Tawi Tawi Eduation Tradition and Beliefs Landmarks
Tawi Tawi Eduation Tradition and Beliefs Landmarks
Tawi Tawi Eduation Tradition and Beliefs Landmarks
Bongao is home to the Mindanao State University - Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography
(MSU-TCTO), Tawi-Tawi Regional Agricultural College (TRAC), Mahardika Institute of Technology (MIT),
Abubakar Learning Center Foundation College (ALC), Tawi-Tawi School of Midwifery (TTSM). The first two
are government owned state colleges, while the last three are privately owned. There are several
secondary high schools in Tawi-Tawi such as the MSU TCTO - Science High School, MSU TCTO
Preparatory High School, Tawi-Tawi School of Arts and Trade, Notre Dame of Bongao, and Tawi-Tawi
School of Fisheries (TTSF).
Colleges Tawi-Tawi List of institutions of higher learning offering undergraduate programs to students who
have successfully completed high school education. Colleges are required by law to offer at least one
undergraduate program. Each undergraduate program offered in these colleges takes between two to four
years and all programs have minimum admission requirements that students have to meet before
registration.
The Sama are the original inhabitants of the Tawi-Tawi archipelago. The term sama is derived from the
word sama-sama meaning togetherness. They are a cohesive and peace-loving people. Little do, they
resort to physical violence, rather they discuss problems among themselves.
SUBCULTURE COMMUNITIES
there are five Sama sub cultural communities with the Tawi-Tawi province. These are the Sama Simunul,
Sama Balimbing, Sama Tawi-Tawi, Sama Sibutu and Sama Ubian. They all vary in ancestry7, outlook in
life, economic life ways and social upbringing.
The Sama have this suspicious nature towards strangers. However, they can be easily befriended once the
outsiders have established report with them. These people are basically cogenial and hospitable. They are
Go-fearing and they submit themselves to Allah alone.The Sama of Tawi-Tawi originally come form Johore.
Their forefathers are believed to have
supernatural powers to invite spirits called Jin to do things for them. Good fortune comes to believers who
appease their ancestral with offerings.
The Sama Sibutu belong to the Datu class. They also possess the ilmuh (knowleged) of Jinim or spiritism.
The Sama Ubian originate from Sea Dayak. They are fierce fighters, contradictory to the basic trait of the
Sama people. They are said to have served as underwater commandoes in an encounter with the other
groups.
Sama settlements are usually found along the coast. This is so for two reasons: sanitation, because tidal
movement washes away their waste materials; and security from enemies, for escape is easy through
constantly ready vintas.