LESSON 2: CUSTOMS OF THE TAGALOG
Name: Dioco G. Maglinte Course: BSIT AI13
Activity 1 Ancient Society
The captain of wars and he
Rich and Powerful governed his people.
DATU
People whose preparing
The feudal warrior either for the battle or war
MAHARLICA and they not pay taxes
Living in their own houses
Ordinary Person and also lords their
COMMONERS property and gold
Poor Serves their master in his
SLAVES house.
Processing Questions:
1. What are the different classes of people in ancient Philippine society?
DATU, MAHARLICA, COMMONERS, SLAVE are the different classes of people.
2. How were the aliping namamahay and sa guigulir different?
They are different because the aliping namamahay they are the ones who lives at the
property of their master while sa guigulir they lived inside their master’s house,
3. In the graphic organizer above, why dotted lines divide the people in the ancient Philippine?
People in the past are not equal same as today, so there’s a classes people in our society
where the most powerful ones are at the top and the people that is poor are in lowest.
Activity 2: Let’s Compare!
TAGALOGS VISAYANS
In Visayas, the Visayans
Tagalog are also known utilized a three-class
as the maginoo. Tagalog social structure consisting
have three social classes of the oripun the timawa ,
the maharlica, alipin and and at the top, the
the maginoo. Tagalog tumao . The tumao
datu were mago who consisted of blood
ruled over a community or relatives of the datu
had a large enough (community leader)
following. untainted by slavery,
servitude, or witchcraft.
Processing Questions:
1. How was ordered maintain in ancient communities despite the presence of slaves?
The present of slaves in the past has a major effect in the ancient communities
especially for those who were at the top. Slavery was widespread in the Philippine islands before the
archipelago was integrated into the Spanish Empire. There was no any conflict between the slaves and
their respective master so in that way the ancient community remain ordered.
2. Why was the relationship among people belonging to different social classes essential to
maintain peace and order in communities?
Each classes have their own duties and also properties their owned. Each one of them
also has a contribution to the community and their relationship for all the classes is not equal.
Activity 3: M-Q-D-F CHART
Qualities
Datu is powerful and
DATU strong
Duties Governed his people
and leading for a battle
DATU or war
For the
Village Datu is the leader and
he rules the village
DATU
Qualities They are smart and
MAHARLICA
free born people
Duties
They provide and prepare weapons at their own
expense and answer the summons of the Datu
MAHARLICA
For the Maharlicas works for
Village the Datu and helping
the village to be united
MAHARALICA
Qualities
Normal people not
ALIPING
NAMAMAHAY
totally slaves
Duties
ALIPING They work on their master’s land
NAMAMAHAY
For the
They hand over a portion of what the land produced
Village as a tribute and to occasionally work on his master’s
land
ALIPING
NAMAMAHAY
Qualities Poorest people but the
most hardworking
ALIPING GIGILID
people
Duties
They serve their master in his house
ALIPING GIGILID
For the
Village They are the source of their master and they will
sacrifice just to have enough money
ALIPING GIGILID
Activity 4: News Matter!
My Proposal
As a government official I propose a needed legal action for this kind of situation. Because
we don’t promote violence among people we value the peace and order so in that way no one
will be harmed. Those people who are affected of the demolition should present a legitimate
documents to us if they are the original owners of the land.
As a landowner I have the rights to own my property I will present a full documents to
the authorities that I owned this land. Eviction or demolition as a practice shall be discouraged.
Well as a informal settler we are expected to leave the area because there’s a law about it we
illegally living from that land. But if the land we living in a private land well we have our own rights to it.
We have rights and are protected by the law. So in that case we are settle on private property.
