1. 1. BurialBelief in life after death and in the relation between thedead and the living made the Filipinos respectful of theirdead. The deceased relatives were placed in a wooden coffinand buried under their house, complete with cloth, gold andother valuable things. This was done in the belief that awell provisioned dead person would be received with Alarcityin the other world, while a poorly provided dead one wouldbe received with indifference, if not with hostility.
2. 2. Upon the death of person, the people made firesunder his house. Armed men acted as sentinelsabout his coffin for it was feared that somesorcerers might take into their heads to touch thecoffin and thereby open it, thus releasing theaccumulated stench of the corpse. There was muchweeping not only on the part of the immediaterelatives, but also among the friends even theneighbors.
3. 3. As personal manifestation of mourningamong the people of Luzon, therelatives wore white shirts or skirts.Among the other tribes of Luzon andMindanao, the relatives showed theirdeep mourning by going berserk.
4. 4. Morotal(before)/maglahi(now): mourning of a womenfom that of a man.Laraw : mourning for a dead chiefSipa: fasting of tagalogsBalata: the act of vegeancePasiyam: the ninth night after the the death of aperson.Tibawan: staging a play in honor of the deadTibaw: the paly
5. 5. The ancient Filipinos, like theircontemporaries in many lands, put verymuch stock in divination, auguries andmagic charms. They interpreted signs inNature, such as the flight of birds, thebarking of the dogs, the singing of lizards,and the like as good or bad omensdepending upon the circumstances.
6. 6. Who could injure any man whose face he did notlike by the expedient of pricking an image of aman in any part of the anatomy she wanted tohurt.
7. 7. Who took pleasure in sucking the blood ofbabies.
8. 8. Like aswang, could assume in different formsin order to mislead a traveler at night.
9. 9. These religious belief and otherwise were not eradicated with thecoming of western civilization. Most of them were practiced behindthe backs of the Christian missionaries, with the result that sideby side with Catholicism, elements of paganism survived andpenetrated the new religion.