Reniel Jonalyn

Presented by: Karla Mae Tesorio

Sante
Pajinag
 WHO IS THE AUTHOR OR THE WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE
PRIMARY SOURCE? AUTHOR THAT MAY SHAPE HIS/HER
PERSPECTIVE?
• Juan Francisco de San Antonio, missionary of the Franciscan
• Juan De San Antonio perspective or
order; a Fransiscan priest
point of view on his text was so
• Came from an order of zealous and influential missionaries: knowledgeable, it has a very smooth
Juan de Plasencia and Pedro de San Buenaventura informative information. Facts and
details big or small explained
• He wrote the Cronicas de la Apostolica Provincia de San efficiently, it was so beneficial
Gregorio or also known as Philippine Chronicles especially to us young generation.
• To record the lives and deeds of the representatives of Franciscan Who's eager to know and learn our
order in the Philippines and describe the natural and cultural own history what we are? What
setting within which they carried out their work
happens in the past the similarities and
differences of the old and current
• Discusses some parts of Mindanao and South East Asia but beliefs, behavior, traditions, and culture
focused more on superstitious beliefs and omens of our own country.
• Visayas marriage custom including their marriage rituals,
ceremonies and dowry system
WHO IS THE INTENDED AUDIENCE OF THE
PRIMARY SOURCE?
• Couples who are planning to get married
• Filipinos
WHERE AND WHEN WAS THE PRIMARY
SOURCE PUBLISHED AND CREATED?
• Between the years of 1738 and 1744
• Convent of Our Lady of Loreto (Sampaloc), Province of San
Gregorio Magnus (Philippines)
• The translated version from Spanish to English was published in
1977
• Capital of the Philippines, Manila
HISTORICAL CONTEXT. WHAT WAS
HAPPENING DURING THIS EVENT OR TIME
PERIOD?
BACKGROUND OF THE TEXT / SUMMARY / MAIN GIST
• Marriage of the Early Filipinos had a complex customs.
• Man should only have one wife and vice versa, but those people who have power and wealth can have
some slaves as concubines (mistress).
• The man will give a dowry (bigaycaya) to the family of the bride without the contribution of the bride
and her parents.
• Some villages sell their daughter as a way of trade.
• Other villages used their money properly to provide expenses of the wedding.
• Returned the dowry at the death of any one.
• Three days before the wedding, the relatives of both parties will gather to the house of the couple to
make palapa.
• A Catalona or Babaylan will come to celebrate the espousals.
CONTRIBUTION TO PHILIPPINE HISTORY
• It serves as the reference for many historians' studies
• Better understanding of the traditional and historical background of
the natives of the Philippines
 DEFINITION OF TERMS / IMPORTANCE / DO YOU AGREE WITH THE
AUTHOR / IS THERE ANY BIAS?
• BABAYLAN- shamans specialized in communicating, appeasing, • The importance of this text is to
or harnessing the spirits of the dead and spirits of the nature. provide information about the past,
what happens in our society before.
• CONCUBINE- a woman who lives with a man but has a lower It gives us the info of our ancestors
status of his wife's or wives.
traditions the way how they lived
• DIABOLICAL- characteristics of the devil, or so evil as to be how they interact with each other
suggestive as the devil. what our the things they standpoint. I
respectfully agree with the authors
• ESPOUSAL- an act of adopting or supporting a cause, belief or text base on his credentials how he
way of life. write the text with so many details in
• GOSPEL- the teaching of the Christian tradition facts about our history I think there is
no bias.
• RIDICOULUS- arousing or deserving extremely silly or
unreasonable.
• PALAPALA- three days before the wedding all the relatives of
both parties assemble at the house where it is to celebrated.