan
missionaries conduct the first
mass on Philippine soil. Both
rajahs kissed the cross and
prayed with the crew, making
them the first Filipinos to
encounter Christianity.
Society and ➢ The ruler was Rajah Kolambu.
Government Magellan befriended him and
Rajah Siagu of Butuan when
they went to Mazaua.
➢ It was customary in most of
South East Asia to seal
friendships with a blood
compact called casi casi. This
was the first recorded blood
compact between the Filipinos
and Spaniards
➢ Gifts were exchanged by Rajah
and Magellan when the
celebration ended.
➢ Places in the Philippines were
ruled by chiefs called Datu and
in some places rajah, sultan, or
hadji. Chiefs were befriended by
Magellan except for the
chieftain of Mactan named
Lapu-Lapu who refused to trade
with the Spaniards which lead to
the famous battle in Mactan.
Remarkable ➢ People in Manila and elsewhere ➢ The Cebuanos drew a pattern on
Practices were writing on bamboo with
palm leaves and styli. Priests
and scribes were engaged to
keep account of the tributes and follow today. Ancient traditions
taxes that the governed were
supposed to pay.
➢ In contrast, descriptions of the The chiefs used to wear upper
usage of writing in the
Philippines show that it was
➢ Described as ignorant and stubborn
because they are non-christian.
➢ Let themselves be deceived by
devils who already committed
thousands of errors that blinded
believers.
➢ The "easy virtue" of the native
women was more to the religious
belief of whIch Father Chirino
tells. It was that in the journey
after death to "Kalualhatian," the
abode of the spirit.
➢ Only a part of the Philippines was
successfully converted to
Christianity by missionaries. Still,
there are Mohammedans, the
Moros, in the southern islands, and
Negritos, Igorots, and other
heathens.
➢ Retained their government and
special control of their own group,
called by them Barangai
[Barangay]. They have datos \datu\
and other personal agents who
attend to the administration of the
Barangay.
➢ Throughout the islands the natives'
laws were formulated in like
manner, based on oral tradition and
custom.
➢ There are three conditions of
persons among the natives of these
islands, and into which their body
politic is divided: there are the
chiefs, of whom we have already
spoken; the Timaguas, who are
equivalent to the plebeians; and the
slaves, subject to both these
groups.
➢ When they are unprotected by the
government, the pirates pillaged
them with impunity. The
Philippines came under Spanish
sovereignty and control through
compacts, treaties of friendship,
and alliances for reciprocity.
the skin before starting the tattoo.
The Bisayan usage then was the
same procedure that the Japanese
ascribe the origin of the Malay
Filipinos to the islands of Sumatra.
garments, usually of Indian fine
gauze according to Colin, of red
 employed for personal color, a shade for which they had
communication and poetry the same fondness that the Romans
writing rather than recording had. The barbarous tribes in
history and tradition. Mindanao still have the same taste.
➢ Hospitality of Filipinos The ➢ The ancient Filipinos had minstrels
Indios welcomed Magellan's who had memorized songs telling
company and offered food to bet their genealogies and of the deeds
set for them. ascribed to their deities.

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