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Balangay

Highest social and political organization based on kinship ties

Datu/Rajah/Lakan

Chiefs or headmen of the barangay who belonged to the nobles

Functions of the datu

Administrator(enforcer of laws), judge, lawmaker, and military chief

Council of elders

Old men who acted as advisers of the datu

Laws

Written and customary which dealt with many subjects

Trial by ordeal

Resorted to when the datu when having a difficulty in deciding a case

Sanduguan (ritual blood compact)

Resorted to when different datus enter into treaties and alliances

Umalahokan

Crier who announced the passage of a new law to the whole barangay

Animism

Nature/spirit worship and supertitious beliefs (polytheism)

Anito/diwata

Spirits who affect one's life

Bathalang maykapal

Creator of the world

Babaylan/Katalona

Persons who perform rituals to appease spirits

Surhanos/Medicos (shaman)

Native healers

Paninilbihan

Menial service of the man on the girl's family for a period of time

Pamamalae

Meeting of both families to discuss the forthcoming marriage

Bigay-kaya

Giving of dowry to the girls's family

Babaylan

The officiating minister of weddings

Nobles

Composed of the datu and his family. They enjoy special priviliges in the community

Timawa/Maharlika (freemen)

Ordinary people engaged in various occupations

Alipin

Captivity in war, by purchase, punishment for crimes, failure to pay one's debt, and by birth

Aliping saguiguilid

Stays with the master

Aliping namamahay

Living outside the master's house

Chinese

Words, umbrella, gongs, use of lead, porcelain, manufacture of gunpowder, mining methods, metallurgy, arranged marriages, wearing of white shirts during funerals

Hindu

Sanskrit words, animism, clothing, clothing, cord and veil on weddings

Arab

Islam, sultanate government, shariah (islamic law)

Ma-i/Mayi

Name given by early Chinese traders and geographers to the Philippines

Islas de San Lazaro

Given by Ferdinand Magellan

Las Islas Filipinas

Given by Ruy Lopez de Villalobos

NCR

National Capital Region

CAR

Cordillera Administrative Region

Region 1

Ilocos

Region 2

Cagayan Valley

Region 3

Central Luzon

Region 4A

CALABARZON

Region 4B

MIMAROPA region

Region 5

Bicol

Region 6

Western Visayas

Region 7

Central Visayas

Region 8

Eastern Visayas

Region 9

Zamboanga Peninsula

Region 10

Northern Mindanao

Region 11

Davao region

Region 12

SOCCSKSARGEN

Region 13

CARAGA

ARMM

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao