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Maranao Culture

Maranao, largest of the Muslim cultural-linguistic groups of the Philippines. Numbering more than 840,000 in the late 20th century, they live around Lake Lanao on the southern island of Mindanao. Rice farming is their main livelihood, along with metalworking and woodworking handicrafts.

Like the other Filipino Muslims, the Maranao differ markedly from the Christians, who make up the overwhelming majority of the country’s population. Land is owned by the clan and controlled by local leaders known as datus. The customs of marriage and the family are Islāmic. The languages of all the Muslim groups are closely related to the languages of the central Philippines, which belong to the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) family of languages.

Maranao Clothing

Maranao or Maguindanao women wear the malong over a blouse called arbita. Also, they wear a turban called kombong made of muslin fabric. White is used as kombong when the wearer has been to Mecca.

Maranao Foods

All Maranao Food is ”halal” food it means their is no pork meat or pork ingredient. Most of Maranao are fond of coconut milk and grated coconut or ”papar” in muslim,they also love spicy food. The main attraction of this dish is the ”papar” or grated coconut.

Maranao Environmental Culture

Maranao culture can be characterized by:

•Lake Lanao

•Sarimanok (Papanoka Mra and Mara-patik)

•Torogan, the highest form of a Maranao royal house, where the architecture used is the most aesthetic in the Philippines

•Darangen, a UNESCO Intangible cultural heritage

•Kirim, pre-Hispanic handwriting based from Arabic letters with 19 consonants and 7 vowels

•Singkil, a Philippine dance[8]

•Okir on wooden artifacts and brasswares

•Kapmorod and Kakhalilang with Sambolayang and Pasandalan a Morog and Marigay for Kazipa sa Manggis

•kaplagod (Racing horse)

The culture of the Maranaos is centered on Lake Lanao, the largest in Mindanao, and the second-largest and deepest lake in the Philippines. This lake is the subject of various myths and legends. It supports a major fishery, and powers the hydroelectric plant installed on it; the Agus River system generates 70% of the electricity used by the people of Mindanao. A commanding view of the lake is offered by Marawi City, the provincial capital.

Maranao Language

Main article: Maranao language

Maranao is an Austronesian language spoken by the Maranao people in the provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur.[9] Because of the mass influx of Cebuano migrants to Mindanao, many Maranaos are also fluent in Cebuano.

Arabic, a Central Semitic language, is spoken by a minority of the Moro people, as it is the liturgical language of Islam. Most Maranaos, however, do not know Arabic beyond its religious use.