Maranao people
Bangsa Mëranaw ماراناو | |
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A group of the Maranao people performing the Singkil dance | |
| Total population | |
| 1,800,130 (2020 census) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Philippines (Bangsamoro, Soccsksargen, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Manila, Cebu) | |
| Languages | |
| Native Maranao Also Filipino • Cebuano • English | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Iranun, Maguindanaon, Tiruray Lumad, Tausūg, Visayan, other Moros, other Filipinos, other Austronesian peoples |
The Maranao people (Maranao: Bangsa Mëranaw; Filipino: mga Maranaw), also spelled Meranaw, Maranaw, and Mëranaw, is a predominantly Muslim Filipino ethnic group native to the region around Lanao Lake in the island of Mindanao. They are known for their artwork, weaving, wood, plastic and metal crafts and epic literature, the Darangen. They are ethnically and culturally closely related to the Iranun people and Maguindanao people, all three groups being denoted speaking Danao languages and giving name to the island of Mindanao. They are grouped with other Moro people due to their shared religion.