1. Marc Arriola
Kathleen Quijano

3. The Quran
 words of Allah (God),
revealed to the prophet
Muhammad through
archangel Gabriel,
 source of all Islamic
Law, principles and
values.

4. Five Pillars of Islam
 Foundation of Muslim life
 Iman - Faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the
finality of the prophethood of Muhammad;
 Salah - Establishment of the daily prayers;
 Zakah - Concern for and almsgiving to the needy;
 Sawm - Self-purification through fasting;
 Hajj - The pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are
able.

5. Life After Death
 a person has four souls that leave the body after death:
 Transcendental
 life-soul associated with blood
 the breath or life essence
 spirit-soul who travels during dreams and causes the
shadow

6. • The body goes to
hell, where his
duration of
punishment is
determined by his
misconduct
• all Tausug
eventually reach
heaven.

7. Supernatural Beliefs
 Their world is full of environmental spirits, inhabiting
nature especially rocks and trees
 These spirits cause sickness or good fortune, and may be
the cause of human suffering.
 these spirits are the saytan (evil spirits) and jinn (unseen
creatures).
 Some saytan have names, like the balbalan (manananggal),
a flying creature which enjoys the liver of corpses.

8. The Christian devil
finds its counterpart
in Iblis, who tempts
people into evil.

10.  Indigenous healing practices are assumed by the
mangugubat (curer) who has direct access to the spirit
world.
 Traditional practices which are"medical“ includes the
sacrifice of a hen near a balete tree. Incantations are
said and a rooster is set free near the same tree.

11. Paggunting – Tausug Baptism

12.  The child is clothed in the best garments and is
brought to the group of Imams standing in a circle
 A few strands of hair are dipped in a container of the
water of butong
 The child’s mouth is smeared with sugar
 Candle is lit at the beginning of the ritual and blown
off after

13. Burial
 There are four requirements to be performed on the dead:
 the Sutchihun, to bathe and cleanse the corpse;
 Saputun, wrapping the body in a shroud;
 Sambayanganun, performing the obligatory prayer of the
dead;
 Hikubul, to bury him

14.  When the warmth is gone, the corpse is sponged in cold
water
 The bathing is done by religious persons. It’s done in
silence
 The water used is fresh and and perfumed with betel nut
flowers, kamanyan or incense, and sandalwood
 The corpse is then wiped then perfumed and placed in a
shroud

15.  shroud is made of 3 pieces of white cloth in accordance
with the length of the corpse.
 wrapped in a lying position with hands placed over the
chest, right over left
 Grave is dug in proportion to the length of corpse
 Follows a north-south direction from 6-9 feet deep
 At this depth, a chamber of about two feet wide, which the
Tausug calls the paliyangan, is dug on its west side

16.  a religious man would lower himself into such a hallow
say the tulkin (prayer for the dead)
 It drives evil spirits away and cleanses the final resting
place of the dead.
 paliyangan is sealed with slabs which the Tausug refer
to as the ding ding hali, literally meaning “wall of rest.”
 Grave markers for males are round and flat for female

18.  A newborn infant's hold on life is
thought to be precarious
 children are commonly protected
with amulets (hampan ) and
temporarily secluded immediately
after birth.

19.  At around 1 or 2 years of age, both boys and girls
undergo a ritual haircutting and immediately
afterward are named.
 Most pre-adolescent children attend Quranic school or
study the Quran with a private tutor
 they demonstrate their skills at recitation in a public
ceremony called pagtammat.

21.  Boys are circumcised ( pagislam ) in their early teens
 girls undergo a similar rite ( pagsunnat ), but without
ceremony and attended only by females, when they
reach the age of 5 or 6.

22. Clan Conflicts
 Known as rido in Tagalog and pagbanta in Tausug,
 honor killings.
 Refusal to demand payment of a blood debt from one’s
enemies opens a Tausug male up to the charge that he
is without shame (way sipug).
 Shame reflects awareness of the individual as a
member of a community.

23. No eating of pork
 Allah advises them not to through the Quran.
 they believe it is dirty because pigs don’t sweat,
therefore the bacteria remains inside them.
 There are no nutrients in pork therefore they have
nothing to gain from eating it.

24. Praying
 Tausugs pray five times a day
 To remember that the Prophet Muhammad was
perfect and that’s how Tausugs should be
 To remember who created them

25. Hijab
 Tausug women wear hijab to respect themselves as
special and valued beings
 To protect themselves from immoral thoughts by
others
 To be loved for their attitude, personality and
intelligence, etc.