Republic of the Philippines

Mindanao State University Buug-Campus

Datu Panas st. Buug Zamboanga Sibugay

Written Report

History of Muslim and Indigenous of Mindanao Sulu and Palawan

Presented to
Ma’am Esnairah Rascal

Jonel M. Necesario
December 6, 2019
Cloth Weaving
is also a declining art among moros, partly be of inadequate marketing arrangements, but
mostly because inexpensive machine-made cloth is readily availbale. Weaving was once an
important activity in several palces in Sulu, mostly among Tausog, but it is now limited to a few
families Parang, on Jolo island. At one time, in Sulu produced colorfully woven sashes and also
woven and embroided sarong and cloth for other garments; but these weaving tradition are now
almost completely gone. However, women in in Parang, in their spare time, continue to weave
the strikingly handsome pis siyabil, a one meter square cloth which is worn as headcloth or
turban on formal occasions. Woven like tapestry on a backstrap loom, the pis siyabit features
multicolored geometric designs of square, rectanges, tri-angles, diamonds and crosses, all
symmetrically positioned, “Because of this intricacy”, says David Szanton, pis usually takes
three or four weeks to complete.” The pis siyabit is a superior example of Philippine weaving.