Readings in Philippine History

MODULE 3

MIDTERM

ACTIVITY SHEET 3.1

NAME: CHRISNEL D. SOLITARIO (BSCRIM 1C)

DATE: NOVEMBER 12, 2021

ACTIVITY 3.1

1. What were the early impressions of Pigafetta on prehispanic Filipinos?

 The impressions of Pigafetta in the early prehispanic Filipinos was inearly Filipinos if you show
them your kindness and politeness they will treatyou us same. The Filipinos are very familiar and
friendly peligafetta saw thatthey have a way to live and to survive full of resources and brainy.
Theimpressions of Pigafetta in the early Pre-hispanic Filipinos were rather in aweand excitement
for the reason that the early natives that lived in the PhilippineIslands such as the "Filipinos"
clearly showed them kindness and politenessthat they which eventually returned the lovely
gestures for they believed that ifyou were treated with such explicit beckoning, you'll rather find
yourselftreating them back equally to what they have showed you

2. How were Magellan and his men treated on their first arrival in the Philippine island?

 Magellan was welcomed by two Rajas, Kolambu and Siagu. He named the islands the
Archipelago of San Lazaro, erected a cross and claimed the lands for Spain. The friendly Rajas
took Magellan to Cebu to meet Raja Humabon. Humabon and 800 Cebuanos were baptized as
Christians.

3. How did Magellan win the trust of the natives?

 Magellan was able to communicate with the native peoples because his Malay interpreter could
understand their language. They traded gifts with Rajah Kolambu of Limasawa, who guided
them to Cebu, on April 7. Rajah Humabon of Cebu was friendly to them, and even agreed to
accept Christianity.

ACTIVITY SHEET 4
ACTIVITY 4.1

NAME: CHRISNEL D. SOLITARIO (BSCRIM 1C)

DATE: NOVEMBER 12, 2021

1. How did Plasencia describe the society of the prehispanic Filipinos?

 Father Plasencia describes Filipinos as being divided into four social conditions or “estates”:
principales, hidalgos, pecheros, and esclavos. ... Those in the First Estate have the right to trial
by their peers, those in the Second to trial by those in the First. The Third have no right to trial at
all

2. How did the early Filipinos earn their societal status?

 In the days of ancient Filipinos, people were mostly engaged in activities like fishing, farming,
swine raising, poultry, gold mining and trade etc. Based on what they did and which family they
were born into, there was a social hierarchy structure observed and followed among the early
Filipinos.

3. What were the injustices in the classification of societal status?

 There are five systems or types of social inequality: wealth inequality, treatment and
responsibility inequality, political inequality, life inequality, and membership inequality. ... The
major examples of social inequality include income gap, gender inequality, health care, and
social class.

Activity 4.2

Research and list down five worship customs and superstitious beliefs of the Tagalogs

Tabitabi Po

Being that we’re a very superstitious nation and that we believe in a number of spiritual beings and
mythical creatures, many of us were taught as kids to say “tabi po” or “tabi-tabi po” when passing by a
huge tree, an anthill or termite mound, or even a dark ally. This is to ask permission to the spirits and
mythical creatures that you’re passing by and so they can avoid you. We grew up listening to stories of
how people who don’t pay their respects to the spirits are cursed and get sick, vomit or urinate black
bile, spit out insects, and experience swelling or pain on any part of the body.

Paaso

This is a practice commonly done in the Visayas and Mindanao. Paaso is the ritual of burning sweet-
smelling herbs or incense which supposedly appeases the spirits. This brings good luck and well-being to
the family. The pile of herbs or incense is often burned in front of the grave or tomb. Some use grass,
just so to produce smoke. Those who visit the grave must pass by the smoke before leaving the
graveyard. Passing through smoke while still within the cemetery or by the gates of the cemetery is also
said to untangle the spirits of the dead from the bodies of the livings

Bayanihan

Back in the days where land titles weren’t a thing, people in the provinces simply built a hut on a small
piece of land that they claimed as their own. They ether farmed on the land or went to town to work
while their wives stayed to care for their children. If they wanted to move, they took their whole house
with them since it was mainly made with light material like bamboo and palm. Bayanihan is the act of
the whole neighborhood getting together and helping to move the house to the new location.
Thesedays, bayanihan is synonymous to our trait of national helpfulness, and that we should help our
fellow Filipinos in times of need.

Harana

As the song goes, Uso pa ba ang harana? (Is harana still popular?). Harana is a traditional form of
courtship where in the man would sing and woo woman outside her window at night. In the old days,
there was a set of protocols, a code of conduct and a specific style of music when performing harana. An
acoustic guitar was used and Spanish-influenced songs were sung. It’s not uncommon for the man to
bring his friends along, or even the best singer or haranista in town, to help. Thus, the harana wasn’t
always a solitary endeavor, in fact some considered it as a social event

Paninilbihan

Another traditional courtship practice, this is when the man “serves” the woman’s family by doing
manual labor (cutting wood for cooking, fetching water from the well). This is to show that he is capable
of taking care of her and their future family. Now, this is not that applicable to modern times, but
courtship back then involved “phases” or “stages” that the man had to pass through before he could get
married with his sweetheart. Courtship was never easy, and you had to win not only the girl’s affection,
but her family’s as well.
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MODULE 4

PRELIM

ACTIVITY SHEET 4.2

NAME: CHRISNEL D. SOLITARIO (BSCRIM 1C)

ACTIVITY 4.2

1. What is the concept of nationalism according to Emilio Jacinto?

 The concept of nationalism according to Emilio Jacinto is the sovereignty of the good over the
evil and the equality of all the people. Nationalism is the identification with one's own nation
and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other
nations.

2. According to Jacinto, who were qualified to join the secret society?

 A nation is born into freedom on the day when such a people, moulded into a nation by a
process of cultural evolution and sense of oneness born of common struggle and suffering,
announces to the world that it asserts its natural right to liberty and is ready to defend it with
blood, life, and honor."

3. Choose one principle of the society and explain its essence.

 So there are the main three basic principles. Science, interdependence, and food EROEI and the
sustainability of that ratio are the first basic principles. And finally evolution, as the way in which
a society consciously based on these first principles, might logically come into existence.