#Pinoy: Ramadan the Filipino Muslim way

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Ramadan in UAE, the Filipino Muslim way. #Pinoy takes a peek into how a community of Filipino Muslims from the Maranao tribe uniquely observe Ramadan.  Read the full Gulf News article: https://gulfnews.com/news/uae/pinoy/inside-a-filipino-muslim-home-in-uae-1.2230659  See more at: http://gulfnews.com/videos

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00:00Hi, welcome to our flat. I'm Roy Tamano from the Maranao community.

00:08If you are a Maranao and if you are practicing fasting in a faraway place,

00:13you are always looking for belongingness. I mean, to share your feelings.

00:21In our place, especially in the month of Ramadan, when we have this fasting, we used to stay together.

00:26Mostly, if you are studying in a faraway place, like for example in Manila,

00:30you ask for one week vacation just to be with your family.

00:34Because Ramadan is not only the spiritual aspect, it has its family aspect.

00:39That you have to be with your family, to share, like for example, the hardship.

00:44Not only the hardship and the sacrifices, but the essence of how you feel.

00:49And then it's also, like for example, if the Christians have their Christmas, we have this Ramadan.

00:55Before, we are trying every weekend, we are inviting all those Maranaos here.

01:00Because most of us are busy, like for example, those friends and relatives in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain.

01:06So what we did is, during the first Iftar, we try to invite some of our friends.

01:10But what we did here, when the Ramadan starts, we try to invite some of our friends for a daily Iftar.

01:17Every Iftar, we are inviting some, like for example, a couple, one, two or three friends.

01:23So every day, they are coming here for an Iftar.

01:25So at least, the whole duration, Inshallah, hopefully, we can have a perfect Ramadan,

01:32that every day, we have someone sharing with us, with our Iftar.

01:36Those people, they feel also lucky and they are very thankful,

01:39that during Iftar, they can share with someone other than their friends.

01:44Mostly, they are bringing also some of their favorite foods.

01:48That's why we are always cooking our native foods.

01:51The most popular are these three.

01:56This is chicken with grated coconut.

02:01We call it Manokapiaparan.

02:03And we have this beef randang.

02:05But this beef randang was originally coming from the Indonesians.

02:08But since our ancestors also coming from the Indonesians, so we try to inherit it from them.

02:14So the third one is this Pisih Satay.

02:17Way back in our place, we used to use the smoked tuna.

02:20But here, since it's hard for us to find the smoked tuna,

02:23and then we try to make some improvise by using the tuna in can.

02:28The procedure is the same.

02:30So the result is quite the same.

02:32As they said, there is no place like home.

02:36Because in our place, Marawi, every time the fasting, you will feel really the difference

02:41because the climate there is cold, mild.

02:45And also the visitation is there.

02:47In the local area, in your neighbors, whatever they are cooking,

02:51they will give or they will share.

02:54In Marawi city, it's a city.

02:56But once you mention a family name, everyone knows that this guy is the grandson of this.

03:05That's why we are very close.

03:06And that's the thing we really miss.

03:08It is really a pleasure that we see, or I see by myself,

03:13the unity of being Maranao here in the region.

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