The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 47, 1728-1759: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 47, 1728-1759: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century
Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources
The office of sacristan, although the bayoc gives it to whomever he
wishes, is not of great estimation, and in the absence of the one
appointed for such office, the bayoc substitutes in his place the
first one he lays his eyes on. But the office of bayoc is held in high
estimation among them, and I am not surprised, for it possesses such
advantages that for certain honors which he performs for a deceased
person, they generally give him ten taes in gold. Those honors are
performed so that the soul of the deceased may leave its relatives, for
they say that the said soul always follows them until said honors are
shown it. [86] Those honors are not shown to all, because all people
do not have the means for those expenses. When they are performed,
all the relatives and friends of the deceased are invited to be present
at them. They offer food made of rice, buyo, tobacco, and wine to the
amount that seems sufficient for the guests. Then clothing Malyari
as abovesaid, and presiding over the ceremonies in a two-fold manner,
[87] there is pure disorder. Some lament, some sing, some play their
musical instruments, and some dance after their manner. But whatever
those who lament and those who sing, lament and sing is in memory of
the deceased. Finally, what is offered is consumed, and when they
finish eating and drinking, the sacrifice is finished, and each of
the guests takes his cup from which he has drunk, although some are
accustomed to leave them, but they are the fewest. Consequently,
if one hundred persons attended the honors one hundred other cups
would have to be obtained for each person to take his cup. It is to
be noticed that they do not always dress the anito Malyari, for only
the bayoc has it, but whenever said bayoc offers sacrifices for any
deceased person he dresses it, although some sacrifices are also made
to other anitos without dressing said Malyari.
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