THE EARLY LIFE OF THE FILIPINOS

People in the Phillippines

MIGRATION THEORY
DAWNMEN OR CAVEMEN
• FIRST MIGRANTS
• LIVED IN CAVES
AETAS OR NEGRITOS
• SECOND GROUP OF MIGRANTS
• COMPOSED OF DARK SKINNED PYGMIES
• GOOD AT HUNTING, FISHING AND FOOD GATHERING
• THEY USED SPEARS ANAD SMALL FLINT STONES AS WEAPONS
MALAYS
• LAST MIGRANTS
• BROWN-SKINNED AND MEDIUM HEIGHT, WITH STRAIGHT BLACK HAIR AND FLAT NOSES
 REG ION

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION (NCR)

CORDILLERAS ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
REGION 1 : ILOCOS REGION
REGION 2 : CAGAYAN VALLEY
our
office REGION 3 : CENTRAL REGION
REGION 4 : SOUTHERN TAGALOG
REGION 5 : BICOL REGION
REGION 6 : WESTERN VISAYAS
REGION 7 : CENTRAL VISAYAS
REGION 8 : EASTERN VISAYAS
REGION 9 : WESTERN MINDANAO
REGION 10 : NORTHERN MINDANAO
REGION 11 : SOUTHERN MINDANAO
REGION 12 : CENTRAL MINDANAO
AUTONOMOUS REGION OF MUSLIM MINDANAO
(ARMM)
REGION 13 : CARAGA REGION
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FATHER

TRAINED THEIR SONS TO HUNT, FISH, CUT TIMBER, MAKE BOATS,

MINE AND AGRICULTURE WORK

MOTHER

TRANIED THEIR DAUGHTERS HOUSEHOLD CHORES LIKE COOKING,

GARDENING AND SEWING
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MARRIAGE

MEN SHOULD MARRY WOMEN OF THEIR SAME CLASS

A MAN'S WIFE ( A LEGITIMATE WIFE) IS CALLED “ASAWA”
OTHER WOMEN ARE ONLY CALLED “FRIENDS”
DEATH

THE DEAD WAS PLACED IN A WOODEN COFFIN AND BURIED UNDER THE
HOUSE COMPLETE WITH CLOTH, GOLD AND OTHER VALUABLE THINGS
SOMETIMES RELATIVES OF THE DEAD WORE RATAN BANDS AROUND
THEIR ARMS, LEGS AND NECKS AND THEY ABSTAIN FROM EATING MEAT
AND DRINKING WINE
CARVING OF STON, GOLD, AND IVORY TO REMINISCE THEIR DEAD
RELATIVES
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BELIEFS

RITUALS BASED ON BELIEFS IN A RANKING CALLED “DIETY”

BATHALA - THE CREATER OF EARTH AND MAN, SUPERIOR OF ALL OTHER DEITIES
IDIYANALE - GOD OF AGRICULTURE
SIDAPA - GOD OF DEATH
BALANGAW - GOD OF RAINBOW
MANDARANGAN- GOD OF WAR
AGNI - GOD OF FIRE
MAGWAYEN - GOD OF THE OTHER WORLD
LALAHON - GOD OF HARVEST
SIGINARUGAN - GOD OF HELL
DIYAN MASALANTA - GOD OF LOVE
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BELIEFS

 THEY ADORED THE SUN, MOON, ANIMALS

AND BIRDS
 TIGMAMANUKIN OR THE CROW - A KIND
OF BLUE BIRD THAT THEY WORSHIP
 OLD TREES ARE BELIEVED TO BE DIVINE
MALE ATTIRE
CONSIST OF UPPER AND LOWER PARTS
KANGGAN - EITHER RED, BLACK OR BLUE COLLARLESS
JACKET WITH SHORT SLEEVES
BAHAG - CONSIST OF A STRIP OF CLOTH WRAPPED AROUND
THE WAIST PASSING DOWN BETWEEN THE THIGHS
 PUTONG OR TURBAN - HEAD DRESS WHICH TELLS THE
SOCIAL STATUS/ ACHIEVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL
WEARING IT
ORNAMENTS - TATTOOS
FEMALE ATTIRE

CONSIST OF UPPER AND LOWER PARTS

BARO OR CAMISA - A JACKET WITH SLEEVES
SAYA (TAGALOGS) OR PATADYONG (VISAYANS) - A LOOSE SKIRT
TAPIS - A PIECE OF RED OR WHITE CLOTH USUALLY WRAP THE
WAIST
ORNAMENTS - KALUMBIGA, PENDANTS, BRACELETS, AND LEGLETS
 FOOD S
EARLY FILIPINOS WERE ENGAGED IN FARMING, FISHING, POULTRY
AND SWINE RAISING, GOLD MINING AND TRADE
 FOOD S
THEY USED SLASH-AND-BURN METHOD IN PLANTING
RICE
OTHER CROPS SUCH AS : MILLET, BANANAS, SWEET
POTATO (CAMOTE), ARECA NUTS, COTTON, WINE
AND VINEGAR, AND COCONUTS
ABACA AND ITS FIBERS WERE GATHERED AND MADE
INTO ROPES AND FABRICS
 ARTS AND LITERATU RE

✣ CLASSIFIED INTO ORAL LITERATURE AND WRITTERN

LITERATURE
✣ CONSISTS OF: SABI (MAXIM), SAWIKAIN ( SAYING),
BUGTONG (RIDDLE),
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NOBLES
 CHIEF OR DATU - HEAD OF THE BARANGGAY OR COMMUNITY
 HIS FAMILY, RELATIVES AND ELDERS BELONGED TO THE MAGINOO CLASS
GROUP OF NOBLES

FREEMEN OR MIDDLE CLASS

 THE TIMAWA OR MAHARLIKA GROUP
 THEY WERE BORN FREE OF WERE FREED FROM SLAVERY

 3 SOC IAL C LASSES
SLAVES OR ALIPIN
 THROUGH BIRTH, INABILITY TO PAY DEBTS, PURCHASE, PUNISHMENT
FOR CRIMES OR BY BEING HELD CAPTIVE IN WAR
 TWO TYPES OF ALIPIN
 ALIPING NAMAMAHAY
• HAVE PRIVILEGES SUCH AS THE RIGHT TO OWN PROPERTY
AD THE RIGHT TO WORK FOR ANY MASTER
 ALIPING SAGUIGUILID
• HAS NO RIGHT NOR FREEDOM AT ALL
 WOMEN IN THE SOC IETY

 THEY WERE REGARDED AS EQUALS OF MEN AND WERE GIVEN SAME

RESPECT
 THEY HAD THE HONOR OF NAMING THE CHILDREN
 THEY WERE ENTITLED TO PROPERTY, ENGAGE IN TRADE AND
EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO DIVORCE HER HUSBAND
 THEY COULD ALSO BECOME VILLAGE CHIEFS IN THE ABSENCE OF A
MALE HEIR
 REFERENC ES

PRIMARY SOURCE
• Noval, D. & Monan, J. (1979). A Primer on the Negritos of the
Philippines, p.34-35. Manila. Philippine Business for Social
Progress Company.
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