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Analysis of Customs of the Tagalogs
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Content and Contextual Analysis of Selected Primary Sources
Primary Accounts Discussions
Customs of the Tagalogs
Background of the Author Juan de Plasencia was a Spanish friar of the Franciscan Order. He
was among the first group of Franciscan missionaries who arrived
in the Islands on July 2, 1578.
Fray Juan was born to the illustrious family of the Portocarreros in
Plasencia in the region of Extremadura, Spain, in the early 16th
century.
He spent most of his missionary life in the Philippines, where he
founded numerous towns in the provinces of Bulacan, Laguna, and
Rizal.
He authored several religious and linguistic books, most notably
the Doctrina Cristiana (Christian Doctrine), the first book ever
printed in the Philippines.
Juan de Plasencia passed away in Liliw, Laguna, in the year 1590.
Historical background of the
document or documentary film
Discovery of the archipelago by Magellan Expedition
Naming of Las Islas Pilipinas by the Villalobos Expedition
The establishment of the first permanent settlement in the country
by the Legaspi Expedition.
Spain sent the Spanish missionaries to the Philippines.
Fr. Francisco Alcina was assigned in the Visayas, and Fr. Juan de
Plasencia was set in Tagalog Region.
Through a letter, the King of Spain tasked Juan de Plasencia to
document the customs and traditions of the colonized (natives)
based on his observation and judgment.
He collected Indios from different districts, older men, and those of
most capacity. He has obtained the simple truth from them after
weeding out much foolishness regarding their government,
administration of justice, inheritance, slaves, and dowries.
“Customs of the Tagalogs” is a part (either chapters or
subsections) of longer monographs written by the chroniclers of the
Spanish expeditions to the Philippines during the early 16th and
17th centuries.
Given the significant number of biases and, to a great extent,
inaccurate judgment and pretensions of the author of the Customs
of the Tagalog, the text was not for local consumption but Western
readers.
The Customs of the Tagalog was intentionally made to provide an
eroticize description of the Tagalog natives, clearly fed by politics
and propaganda.
Content and contextual analysis of
the important historical information
found in the document or film
The account was able to describe the Governing system of native
Filipinos at that time, led by a Datu.
The Datos' executive function includes implementing laws,
ensuring peace and order in the barangay, and giving protection to
his subjects.
The Datu is also the captain in their wars.
Datos govern between 30-100 families.
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