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This document summarizes the social hierarchy and customs of the Tagalog people in the Philippines. It describes three main castes - nobles or maharlicas who did not pay taxes but helped the chief in wars, commoners or namamahay who served the chief and cultivated land in exchange for protection, and slaves or aliping who could be bought and sold. Marriage and inheritance customs determined whether children took the status of their mother or father. Chiefs had authority over small tribal groups called baran

Author
THEA URSULA EMANUELLE RACUYA
Language
EN