Tausug: People of the Current

The 1974 Battle of Jolo: Testimonial Narratives and Intra-Tausug Relations

Critical Asian Studies, 2022

Addressing the limitations of the dominant historiography of the Martial Law period (1972-1986) of the Philippines in Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago, this article provides testimonial narratives of witnesses and survivors of the 1974 Battle of Jolo as a counter-history. Tausug identity has been constructed and depicted by examining how the experiences of both Christian and Muslim Tausug shifted from cooperation to violence after this battle. The imposition of Martial Law and the 1974 Battle of Jolo not only caused displacement, property destruction, and casualties, it significantly contributed to the animosities between Christian and Muslim Tausugs that continue until the present.

Amazing lifestyle of the Tuareg

The Tuareg inhabit the Saharan regions of North Africa - Niger, Mali, Libya, Algeria and Burkina Faso. Tuareg is an Arabic term meaning abandoned by God. Douglas Porch, in his book "The Conquest of Morocco," posits that the French described the term "tuareg" as the Arabic name given to the Berber tribes of the sub-Saharan region which, in translation, means "abandoned by God." They call themselves Imohag, translated as free men. No one knows the true origin of the Tuareg, where they came from or when they arrived in the Sahara. Reputedly of Berber descent, the language of the Tuareg is Tamachek, with their own script known as Tifinagh, thought to have ancient Libyan roots. Their numbers are unclear, but estimates run between 300,000 and 1 million. The Tuareg were recorded by the Greek historian Herodotus in the 5th Century BC. The most striking attribute of the Tuareg is the indigo veil, worn by the men but not the women, giving rise to the popular name the Blue Men of the Sahara, or Men of the Veil. Men begin wearing a veil at the age of 25. One of the traditional dances of the nomadic Tuareg is the 'Tam Tam' where the men on camel circle the women while they play drums and chant. The huts of the Tuareg nomad are easily constructed, and comprised of weaved matting and tradition fabrics on a timber frame.

Unveiling the Tausug Culture in Parang Sabil through Translation

Southeastern Philippines Journal of Research and Development

Translation communicates through language and facilitates the spread of information and culture.It is a conscious semantic transfer of culturalitems from one culture to another. In this paper, it aims to unveil the culture of the Tausugs, the people of Sulu, Philippines, in doing the jihad (holy war) through the translation of the parang sabil, a folk narrative song. Anchored on the interpretative theory of translation, this study translates the contemporary parang sabil titled Kissa sin Pagbunu ha Zambo written in Bahasa Sug, a language spoken among the Tausugs, into English. Performed by the Tausug lady named Indah Anjam, Kissa sin Pagbunu ha Zambo (The Story of War in Zambo) talks about the heroic act of Ustadz Habir Malik during the Zamboanga siege in 2013. By mobilizing the researchers’ knowledge in Bahasa Sug, English, and Tausug history and culture, linguistic and cultural issues were addressed in the English translation to maintain the sense or culture of doing the Tausug ji...

The Tausug, the Sabilallah, and the American Military Strategy during the Moro-American War (1899-1913)

2019

The study examines the roles played by the Moros, particularly the Tausugs of Sulu and the Sabilallah warriors of mainland Mindanao, in defending their rights and liberty against the American rule in the Philippines. The study focuses on the various adversarial encounters that happened during the Moro–American War. Hence, the study traces the powerful and conditioning role of Islam as the Moros valiantly defended their faith from the Spanish to the American period in the Philippines. This further brings the study to discussion on why the Moros showed extreme defiance to the American intention, programs, and presence in the country. For the theoretical framework, the study uses Robert King Merton’s Strain Theory to further elucidate how certain stressors, like the Americans, stirred negative emotions among individuals or groups like the Moros, resulting to an increase in the likelihood of violence between the two parties. The study employs the descriptive–analytic–narrative method of historical methodology to describe, analyze, and narrate the Moro resistance against the United States of America and why the Moros continued to resist despite the grave danger posed by the superior military technology of the American forces.

Testimonial Narratives of Muslim Tausug Against Militarization of Sulu 1972 to

Studia Islamika, 2022

In order to provide a counter history to the predominate, monochromatic, and polarizing historiography of Martial Law in the Philippines, this article investigates the use of testimonial narratives from Muslim Tausug witnesses and survivors during the early years of militarization of Sulu province in the southern Philippines (1972– 1974). It focuses on the narratives of war and violence which have been silenced and subjugated, as well as the role of identities and culture in the articulation of the conflict. Their testimonies offer a different perspective on the marginalization of Muslim Mindanao under the repressive era of Ferdinand Marcos’ Martial Law. this article contributes to the study of Islam in the Philippines and Bangsamoro by exploring the ways in which Tausug Muslims use their religion to air their grievances and to fight against oppression. they were able to embrace Islam as their framework for emancipation because of their roots in postcolonial experience. Keywords: Moro National Liberation Front, Militarization, Martial law

Uncharted Territory: Understanding the Tuaregs

Turkish Review, 2012

In association with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), the Association of Researchers on the Middle East and Africa (ORDAF) organized an international conference in Istanbul on June 23, 2012 on the African Nomads known as the Tuaregs. Although they are the ancient and principal inhabitants of the Saharan interior of North Africa, the Tuaregs are known almost exclusively in the francophone world, largely due to the French political influence in the region -- an influence that has, without doubt, continued to prevail in the post-colonialist era. As they are almost totally unknown in Turkey, despite the Ottoman legacy in the region, this institutional attempt to launch an interaction between the political and tribal leaders of Tuaregs and Turkey’s academics and politicians, therefore, marks a departure into uncharted territories for social sciences and political aspirations in the country. Behind this attempt lie two fundamental dynamics that have emerged in the post-Cold War era and contribute to the shaping of the region: (i) the increasing significance of the political role of Tuaregs in determining the future of North Africa and (ii) the assertive aspiration of the new political elite to raise Turkey to the status of regional power by relying on both the region’s Ottoman legacy and the geo-strategic opportunity to manoeuvre in the post-Cold War world. (...)

Popular tauromaquias, heritage and identity

International journal of scientific management and tourism, 2017

The cultural events are assumed to be strategic tools for dissemination of heritage and identity of a place, so their planning and management are increasingly essential to the success of many tourist areas. Thus, we view an event like a true showcase of the tourist destination, in which the actors, including the local communities, namely the context of bullfighting, promote their tangible and intangible heritage, generating income and contributing to economic and social development. Popular tauromaquias combine immaterial and cultural resources of great value, which should be articulated in a complementary way on an integrated territorial approach, reinforcing the market broadly, combining products, the differences and proximity allow building a composite tourism product. These events, such as Largadas, the Touradas a Corda , the Capeia Arraiana , the Picarias , the Vaca das Cordas , among others, present through the history, culture, experiences and resources of nature of great val...