Barangay: Sixteenth-century Philippine Culture and SocietyBarangay 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
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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 |
Common terms and phrases
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