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The Maranao, who are the first inhabitants of the shores of Lake Lanao still inhabit this region, the name Maranao means "People of the Lake" or "Lake Dwellers", referring to the indigenous people who inhabited the grounds around Lake Lanao.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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The Maranao, who are the first inhabitants of the shores of Lake Lanao still inhabit this region, the name Maranao means "People of the Lake" or "Lake Dwellers", referring to the indigenous people who inhabited the grounds around Lake Lanao.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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It was there that we made several fascinating discoveries such as the Ambahan (a poetic form of seven syllables writ on bamboo), the Borak (a sphinx-like creature from the Maranao in Mindanao - human head, animal body and wings), and Sarimanok-headed vessels the shape of a stealth fighter.
Archive 2003-03-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2003
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It was there that we made several fascinating discoveries such as the Ambahan (a poetic form of seven syllables writ on bamboo), the Borak (a sphinx-like creature from the Maranao in Mindanao - human head, animal body and wings), and Sarimanok-headed vessels the shape of a stealth fighter.
notes from the peanut gallery Dean Francis Alfar 2003
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The Maranao crafts and arts are unquestionably more distinctive and therefore easily recognizable from other cultures of the Philippines.
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Prominent in the Maranao art of decoration is the Okir or Okkil, an indigenous, organic flowering and branching motif used in the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries.
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Members of the Sangir, Maranao, Maguindanaon, Tausog, and Yakan tribes aired this gripe during the first general assembly of Muslims at the covered court near the Oval Plaza on July
Mindanews Gandhi C. Kinjiyo 2010
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Almost every Maranao family specializes in some form of art or craft that is part of the traditional Maranao culture like woodcarving, tapestry weaving, brass-making and the fine art of silver and gold smithing.
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Chief Superintendent Bienvenido Latag, police regional director for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Midnanao, believed the abduction was triggered by a family feud involving Maranao and Maguindanao clans.
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Chief Superintendent Bienvenido Latag, police regional director for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Midnanao, believed the abduction was triggered by a family feud involving Maranao and Maguindanao clans.
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