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Customs of the Tagalogs by Chirino by Gee Lee is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Fray Juan de Plasencia wrote "Customs of the Tagalogs" in 1589, describing the political, social, economic and cultural practices of Filipinos before Christianization. Tagalog society had three castes - nobles called Maharlika who did not pay taxes; commoners called aliping namamahay who served the dato during harvests; and slaves called aliping saguiguilir who lived with and worked the land of their master. The document also describes Tagalog religious practices like worship of idols Bathala and Tala, as w
- Author
- Gee Lee
- Language
- EN