TAUSUG TRIBE

Presented to the Class

Presented by: Bernadeth Jimenez
Nelsa Calam
Christine C. Dela Cruz
Rosalie Loculan
 Marriage
 Marriage among the Tausug is far
extending kinship relation and for love
and sexual satisfaction as well.
Courtship occurs during the
engagement period or after marriage
when the match is approved by their
elders.
 STAGES IN MARRIAGE
First Step: Tinggug Taingah
The term tinggug taingah literally means
ear, sound or listening by ear to sound but
actually the tinggug taingah denotes asking
information from nearby barrios or
neighboring houses which have no
relationship or ties to the family which is
the subject of the marriage proposal.
Second Step: Magpahingita
Magpahingita means to see or try to see the bride. The root
word kita means see. It is to have a glimpse of the future
bride.

Third Step: Pagpasihil

This activity is given to an elderly lady or group of elders
composed of an imam, or priests and other male elders who
are held in high esteem by the community. This is an indirect
way of asking the family concerned the wedding expenses
and other needs of the bridal party. It is done in an informal
manner.

Fourth Step: Pagpangasawa

Pagpangasawa is the formal asking of the hand in
marriage. The actual formal asking of the girls hand is
attended by the usba, and waris of the both families.
Fifth Step: Pagturul-Taymah
Literally speaking turul or urul is to go after and
taymah means to accept. Pagturul-taymah is a
joyous activity in both families as it becomes
a lavish party second only to wedding.

Sixth step and CULMINATING step:

Pagtiyaun (Wedding)
The wedding day is eagerly anticipated as
shown by corresponding household activities
done several days earlier. Both the grooms and
the brides residences are cleaned, recorded,
and prepared for the wedding.
Tausug Wedding
Pangalay dance
 Beliefs and Practices
The Burial Practice
When the warmth is gone, the corpse is sponged in cold water.
The bathing is done by religious persons.
The bathing is done in silence.
The water used is used is fresh and perfumed, kamanyan or incense and sandalwood.
The corpse is wiped and then perfumed and placed in a shroud.
The shroud is made of three pieces of white cloth in accordance with length of the
corpse.
It is wrapped in a lying position with hands placed on its chest the right over the left.
The coffin is made of wood and has no lid.
Grave is dug in proportion to the length of the corpse.
It follows a north south direction and is 6-9 feet deep and it is close with slabs of
board about 2 inch thick, 1 foot wide and 3-4 long.
Grave markers for males are rounded and flat for females.
Burial is followed by a seven day vigil. Depending on a family’s economic
circumstances, commemorative feast may be held on the 7th , 20th, 40th and 100th day
and on the first, second and third anniversaries of death.
 Religious Beliefs
 The Sunni Muslims are followers of the Shaft
school.
 The Five Pillars are observed, although only the
elderly practice daily prayers regularly. All
illness, accidents, and other misfortunes are
ultimately God’s will.
 The Five Pillars of Islam are declaration of beheb
in the oneness of God and the prophet hood of
Muhammad and the four obligations of praying,
almsgiving, fasting, and pilgrimage to Mecca at
least once in one’s lifetime.
 Religious Beliefs
 However, the Tausug retains elements of pre-
Islamic belief and additionally they see the world
as inhabited by local spirits capable of causing
good or ill fortune.
 Females do not participate in daily prayer until
they are married and males may pray only after
they are circumcised.
 Touching an unmarried female (kublit-kublit),
however, is in theory a finable offense with the
actual amount determined by the datu according
to time of day and part of body.
 Superstitious Beliefs
 Aside from Allah or Tuhan, the Tausug are also
concerned with spirits inhabit nature, especially
rocks and trees, and who are believed to be the cause
of human suffering.
 The saytan (evil spirits)and jinn (unseen creatures)
 Believe in the 4 composition of the human soul:
a. the transcendental soul
b. the life-soul associated with the blood
c. the breath or life essence
d. the spirit-soul who travels during dreams and
who cause the shadow.
 Healing Practices
 The manggugubat (curer) who have direct
access to the spirit world.
 Traditional medicine specialists, who obtain
their powers through dreams or by the
instruction of older curses, heal mainly by
herbal remedies and prayers.
Tausug Indigenous Food
Baulo
Pasung
Daral
Satti
Tyula Itum
Panyam
Lokot-lokot
Tausug Clothing

Batawi- is a
blouse made of
plain material
like satin and is
ornamented
with tambuku
(gold or silver
buttons) on the
breast,
shouders, and
cuffs.
Patadjung
-Is an all purpose
skirt worn by both
men and women. It
has various other
uses: as a turung or
headcover, sash or
waistband, blanket,
ham mock, and
other .
Sawwal Kuput
•They are tight and loose
trousers they wear

•Badju Lapi – a collarless

short-tailored jacket similar
to the batawi. The sleeves
of the badju lapi are either
long or “three-fourth’s”
with slits at the wrist..
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