The Sulu Archipelago and its people, by Sixto Y. Orosa ...

102 SULU ARCHIPELAGO AND ITS PEOPLE his rank, while a woman singer receives ten. Besides this, all the chanters are given articles of food to take home. A very successful Maulud was celebrated in 1917 at the residence of the governor of Sulu, under the auspices of the government. All the chiefs and every other Mohammed-an of prominence, 150 inmans, thirty women singers of local note, all government officials, and all civilians of any distinction attended the feast, no less than 3000 persons being present. Men and women, beginning with the high government officials, were dressed in beautiful and costly Moro costumes. Mohammedans and Christians, Americans and Filipinos, intermingled and forgot their religious, social, and political differences. All ate together of the delicious porkless dishes of the Sulus, and all voiced their wish for many more years of good will between government and governed.

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The Sulu Archipelago and its people, by Sixto Y. Orosa ...
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Orosa, Sixto Y 1891-
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Yonkers on Hudson, N. Y.,: World book company,
1931.
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Muslims -- Philippines
Sulu (Philippines)

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