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Kedatuan (Old Malay, Philippine, and
Sundanese spelling:
kadatuan;
Javanese romanization: kedaton) were
historical semi-independent city-states or prin****lities...
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tumao were
further distinguished from the
immediate royal families, the
kadatuan. The
Pilipino had a three-class
social structure consisting of the maginoo...
- as a
collection of
several Kadatuans (local prin****lities),
which swore allegiance to the
central ruling powerful Kadatuan ruled by the
Srivijayan Maharaja...
- maharlika, c.1590
Boxer Codex Tagalog maginoo, c.1590
Boxer Codex Visayan kadatuan, c.1590
Boxer Codex Native commoner women (likely
Muslims in
Manila at...
- or translated) All oh thou gods almighty, all that
gathered to
protect Kadatuan (palace/kingdom) Srivijaya; all of thou gods that
starts the beginning...
- 1500s) A
Native Binukot Lady (Possibly Visayan)
Visayan kadatuan (royal)
couple Visayan kadatuan (royal) with his wife
wearing red, the
distinctive color...
- Left to right:
Images from the
Boxer Codex illustrating an
ancient kadatuan or
tumao of the
Visayans of
Panay wearing the
distinctive colors of
their social...
- A
Visayan kadatuan (royal) and his wife
wearing red, the
distinctive color of
their class. He is
wielding a
golden sword....
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Images from the
Boxer Codex illustrating an
ancient kadatuan or
tumao (noble class)
Visayan couple....
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wearing richly-embroidered pre-hispanic
Visayan clothing typical of the
kadatuan caste. Note that the datu only
wears a
bahag under a long
cotton tunic...
