Hello Miya,
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after getting hold of a moro province map that included 90 percent of mindanao. There were even lumad areas classified as moro then.
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Do you think this was intentional, ignorance, or missing information?
Shit happens - so what?
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all krises in mindanao are mindanaoan krises for geographical reason, but not all mindanaoan krises are the same.
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Agreed.
All kris from Moro ethnic groups are Moro kris for ethnical reason, but not all Moro kris are the same. Agreed?
To me and my limited knowledge, a definition based on ethnic groups with a common cultural background (including religion) does make more sense than a geographical definition when the geographical region is known to be culturally more diverse than the Moro ethnic groups. I'm open to discuss this and change my mind though.
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the only homogenous in the issue of mindanaoan kris is the way they define what a kris is-- their definition is beyond the physicality and materiality of the sword.
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Are you sure all ethnic groups on Mindanao have the same definition what constitutes a kris? So, what's this definition?
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Even people of Borneo were called moros too in 1900's. Saying Moro Kris is not really appropriate
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Why? Coastal areas of northern Borneo were part of the Sulu sultanate for quite a long time and there are still Tausug being citizens of Sabah today.
Regards,
Kai