LUKBAN
Glossary
Avenidas, the term for certain weather patterns in Samar Ba-id, the name given to long sharp blades used in Samar for fighting. Bandillo, the system of making oral public announcements on important events or policies, that starts by creating a noise to catch people’ s attention, before the announcements are read. Baroto, a small wooden boat with an outrigger Bejuco, the term used to describe a climbing vine, sometimes made into walking canes Bolomen, fighting men using long blades as their weapons Cabecera, the capital town, usually the biggest or oldest and serving as the commercial center surrounded by smaller towns. These also served as centers of the Christian faith Cabezas, village head, the present equivalent of the barangay captain Camarin, an open bodega used to store bales of abaca traded by the mountain folk Capitan, can either refer to the head of the town or the military official commanding a company of soldiers Carcel de Bilibid, was the term used to described the place where prisoners were kept Cargadores, porters used by soldiers to carry their supplies especially on long marches Cartilla, the system of early education practiced during the Spanish regime run by the local priests or their appointed native teachers. This centered on religious instruction and some Spanish grammar. Cedula personal, a kind of tax collection scheme that replaced the system of tribute implemented in 1884. A piece of paper indicated that the citizen having it was a subject of Spain and was a legitimate resident of a particular town. At the start, only Filipinos and Chinese had this paper, but it was eventually revised to include all citizens. Colegio, the system of secondary education that had a standard classical curriculum Contribucion de Guerra, the contributions given by the residents to the
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