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Pagana Meranaw

By  Bobby Timonera

|  May 30, 2019 - 11:48 am

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Fr. Chito Soganub, who survived a four-month captivity in the hands of the Maute gunmen during the Marawi siege of 2017, enjoys a meal with Mindanao State University President Habib Macaayong (left) during a Pagana Meranaw at the break of fast (referred to as “iftar” during Ramadhan) at the MSU Library at dusk on Wednesday (29 May 2019). The traditional feast was a joint undertaking of the MSU Univesrity Library and the Iligan office of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA

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Meranaw dishes like the yellow rice (kuning), beef randang and pindialokan a manok (chicken cooked in coconut milk, turmeric and palapa) are served during Pagana Meranaw. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
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MSU Professor Tirmizy Esmail Abdullah offers a prayer. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
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Meranaw youths pose for a selife before the start of the Pagana Meranaw. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
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It was a big crowd at the Banggolo reading room of the MSU University Library on Wednesday (29 May 2019). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA

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