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CUSTOMS OF
THE TAGALOGS
(Las costumbres de los
indios Tagalos de Filipinas)
Juan De Plasencia

Author’s
Background
(Juan De Plasencia)

Joan de Puerto convento De
villanueva de la serena.

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Born in the 16
th
century to the
illustrious family of
the portocarreros in
plasencia in the
region of
extremadura,Spain.
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His real name is Joan
de Puerto convento
De villanueva de la
serena.
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He was a Spanish friar
of the Franciscan
order.
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Said to have been
inspired to be
fransiscan because of
his upbringing spent
during a spiritual and
religious resurgence
affected by spain’s
siglo de oro.
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Well reputed as the one
who took the leading
role in fostering the
spread of primary
education.
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Converted
natives,taught
catechisms, and
organized towns and
barangays in the
Philippines.
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promoted the
understanding of both
spanish language
among the
natives,and the local
languages among the
missionaries, to
facilitate the task of
spreading Christianity.

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Initiated the reduccion
policy- policy to reduce
or resettle natives in
central locations.
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Some of his works aim
to put an end to some
injustices being
committed against the
natives by certain
government officials.
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HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND OF
THE DOCUMENTS

Customs of the Tagalogs is a part (either
chapters or subsections) of longer monographs
written by the chroniclers of the Spanish
expeditions to the Philippines during the early 16
th
and 17
th
centuries. They appeared initially in Blair
and Robertson’s 55 volumes, the Philippines
islands(1903)and in the Philippines journal
sciences(1958).
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WHAT IS
DOCTRINA
CHRISTIANA?
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It was the first ever
book to be published in
the Philipppines back
in 1593.
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This is the same book
that Plasencia used to
facilitate people who
wanted to strengthen
their faith to God
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The essence of this written work is the portrayal of
the abundant traditions, beliefs and practices of the
Tagalog's that were already present even before the
colonial period.
The passage enumerates the following:
the Government, the social classes, their marriage
customs, and their religious and superstitious beliefs.
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GOVERNMENT

THE GOVERNMENT
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It was governed by
the chief referred to
as the datu, to whom
they reverenced.