TAUSUG

The present-day Tausug is the descendant of the different ethnic group that migrated in Sulu Archipelago. Sulu salsila (genealogy) and tradition speak of Buranon, Tagimaha, Baklaya, Orang Dampuan and Orang Banjar as the earlier migrants to the archipelago. The Buranon (mountain residents) are believed to be the forerunners of the Sulu nobility. Tuan Masaika, Datu Sipad and datu Naruangsa were the most notable descendants of the group who organized a protoTausug Sultanate government based in what is today Mainbung. The Tagimaha (The Party of Protector) came from Basilan, but their origin was from Mindanao. They settled in Buansa (embraced by present day Jolo). The Baklaya (Seashore dwellers) settled in the area of Patikul, and are believed to have come from the Celebes (now Sulawesi) in Indonesia. Orang Dampuan were from Champa, an ancient Indochina's kingdom formerly located in what is now Vietnam. The language spoken by the Tausog is primarily adopted from the vocabulary of Tagimaha in whose locality the Sultan of Sulu lived and established the capital of the Sultanate - Buansa. The word Tausug is the recognition of the geographic character of the Sulu Archipelago that lies in the path of vigorous tidal currents flowing from the Sulu and China Seas to the Celebes Sea. Practically all the groups in the Sultanate are sea-oriented: sailors, traders, fishermen, pearl divers, sea seed collectors, etc. Thus, Tausug are "People of the Current". Also, they possess an unquestionable courage and bravely, therefore Tausug are Tau Maisug or "brave people". "Tausug" derives from tau meaning "man" and sug meaning "current," and translates into "people of the current." The province of Sulu derives its name from "sulug" or "sug" which in Tausug means "ocean current," while Sulu's capital Jolo is the Spanish corruption of Sulu. The Tausug speak bahasa sug, a Malayo-Polynesian language related to the Visayan variety spoken in Surigao, and write in a Malayo-Arabic script known as jawi or sulat sug. Other ethnolinguistic groups in Sulu include the Samal/Sama, the Yakan, the Badjao, and the Jama Mapun. Makdum, a Mus-lim missionary Raja Baguinda land-ed at Buansa and extended the missionary work of Makdum. Abu Bakr ar-rived in 1450, married Baguinda's daughter, and after Baguinda's death, became sultan, thereby introducing the sultanate as a political system. "Moro Wars," expedition sent by Gov Francisco de Sande and headed by Capt Rodriguez de Figueroa Ijtihad (independent judgment) and Qiyas (analogy) Dar-al-Islam (Land of Islam) Dar-al-Harb (Land of War) Dar-al-Ahd (Land of the Covenant) Dar-al-Sulk (House of Truce) Malay words perang meaning "war" and sabil, from the Arabic "fi sabil Allah meaning "in the path of God." It refers to a jihad (holy war) shahid (martyrs) saytan (evil spirits) and jinn (unseen creatures) balbalan (manananggal) sulga (heaven) and narka (hell) karayawan (state of goodness) and kasiksaan (state of suffering) mangugubat (curer) agama (religious) priests sunduk or grave marker hidjuk (dark cord) on the sangpad (prow-plate) Tausug mananasal or blacksmiths barong (bladed weapons) tiyahian (embroidered tube) kambut (sash) and kandit (loincloth and sash) Tutup or plate covers

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