/ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʜɪʟɪᴘᴘɪɴᴇ ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀʏ/
"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙨"
Pre-colonial Tagalog society was organized into barangays, self-governing communities typically consisting of 30-100 families led by a dato, or chief. A social hierarchy existed, with maharlicas (nobles) exempt from tribute but obligated to military service, and aliping namamahay (commoners) and aliping saguiguilir (slaves) forming the lower classes. Marriage customs, inheritance laws, and religious practices centered around ancestor worship and various deities, reflecting a complex social and spiritual life before Spanish colonization.
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