Customs of the

Tagalogs
Social Classes
Chieftain
(Datu)
Nobles
(Maharlika)
Commoners
(Aliping namamahay)
Slave
(Aliping sagigilid)
Chieftain (Datu)

Chief, Captains of Wars,

whom governed, obeyed and
reverenced.
Nobles (Maharlika)
Freeborn and they do
not pay taxes
 Administration of Justice
The chieftain's executive function includes
implementing laws, ensuring order and giving
protection to his subjects. Settle disputes between
individuals made up of the chieftain and elders.
 Commoners
(Aliping namamahay)
They live in their own houses
and lords of their property and
gold.
 Slave
(Aliping sagigilid)
They serve their master in his
house, cultivate his lands and
can be sold
 Slave
A person becomes a slave by:
• Captivity in war
• reason of debt
• inheritance Slaves can be emancipated through
• purchase • forgiveness
• commitng a crime • paying debt
• condonation
• bravery
• marriage
Houses

Made up of wood, wood an

nipa palm.
 Mode of Dressing
(Male)
• Putong - is the head gear and symbolizes
the number of persons the wearer had killed
• Kanggan - a jacket with short sleevs
• Bahag - which cover and wrap the lower
body
 Mode of Dressing
(Female)
• Baro or Camisa - Covers the upper body
• Saya - Lower dress
 Ornaments
A decorative object or detail
that adds quality or distinction
to a person, place or thing.
Always made up of Gold
 Government
The unit of government is called "Barangay"
ruled by chieftain, and consist of 30 to 100
families together with their relatives and laves
 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.
Marriage Customs
• Men in general are monogamous; While their
wives are called "asawa"
• Courtship begins with "paninilbihan"
• Prior to marriage the man requires to give
dowry or "bigay kaya" a gift also for the
brides parens o "Panghihimuyat"
Religious Belief
They worship many gods and goddsses
• Bathala - supreme being
• Idayanale - god of agriculture
• Sidarapa - god of death
• Agni - god of fire
• Balangaw - god of rainbow
• Mandarangan - god of war
• Lalahon - god of harvest
• Siginarungan - god of hell
 Superstitious Beliefs
• Believes in aswang, dwende, kapre, tikbalang,
tiyanak
• Believed in magical power of amulet and
charms such as anting-anting, kulam and
gayuma or love potion
 Economic Life
• Agriculture in the plain lands: planting of rice, corn,
banana, coconut, sugar canes, and other kindsof
vegetable and fruits
• Hunting high lands and fishing in river banks and sea
• Ship building, weaving, poultry, herding, lumbering
• Domestic trade of different barangays by boat
Language System and Writing

• System of writing: the alphabets consists 3 vowels

and 14 consonants called "baybayin"
• They used pointed stick pencil
• They wrote on large plant laves, bark of a tree or
bamboo tubes
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