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Written Report in
TSS 3B (Teaching Social Studies in Elementary Grades
(Philippine History & Government)

Rohanna Muksan, LPT

COURSE INSTRUCTOR

Prepared by:

Per-auna A. Said
STUDENT

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Marriage and Wedding ………………......

Houses …………………...……………….

Mode of Dressing ………………………...

Ornaments ………………………………...

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► Marriage and Wedding

The Traditional marriage proposal takes the form of the Pamanhikan or
Pamamanhikan or the “Parental marriage proposal”, a formal way of asking
the parents of the woman for her hand. The would-be groom and his parents go
to the would-be bride’s home, and ask the parents for their consent.
Pamamanhikan enforces the importance of the familial nature of the wedding,
as traditionally a marriage is the formation of an alliance between two clans as
well as the joining of individuals.
This event is separate from the Despedida de Soltera (Spanish: “Farewell to
Single-hood”) party some families have before the wedding. The local variant
of the Hispanic custom normally holds it for the bride, and it is held by her
family.

► Houses
Pre-Spanish houses were typically made in bamboos, wood, and nipa palm. It
was above the ground enclose with stakes called “Haligi”. These stakes were
made also in bamboo where house was set on. Fowls were placed inside the
enclosure. There was a ladder one had to ascend in order to go up the house.
“Batalan” was a sort of gallery where household work was done. “Silid” was
near the “Sala” where mats, pillows, and baskets of rice were kept.
Kalingas in Northern Luzon, Mandayans and Bagobos in Mindanao were
places in the Philippines who made tree houses. Sea houses were built by
Badjaos or sea gypsies of Sulu. Badjaos were a sea loving people.

► Mode of Dressing
Clothes for male were divided into two parts; upper and lower. The upper part
was a jacket which was consisted of colors. The red jacket was merely wearing
by the chief a d black or blue jacket was wore by of people that below to the
chief. “Bahag” was the term known to the lower part of a male clothing. It was
composed of a cloth wound about the waist and passing down between the
thighs.
Female clothing was also had a division: its upper and lower parts. The upper
part was called “Baro” or camisa while the lower part was called “Saya” or
skirt. In Bisayans, “Patadyong” was what they were called to the lower part.
The piece of white or red cloth usually wrapped about the waist was called
“Tapis”

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► Ornaments
In terms of ornaments, ancient Filipinos were used gold and precious stones.
Kalumbiga, pendants, gold rings, earrings, leglets, and bracelets. Whether men
or women wore such ornaments. In order to adorn their teeth, fillings were
made. Not only the teeth but also the body and faces were adorned. Mostly in
men, body ornaments were not only gold but they tattooed themselves.
Tattooing, for them, had another meaning. It was a man’s war record. If a man
had more tattooed people in the Philippines were Bisayans, that was, according
to the first Spanish missionaries who wrote about the ancient Filipinos. A
painted or tattooed people of Bisayans were called “Pintados” by the Spanish
missionaries.

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