• Objectives: 

                          In this lesson the learners will be able to:
                     a. Know the tausug tribe
                     b. Appreciate the tausug tribe

• Subject Matter

http://www.ethnicgroupsphilippines.com/people/ethnic-groups-in-the-philippines/tausug/
http://www.livinginthephilippines.com/culture-and-people/philippine-culture/culture-and-traditions/1289-tausugs-culture-customs-and-traditions

• Let's define Tausug

Tausug derived from two words "tau" meaning man and "sug" meaning current it literally means "people of the current".Tausug means treacherous waters.They are given this name because their land floats top the treacherous water. They are Islamized tribal group in the sulu archipelago.

• Let's have a background about tausug with their culture,custom and tradition.

The tausug still practice age-old marriage customs. Marriages will arranged by the parents so that the young couple would be married even if they did not have much opportunity to get acquainted. A dowry is go to bride's family by the groom's family. This dowry may be in the form of crops,animals,land,money or pieces of jewelry.

Certain burial  customs are observed among people. For example, someone in the family dies.religious officials are called upon to perform rituals. The dead man's body is washed to prepare for the ceremony. the sacred text of Koran is read over the body.It is believed that the chants from the Koran will lighten the dead man's spirit from its physical pain. The reading of the koran is continued,this time over the grave for several days.

• Tausug wedding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G36OR9CXi5A

• Tausug dress:

 

• KUPUT(long-sleeve dress)
• SAWWAL(pants)
• SULBAN(head dress)

• Evaluation:

1. Why tausug still practicing arrange or fix marriage?
2. What are the three parts of Tausug dress?

• Assignment:

Make further studies about tausug.