The Moro people are tenacious when it comes to their ancient traditions, which they practice as long as they live. Today they are the largest mainly non-Christian ethnic group in the Philippines. They have the same cultural influences as other Malay coastal tribes: Hinduism and more widely, Islam. “The Moro tribes are of Malay origin, immigrating over one thousand years ago from the Malay peninsula and North Sumatra. There are known four major Moro tribes: the Samal (Zamboanga), the Maguidanao (Mindanao), the Maranao (Mindanao), and the Tausug (Sulu). The Moro name, originated from the Spanish word “Moor”, is used for the collective Muslim tribes situated mainly on the Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao Island in Southern Philippines.

Nowhere in the Philippines are there as many types of fine metal blades, richly ornamented with gold, silver, ivory, and brass as among the Moros of the Sulu Archipelago and in western Mindunao (Krieger, 1926). Katana and other Japanese Swords Nomenclature.Indonesian Hilts (Hulu, Sukul) Nomenclature.1 Name and Spelliing Cross Reference for Edged Weapons.Special Interest and Symbolic Design Features.Blades of the Sumedang Regency 1888 - 1912.

Blade of the tribes