Traditional Tausug Pagkawin In Sulu

In the history of human race, intimate relationship is normal. When civilization begun to flourish, norms and standards of societies also thrived and preserved. copulation is lawfully decreed to be bound by marriage. Marital norm is either prescriptive or proscriptive which depends upon the societal standard. The Tausugs claims to be a Muslim tribe, their marriage custom is traditional however, but anchored on the Islamic principle where they are obliged to carefully observe the so-called ritual Nikah or Pagkawin. Due to geographical dimensions of Sulu Archipelago, Pagkawin among the Tausugs is of the same concept but slightly different in practice. This paper will discuss the Traditional Pagkawin and their variations in five different municipalities of Sulu.