Saturday, November 27, 2010

PROPERTIES AND INHERITANCE, LAWS AND RELIGION


Properties and Inheritance

The whole sovereign (integral territory) of each village (kampong) belonged to the Datu. The property would be inherited by the legitimate heir(s) including rulership. The kadakilan(commoner) can possessed properties subject to bues (tax in the modern time). The uripin (slave) cannot possessed properties because themselves were the property of the datu. The property(s) of the kadakilan (commoner) would be inherited by their heirs.

Laws

The ancient Iranun used customary laws. Usually the council of elders were the drafter of the customary laws. The draft was presented in the followers during fiest days. In ancient Aninipay the Code of Kalantiaw was formulate and odopted. In the ancient Iranun radawan (Code of Models) was formulated. The Radawan defined and described socio-political, family relations, religious/spiritual, and others which would be observed and followed. There were process involved in the implementation of laws especially in court: baina, amad, karina, matakapala (clarity, justification, suspect and testified respectively).

Religion

The religion of the ancient Iranun was greatly influenced by the state religion of Sri Vishaya and Madjapahit Empires. The arrival of Shariff Aulia gave a significant effect to the religion. Sufism as a belief was introduced. Thus they became a Muslim-Sufie.

Superstitious Belief

The ancient Iranun had many supertitious beliefs. The examples were: eclipse, black butterfly, snakes enters the house and others. There were about hundreds of supertitious beliefs of the Iranun. Tunung was identified to be a powerful spirit.


References:

WikiAnswers
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_traditions_of_the_iranun_tribes
Nov 24, '08 11:51 AM/ Category: Other
Tags: sultan/ http://shocksee.multiply.com/reviews/item/5


No comments:

ISLAMIC REFERENCES (كتب التراث)

  • http://www.islamway.com/index.php?iw_s=library
  • http://www.waqfeya.com
  • http://www.almaknaz.com
  • http://www.shamela.ws