Let's see which points don't apply to Maranaos.
WHY WE'RE "NOT" FILIPINOS:
* You flirt by having a foolish grin on your face while raising your eyebrows repeatedly. Actually, I think Maranaos flirt by making indirect remarks/comments/compliments ("parinig") by referring to people in the second or third person, whether or not they are speaking directly.
* You like bowling. Generally, no. We're not that much into sports, are we? It's too improper. Of course, I'm generalizing now. It isn't to say that Maranaos don't play or enjoy sports. It's just not a big part of our culture. At least not the mainstream sports. In fact, we get defensive and say "Well, we are modern Maranaos and we DO play sports." Why do we have to say modern in the same sentence?
* You know how to play pusoy and mah-jong. The only card game I know that Maranaos play is "Tram", which is actually a form of Trump.
* You add an unwarranted H to your name, i.e. JHun, BHoy, RHon. Most Maranao names are Maranao words or Arabic names. I was asked once though by a non-Maranao why most Maranao names end in H. Faridah. Sobaidah. These are usually Arabic.
* You say "kodakan" instead of "take pictures". We don't.
* You say "array" instead of "ouch". We say "aydaw!" Haha.
* You have a portrait of The Last Supper in your dining room and you have a shrine of the Sto Nino in your living room. Nope. Maranaos are Muslim.
* You own a piano that no one ever plays. Not into pianos.
* You have aunts and uncles named Baby, Girlie and Boy. Not really, no. Actually, Ate Baby IS pretty common, but we say Ate Bibi. Even more common is Ate Bibi Dull (Baby Doll). I love that. :)
These are just some of the ones I've been asked about a lot. What else is there?
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WHY WE ARE FILIPINOS:
* You eat rice for breakfast. Bgas!
* You leave slippers and shoes at the doorstep. Strictly no shoes in the house!
* You have a "tabo" in the bathroom. (Plastic dipper for water)
* You use a "walis ting-ting" or "walis tambo" as opposed to the convential broom to sweep floors.
* You say "Hoy" to get someone's attention. Albeit in a heavier, guttural accent.
* You point with your lips.
* You have to kiss all your relatives on the cheek when you enter a room.
* You put your hands in front of you as if to make a path and say "excuse, excuse" when you pass in between people or in front of a TV.
Haha. I love it all.
What makes you distinctly Maranao?
7 comments:
hmmm...how about the fact that Maranaos loooveeee action movies? I remember my dad saying that they'd shoot the screen whenever FPJ was getting hurt in a fight scene hehehehe!
Haha!! Of course! No household is properly Maranao without the requisite Action Movies collection. We like us our Van Damme and Steven Segal, too!
Funny enough, in Maranao, when someone is a daredevil, we call them "Aktor", not to mean like the profession (acting), but to mean like an Action Star.
"Giyanan, pag-aktor ka, pagambug ka."
[Go on, show off.]
Oh and yes, my late grandma (May she rest in peace) would shout her head off in the moviehouse stuff like "Matay Ka!" (Die!) "Aydawww!" when she sees Van Damme or Segal getting hurt in fight scenes. My aunt never took her to that movie theater again!
osto, osto. :)
my dad thinks steven seagal is gay, though.
oh, and meranaos love hsron cuneta! there is not a meranao who doesn't know her. hence, when a meranao girl/lady doesn't wear a veil, that's called "ka-sharon!" hehehe:)
tapos the pinoy joketime thing where two to three characters compare experiences or people from their families (you know the "wala ka sa lolo ko..." thing) is actually very meranao. in fact, my friends and i, when we are in that kind of conversation, we just say to the most "lampawi" (one who loves to talk and is often the one who always wins): "oway, oway, sampiyon ka!" (yeah, yeah, you're the champion!)
hehehe:)
Expat Pinoy stick photos of Philippine flag on the back of their cars, on the mudguard, windsheilds etc.
Maranaos write the names of their wives infront of passenger's seat. Or for some, they prefer something like 'Pride of Pantar' or of Baloi on the windsheild.
*In rural areas of Maranaolandia, the kettles (sometimes arranged according to size) or pots serve as living room decor.
*For every achievement their clan members attain, the relatives put up streamers and tarpaulins all over the place saying that their son/daughter/dad/mom/whoever passed exams,got enthroned, defended a thesis, blah blah blah. Visual pollution if you ask me.
BABYPINK.
Haha! Lampawi! I didn't know that word! Can't wait to use it. Haha.
ANONYMOUS.
Funny story, my brother and I once went to a really (non-Maranao) Goth party, and as part of his costume, he wore this basketball jersey he borrowed from a friend. The jersey said: "Pantao-Ragat". The whole night, everytime he would hit the dance floor, everyone chanted "Pantao-Ragat!! Pantao-Ragat!!" even though my brother and I were the only Maranaos (and Filipinos!) in that party. Laugh trip!
CORALBEAD.
The golden or silver kettles!! Sign of prosperity!! (At least that's what I thought they were). I haven't thought of them in a long time. My mom went through that phase. And then she got tired of maintaining them, I guess, so now, we actually USE those kettles. They are no longer for decoration purposes.
As for the streamer, I'm dying to make myself a streamer for no reason whatsoever. Like a huge (Twitter) tweet or Facebook status update, and then just hang it up somewhere in Marawi. Haha. :D
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