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Filipino Harvest Goddess
This picture is of a Filipino Goddess. Before Christianity the supreme being was called Bathala. Under Bathala were lesser gods, for example the Harvest Goddess, Lake Gods, and such. Then came the diwata(spirits/fae)and ancestors.
Bathala
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Gods & Goddesses
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Diwata & Ancestors
Anting-Anting
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Traditional Dress
Men:
Men wore short sleeved, collarless jackets which reached a little below the waist. The color of one's jacket indicated rank, Red for chief, then blue or black for those of lower rank. For the lower body they wore a bahag, a strip of cloth wrapped about the waist and that passed between the thighs.
For the head a man wore a putong. Red putong was for a man that killed another in war and a embroidered one was for a man that killed at least 7 men.
Women:
A woman's dress consisted of a baro(sleeved jacket), saya(skirt)and a tapis, a piece of cloth that goes over the skirt. Both sexes wore jewelry.
Tattoos were also a part of pre-Hispanic Filipinos. Women and men both sported tatoos. Tattoos were also like war medals.
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