Barangay: Sixteenth-century Philippine Culture and Society

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Ateneo University Press, 1994 - History - 306 pages
Barangay presents a sixteenth-century Philippine ethnography. Part One describes Visayan culture in eight chapters on physical appearance, food and farming, trades and commerce, religion, literature and entertainment, natural science, social organization, and warfare. Part Two surveys the rest of the archipelago from south to north.
 

Contents

The Word Barangay The Word Filipino The Filipino People
14
FOOD AND FARMING
35
TRADES AND COMMERCE
54
RELIGION
77
LITERATURE AND ENTERTAINMENT
94
NATURAL SCIENCE
113
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
127
WEAPONS AND WAR
147
Caraga Butuan Dapitan Epic Culture Sarangani Island
177
TAGALOG CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
189
TAGALOG SOCIETY AND RELIGION
217
CENTRAL LUZON
243
Pampanga Culture Pampanga Law Lawsuits Pangasinan Culture
249
NORTHERN LUZON
257
Afterword 272 Notes 277 Bibliographical Essay
282
Bibliography 288 Index
300

Mindanao and Luzon
159

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