- 1. Tausug Wedding(Traditional and Modern)
2. Three types of Tausug Marriage
- Arranged marriage (pagpangasawa) 3. Abduction (pagsaggau) 4.
Elopement (pagdakup)
5. Arranged Marriages Graduation from Islamic school.Ability to
read the Qur'an is highly valued in marriageable girls. 6. Arranged
Marriage
- Considered most ideal(legally proper,least violent, more
prestigious) but the most time consuming and expensive marriage for
the tausugs. 7. The decision of the parents is done with the
consent of the male. 8. Islamic Marriage ritual is framed as a
contract bet. The groom and the bride's father. 9. After the
parents of the male and the male have chosen a female, the parents
of the male, together with close relatives,gather(isun) to the
female's house to ask for the hand of the girl in behalf of the
male. Then, the two parties will decide for the brideswealth
(ungsud). 10. An arranged marriage can also proceed through the
institution of "surrendering to the parents of the woman"
(maglillah pa maas sing babai).
11. Marriage by Abduction and Elopement Man with kalis (kris).
While guns have replaced swords as practical weapons, bladed
weapons still have importance as symbols of masculinity and
bravery. 12.
- a quick, relatively inexpensive, highly individual strategy for
a young man to get the girl he desires who might otherwise not be
available. 13. In spite of their seriousness, abductions are a
game, and appeal to young men precisely because of the risk. 14. In
Tausug belief an abduction is due to the desire of the boy, while
an elopement implies desire on the part of the girl. 15. Most girls
would rather be abducted than admit to elopement. 16. There is also
a symbolic form of elopement called "going home to obtain a
husband" (muuy magbana) in which a woman presents herself to the
man or his parents announcing her desire to marry him.
Marriage by Abduction and Elopement 17. The Wedding 18. The
Wedding
- The length of the "engagement" is greatly variable. 19. In some
cases, usually second marriage, the formal marriage ceremony may
proceed a few days later. 20. It is longest when the girl is under
age and has not yet menstruated 21. Although it is possible to
"marry in a handkerchief" (kawin ha saputangan) in which the
ceremony with the underage girl proceeds, the boy goes to live with
his parents-in-law but does not have intercourse with the girl
until she has come of age. 22. During the engagement period, the
man may render, although not obligatory, services to his brides
parents in the form of performing household chores.
23. The Wedding
- The formal marriage ceremony takes place at the house of the
woman, and is framed according to Islamic law as a sacred contract
between the young man and the girl's father. The marriage
festivities involve a large number of kith and kin from both sides
and are generally an all-day affair.
24. The Wedding
- On the day prior to the wedding, the groom's side delivers the
entire bridewealth; any deviation from the formal demands is
grounds to break off the engagement.
25. The Wedding
- Preparations for the marriage begin very early the next morning
in both houses. Kinsmen, friends, and guests of the couple will
gather during the morning at the respective houses. A cow or water
buffalo will usually be slaughtered; there will be xylophone or
gong music performed by professional musicians, with considerable
merrymaking, conversation, and eating. A feast is prepared,
consisting of curried meat, rice, fruits, sweets and coffee. Men
and women, of course, eat separately. Guests include not only the
immediate kinsmen and neighbors of the couple, but also distant
political or military allies.
26. The Wedding 27. The Wedding
- In the late afternoon the groom is carried on the shoulders of
his friends, or rides by horse, to the house of the girl in a large
procession consisting of all the guests who had previously
assembled at his house, amid raucous yelling and shooting of guns.
The marriage ceremony, consisting of prayers and ritual in both
Arabic and Tausug, takes place later in the afternoon. The girl is
secluded while the ritual is conducted between the young man and
the girl's father. Following the ceremony, the groom is led to the
bride where he symbolically touches her on the forehead. Later,
during the feast entertainment the newly married couple will sit
together stone-faced with no expression of emotion.
28. The Wedding 29.
- Informant: Al-Ahmar Kasim 30. Source:
http://shoeboxfame.multiply.com/photos/album/13/Traditional_Tausug_Wedding_Ceremony
31. http://www.zawaj.com/weddingways/tausag/tausag4.html