The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-12
TRADITIONS OF
THE SULU MOROS
TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS, ETC, OF
SOME OF THE PHILIPPINE
TRIBES.
Tells of the Conversion Of the Moros
to The Mohammedan Faith
Coming to JOHANN.

report prepared by First Lieutenant
Edwin D. Smith, of the Fourth Field Ar
tillery, U. S. A.:
The history of the Moros as related
by themselves is divided into three periods.
The first treats of the coming of Skander
Jokanin, bringing the first Moros to this
Island the second of the three tribes that
sprung from the people whom Skander
Jokanin brought, of the coming of the
fourth tribe of the Samals, called eta
gidaina," and of the coming of various
prominent men; the third period treats
of events that happened after the landing
of Abubakar, at Buahsah, who afterward
became the First Sultan, Sariphul Hassim.
IST PERIOD.
After the waters which God had caused
to destroy the earth had subsidized, Noah's
ark, which contained the people whom
God saved, landed ON Noun Arat Among
these people was one Akander Jokanin.
Some time after the landing of the ark
on Mt. Arat Jokanin had a dream in
which he saw many beautiful and I'M
inhabited islands separated by broad ex-
panses of water. He wanted to go to
these islands but was puzzled as to how
to get there as he had no boat He was
told in his dream that if he would blow
hard he could create a wind, and that
if he. would jump up into the air, the
wind would carry him to these islands.
Upon awakening he blew as directed in
his dream, jumped into the aid and was
carried by self-created breeze to the island
of Java. From there he was borne in
the same manner to Manado, in the
Celebes group. and then to Job. He re-
turned from Jolo to Arat, and, taking a
man and woman, one in each hand,
he carried them through the air to Java.
Manado and Jolo were people in the
same manner. The two people placed
on the island of Jolo took the name of
Jokanin and were the ancestors of the
three tribes spoken of in the next period
IND PERIOD.
The first tribe that lived in Jolo were
the Neutrality-suspicious.; the names of the
chief men were Datto Sipad and Data
Narawangsa, two brothers. The second
was the tribe Of Tagimahanun Tagidaiiia.
The third was the tribe of Baklaynun
Tagidiana.
The Neutrality-suspicious. lived at Main
burg and in the vicinity. The Baklay-
nuns lived in the fields to the north from
Pugut Point to Siet Point and also at
Lati. The Tagimahanuns lived in Pansol
and in the vicinity.
About this time there appeared man
named Twan Masaaik who was very
skilled and whom all the people believed
to be the descendant of a prophet He
was not a descendant of Adam, because
-e sprang from the stem of bamboo
(kayawan) tree. The early Moros looked
upon him as very great man because
they were lazy.
The knowledge of the early Moros
was not the same as the knowledge of
Ahlilosanaty Woolpamaat knowledge
gained from the Koran). Some of them
prayed on graves; some of them PRAYED
on stones. That's what they knew.
TWAIN Masaaik married the daughter
of Rajah Sipad, granddaughter of Datto
Dipad; the name of the wife of Twan
Masaaik was -Indar-Suga linda
Indar-Suga had three children by Twan
Masaaik; the first so called Twan
Hakeem; the second a son called TWAIN
Baam; the third daughter called Aesa.
The descendants of Twan Masaaik lived
around the hill called Sinumaan and also
around Mt Patikul.
About this time the Samals came from
the island of Johar. They were driven
upon this island (Jolo) by big storm.
The Moros took them in and cared for
them. The samals are the fourth tribe
that lived in Sulu (Jolo) island. They
were called Tagidiana.
A short while after this appeared a
man called Kareenul Mahdoom. He came
to Jolo in an iron tub, and was called
by the Moros who received him Twan
Shareep Awal;a. He lived at Buansah
and there erected church for praying.
Ten years after this man called Rajah
Baginda, came from place called Mana
Managkabow to zamboanga, past the is
land of Basilan and thence to Jolo. All
the chiefs and all the priests Of Buansah
tried to sink the boat of Rapah Baginda.
When they tried this Rajah Baginda
stood up and said, why do you people
want to sink our boat? We are not
storm-driyen men. We want to visit
your land Then Rajah Baginda and
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