Book

Magosaha: an ethnology of the Tawi-Tawi Sama Dilaut

Ateneo de Manila University PressQuezon City • Published In 2000 • Pages:

By: Nimmo, Harry.

Abstract
This is an exploration of the cultural and economic forces underlying the seasonal migration of the traditional boat-dwelling Sama-Bajau communities of the Sulu Archipelago. The central theme is that many cultural changes over four decades are due to the combined effects of increased commercialization of local sea and forest products, expansion of Islam into the islands, armed rebellion by local Islamist groups against the Philippine government, and military occupation. By 1997, the islands had attracted upscale tourist facilities and lucrative investments in maritime resources. In adjusting to these forces of modernity and globalization the Sama-Bajau lost core aspects of their material culture, most notably their boat-houses and traditional fishing techniques. They nevertheless managed to maintain their distinctive worldview and their manner of honoring and relating to ancestors.
Subjects
Location
Topography and geology
Settlement patterns
Boats
Navigation
Dwellings
Fishing
Fishing gear
Marine hunting
Household
Extended families
Annual cycle
Division of labor by gender
Diet
Marine hunting
Inter-community relations
Kin relationships
Labor supply and employment
Mutual aid
Gift giving
Religious denominations
Priesthood
Burial practices and funerals
Mourning
Theory of disease
Shamans and psychotherapists
Revelation and divination
Medical therapy
Ethnopsychology
Spirits and gods
Animism
Prayers and sacrifices
Cult of the dead
Organized ceremonial
Music
Musical instruments
Dance
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
culture
Sama-Bajau
Region
Asia
Sub Region
Southeast Asia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Anthropologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi Abate Adem
Field Date
1963, 1965-1967, 1977, 1982, 1997
Coverage Date
1963-1997
Coverage Place
Tawi-Tawi province, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines
Notes
H. Arlo Nimmo
Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-256) and index
LCSH
Bajau (Southeast Asian people)--Philippines--Tawitawi
Ethnology--Philippines--Tawitawi
Tawitawi (Philippines)--Social life and customs