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	Tausug (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Tausug is a slang word and originated from two words: tau (people) and ma-isug (brave).
		This was the origin of the growth of Tausug communities in Tawi-Tawi, Palawan, Basilan, Zamboanga, and Sabah.
		Up to this period, these places are still the favorite destination of Tausug migrants who have been displaced by the wars and conflicts between the Muslims and the Philippine government.
	www.freewebs.com /tausugchat/tausug.html (166 words)

	Tausug
		The Tausug, numbering around 502,918 (NCCP--PACT) in 1988 are predominant in the northern part of Sulu province, i.e., Jolo Island and the neighboring islands of Pata, Marunggas, Tapul, and Lugus, and to a lesser extent in Siasi and Pangutaran (Arce 1963:3).
		Tausug men wear the sawwal kuput or sawwal kantiyu (tight and loose trousers respectively), and match this with the badju lapi, a collarless short-tailored jacket similar to the biyatawi.
		"The Tausug of Jolo and the Moslem Philippines." The Muslim Filipinos.
	litera1no4.tripod.com /tausug_frame.html (8040 words)

	Tausug (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The present-day Tausug is the descendant of the different ethnic group that migrated in Sulu Archipelago.
		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.
	library.thinkquest.org /C003235/tausug.html (248 words)

	TAUSUG PEOPLE : Encyclopedia Entry
		The Tausugs presently populate the province of Sulu as a majority, and the provinces of Zamboanga del Sur, Basilan, and Tawi-Tawi as minorities.
		There is a large population of Tausugs in the all parts of Sabah, Malaysia as they are mainly laborers.
		In the early 17th century, the largest alliance composed of the Maranao, Maguindanao, Tausug, other Muslim groups was formed by Sultan Kudarat or Cachil Corralat of Maguindanao, whose domain extended from the Davao Gulf to Dapitan on the Zamboanga peninsula.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Tausug_people (1133 words)

	ZAWAJ.COM: Wedding Customs Around the World
		Occasionally, however, individual Tausug will utilize the conflict between the two legal systems to their own advantage, as when a father cynically files charges of kidnapping against his daughter's abductor, or an unhappy first wife charges her polygynous husband with bigamy.
		Tausug recognize three distinct transactions leading to a legally binding marriage: arranged marriage by negotiation (pagpangasawa), marriage by abduction (pagsaggau), and elopement (pagdakup).
		In Tausug society there is no regularly approved means by which a man can court a prospective bride; no sanctioned sequence of courtship events leading to marriage which can be freely initiated by the couple themselves.
	www.zawaj.com /weddingways/tausag/tausag1.html (1213 words)

	Macdonald Center - Online Articles
		Tausug are found in the Jolo cluster of islands and there is a thin dispersion of them among other large islands of Tawi-Tawi, Sibutu and Pangutaren.
		Tausug tribe, the main focus of this paper, are the first group to be Islamized in the Philippines.
		Tausug sultanate was the largest and most powerful political entity in the Philippines, embracing at least a quarter of a million persons in a multi-ethnic group state.
	macdonald.hartsem.edu /articles_oliveros.htm (3438 words)

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		Tausug Traditional Islamic Practices The thesis of Jundam (1983) emphasizes that Adat law is conceived as an element of the Tausug culture that serves as one of the basic principles which shapes, supports and rationalizes the Tausug personal, familial and institutional behavior.
		Tausugs do not and will not practice unnatural family planning methods such as the use of contraceptives, pills and others, not only because of its side effects but, more importantly, because it is not allowed by their faith.
		Mainstream culture of the majority Filipinos- the constant exposure of the younger generation of the Tausugs to the westernized and modernized culture of the majority Filipinos is recognized by the respondents as one of the influential factors in the liberalization of the courtship and marriage practices of the Tausugs.
	www.law.emory.edu /IHR/wrkpaper/jamail2.doc (13076 words)

	Tausug (Sulu, Suluk) - Un-Reached People Group Of Malaysia
		Although these Tausug enjoy significant freedom as Muslims, their cousins in the Philippines are locked into a bitter battle with the Filipino government.
		The Tausug lack a strong sense of community; thus, the unity of the kauman depends on such factors as the degree of intermarriage, the authority of the headman, and attendance at a common mosque.
		The ideal marriage among the Tausug is still one arranged by the parents.
	www.seamist.org /peoples/tausug-malay.shtml (678 words)

	Sun.Star Davao - Tausug artists rue NGO's abuse
		WHAT started out as an endeavor that saw a group of Tausug performing artists coming to Davao for the first time and performing to spread their message of peace is now wracked by "un-peace" after the performers cried foul over the treatment they got from their non-government organization host.
		The young Tausug performers, along with their Davao director, trooped en masse to the office of the deputy mayor on Muslim Affairs Thursday to air their grievances and complaints against the Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID), an NGO that is co-producing their play.
		The final straw for the Tausug youth, he said, was when one of them was called "baboy" (pig) by one of the staff of the organization.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/dav/2006/12/02/news/tausug.artists.rue.ngo.s.abuse.html (576 words)

	About Culture and Arts
		The Tausug appear to have moved in the eleventh century A.D. into the southwestern Philippines, where they have now rooted, from northeastern Mindanao in the area of Butuan City.
		The Kamayo of Bislig in coastal eastern Mindanao is likewise linguistically related to the Tausug.
		The Tausug are a dominant ethnic group in the Sulu archipelago not only due to their numbers but also because of their political and religious institutions.
	www.ncca.gov.ph /about_cultarts/ebook_subcont.php?subcont_Id=62 (301 words)

	Tausug
		The name "Tausug" supposedly means “People of the Current,” though it is also said to derive from tau, "person," and Suug which is the old name for the island of Jolo.
		The language is similar to that of the Butuanon and Kamayo of north-eastern Mindanao, and the venturesome Tausug are thought to have moved to Jolo from that area about the 11th century A.D., long before the arrival of Islam.
		The Tausug have long dominated their new home in the Sulus as a result both of superior numbers and their political and religious institutions.
	class.csueastbay.edu /anthropologymuseum/virtmus/Philippines/Peoples/Tausug.htm (248 words)

	About Culture and Arts
		Hence, it is enough to say that the Jama Mapun, Sama, and the Tausug used to belong to the same province until former President Ferdinand E. Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 302 on September 27, 1973, segregating Sulu (where the Tausug live) and Tawi-Tawi (where the Jama Mapun and Sama come from) as separate provinces.
		Note that the term is reduplicated – similar to the kata-kata of the Tausugs and the kana-kana of the Jama Mapuns and Samas.
		Tarasul is the Tausug term for poems, and the Jama Mapun and Sama use the same term to signify a body of compositions called poetry.
	www.ncca.gov.ph /about_cultarts/comarticles.php?artcl_Id=233 (3127 words)

	Tausug Resistance to American Occupation ( 1898 - 1913 )
		This treaty had the same translation flaws as the one entered into in 1851, where the Spanish version stated it had sovereignty over Sulu whereas the Tausug version had the description of the relationship as being a protectorate rather than a dependency and Sulu customs, laws, religion were not subject to Spanish jurisdiction.
		They were part of the territories originally "ceded" (leased according to Tausug translations of the documents) by the Sultan Jamalul Alam to the North Borneo Company since 1763.
		This created resentment and dissatisfaction among the Tausugs which led to a series of Cotta (trench) wars against the Americans led by Panglima Hassan.
	www.msc.edu.ph /centennial/jolo.html (745 words)

	Muslim World Journal of Human Rights
		Among the minority populations in the region are the Tausug of Sulu who practice an Islam that is heavily influenced by their pre-Islamic traditions, popularly known in the community as Adat or customary laws.
		The Tausug believe that because of their strong and dynamic traditions, their practice or interpretation of Islam is more liberal and accommodating.
		One could argue, therefore, that the Tausug community is a good example of an Islamic community where women's rights are respected and gender justice prevails.
	www.bepress.com /mwjhr/vol2/iss1/art4 (294 words)

	Tausug IRC (DALnet)
		The conduct of the two-day confab on Tausug history and culture in Zamboanga, he said, is timely and significant, as it would also be an opportunity for the local government to promote its new branding of Asia's Latin City.
		Jali, spiritual adviser of MNLF chairman Nur Misuari, said it is customary for Tausugs that when a meeting is held, nobody is allowed to leave until a resolution to a problem or conflict is reached among the discussants.
		It is within the Tausug tradition that nobody is allowed to leave a meeting unless a resolution to a problem or conflict has been reached," he said.
	blogs.cjb.net /tausugnews (8214 words)

	Joshua Project - Ethne Movement
		The name Tausug means "people of the sea current." The Tausug probably came to the Sulu Archipelago from northeastern Mindanao as a result of the expansion of Chinese trade in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
		Among the Tausug, the household is the smallest territorial unit.
		Because a real sense of community is weak among the Tausug, the solidarity of the kauman depends on several factors: the amount of intermarriage among its residents, the effective authority of the headman, and the attendance at a common mosque.
	www.joshuaproject.net /ethne.php?es=4&rop3=109891&rog3=RP (846 words)

	Local Government Unit: Province of Sulu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		tausug by: Faye Velasco "Tausug" derives from tau meaning "man" and sug meaning "current," and translates into "people of the current." It refers to the majority Islamized group in the Sulu archipelago, their language, and culture.
		Tausug proverbs also present a world view, an attitude towards life (Hassan et al 1974a): In tau nagbubuluk bihasa mahumu marayaw in parasahan niya.
		Less symbolic but as archaic as the daman, Tausug pituwa (maxims or advice) are similar to proverbs (Rixhon 1974a:45): Suppak bata malangug, mahumu' kasakitan.
	www.sulu.gov.ph /index.php?id1=1&id2=2&id3=3 (8830 words)

	ZAWAJ.COM: Wedding Customs Around the World
		The main town of Jolo is a small city and there are concentrated towns along the coasts, but the majority of Tausug are rural rice farmers and fishermen.
		Tausug settlements are dispersed in the interior, with houses located close to farms in small hamlets.
		Tausug have a sophisticated system of locally interpreted Islamic law – usually in conflict with national government law - administered by local headmen (elders who were usually military leaders when younger) who in the past were integrated into a traditional Islamic state headed by the Sultan of Sulu.
	www.zawaj.com /weddingways/tausag.html (259 words)

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		Tausugs do not and will not practice unnatural family planning method such as the use of contraceptives, pills and others, because it is not allowed by their faith as well its side effects.
		Mainstream culture of the majority Filipinos- the constant exposure of the younger generation of the Tausugs to the westernized and modernized culture of the majority Filipinos is recognized by the respondents as one of the influential factors in the courtship and marriage practices of the Tausugs becoming more liberal.
		The Tausug practice of allowing women to participate in all aspects of decision making in Tausug society and recognizing them as leader as well is in contrary to Islamic teaching according to one Imam, who finished his Islamic Studies in the Middle East.
	www.law.emory.edu /ihr/wrkpaper/j_kamlian.doc (10491 words)

	Joshua Project - Ethne Movement
		In the past, the Tausug made their living as pirates but now rely on agriculture, fishing, and livestock raising to sustain their lives.
		The typical Tausug house is built in a rectangular shape; the walls are constructed with timber or bamboo beams and enclosed with coconut or nipa palm leaves.
		Pray that God will send helpers to the Tausug to help meet their spiritual needs and be a channel of blessing.
	www.joshuaproject.net /ethne.php?es=4&rop3=109891&rog3=MY (572 words)

	Lowlands-L Anniversary Celebration
		The native Tausug area is the Philippine province of Sulu which consists of an archipelago in which the island of Sulu as its largest member.
		Sulu province may be seen as representing a bridge between the predominantly Christianized and predominantly Islamicized regions of the Nusantara, the Malaiic linguistic and cultural sphere encompassing aboriginal Taiwan, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Singapore, Malaysia’s mainland, and Southern Thailand.
		Like Malay and Tausug, Balinguingui Sama is traditionally written using the Jawi derivative of the Arabic alphabet, though these days both languages are more commonly written by means of a Roman-based writing system.
	www.lowlands-l.net /anniversary/tausug-info.php (355 words)

	Tausug : The bravest tribe
		He is a model of a typical Tausug Warrior and Moro Icon for Martyrdom.
		He is an outstanding example of an MLNF Revolutionary who persists against all odds and fight until the last drop of blood for the sake of the Bangsamoro Struggle for self-determination.
		His personal exploits are worthy of exploitation by Moro generation yet to come, and his martyrdom is like a beacon to remind us hat Hadji Van paved the way to victory in the hearths of every Moro, during the darkest hours of Moroland.
	www.freewebs.com /tausugchat/index.html (357 words)

	The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles
		The name Tausug means "people of the sea current." They probably came from northwestern Mindanao and arrived in the Sulu Archipelago as a result of Chinese trade.
		It is not known when Islam was first introduced to the Tausug, but it may have occurred as early as the tenth century A.D. as a result of trade with Muslim Arabs.
		The Tausug are Sunni Muslims of the Shafiite branch.
	www.kcm.co.kr /bethany_eng/p_code4/1576.html (888 words)

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		Kinding Sindaw's adaptation intertwines Tausug dance, music and storytelling with commentary by American writer and journalist Mark Twain, who was morally outraged by the United States' brutal subjugation of the Philippines.
		Tausug dances depict the ebb and flow of the ocean waves, the lightness of butterflies, and the playfulness of turtles and fish.
		Wearing long golden nails called janggay, she emulates the mythical Sarimanok bird, a reincarnation of a goddess who loved a mortal man. After completing the dance, the maiden removes her nails and drops them to the ground, hoping that a man will gather them and claim her for his bride.
	www.lamama.org /archives/2004/ParangSabil.htm (825 words)

	Asia Finest Discussion Forum > Bahasa Tausug (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Feb 9 2006, 08:17 AM it has been a great surprise to me that malay is more related to the bisaya languages than indonesian is. the word bahasa in malay means language.
		the language in question is tausug which is a bisaya dialect spoken in sulu, jolo, borneo, and indonesia.
		my parents r from bacolod and they speak hiligaynon which in a way is related to tausug.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t63582.html (153 words)

	Tausug Kris Dagger
		The most common Moro sword found in Sulu & Mindanao is the kris and it is extensively used by the Tausug, Samal, & Yakan warriors.
		Some believe that it is symbolic of the stingray’s tail (buntot-pagi) or that it's a design of the mythical serpThe most common Moro dagger found in Sulu & Mindanao is the kris.
		Kris daggers are extensively used by the Tausug, Samal, & Yakan warriors of the Philippines.
	www.weaponsofolde.com /takrda1.html (292 words)

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