Pastil
Pastil is a Filipino dish made with steamed rice wrapped in banana leaves with dry shredded chicken or fish. It originates from the Maguindanao people and is a popular, cheap breakfast meal in Mindanao, especially among Muslim Filipinos.
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Pastil
Pastil is a Filipino dish made with steamed rice wrapped in banana leaves with dry shredded chicken or fish. It originates from the Maguindanao people and is a popular, cheap breakfast meal in Mindanao, especially among Muslim Filipinos. Pastil is also known as patil, patel, patir, or pater in Maranao; and paster in Iranun.[1]
Description
The meat or fish component of the dish is known as the kagikit. It is usually shredded chicken. The meat is cooked similarly to adobo (but without the vinegar).[1]
Similar dishes
Pastil is similar to northern Filipino wrapped meat dishes like binalot, but it differs by using shredded meat or fish instead of whole meat portions.[1]
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History of Iranun
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Origins
The origin of the name "Iranun" remains contested. The "Iranun" (archaic "Iranaoan") may have been the original endonym of the ancestral group which later split into the Iranun, Maranao, and Maguindanao people. The Iranun and Maranao still speak the language closest to the ancient Proto-Danaw among all of the Danao languages spoken by these groups.[4]
Colonial Period (1565-1946)
After the Spanish attack on the sultanate's capital in Lamitan, Sultan Kudarat transferred his capital to Simuay. Eventually, the capital would be transferred away from the Iranun territories and into Maguindanaon territory when the capital was transferred to Selangan in 1701 and eventually Tamontaka in 1711, solidifying the dominance of Maguindanaons within the sultanate. This assertion of dominance was also supported by the fact that the Maguindanaons were the predominant ethnic group within the sultanate.[4]
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Culture and traditions of Iranun
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Maranao language
Maranao (Filipino: Wikang Mëranaw; Jawi: باسا أ مراناو), sometimes spelled as Maranaw, Meranaw, or Mëranaw, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Maranao people in the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte and their respective cities of Marawi and Iligan located in the Philippines, as well found also in Sabah, Malaysia. It is spoken among the Moros within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. It is closer to Iranun than to Maguindanao within the Danao subgroup.[7]
Distribution
Northwestern municipalities of Maguindanao del Norte: Barira, Buldon, Parang, Matanog, Sultan Mastura, and Sultan Kudarat[7]
Writing system
Maranao was historically written in Perso-Arabic letters called Jawi, which were known as Batang-a-Arab or Batang Arab. It is now written with Latin letters. Though there is no officially proclaimed standard orthography, Maranao is more or less written as influenced by contemporary Filipino conventions.[7]
Phonology
Below is the sound system of Maranao including underlying phonetic features.[7]
Vowels
Maranao has four vowel phonemes that can become more close or higher when in certain environments (see hard consonants below). The vowel raising effects of hard consonants may have led earlier studies to Although previous studies have analyzed the [ɨ] sound as a separate phoneme (written with ae) instead of a raised allophone of /ə/.[7]
Consonants
According to Lobel (2013), Maranao has the following consonants:[7]
Case markers
In contrast to Tagalog which has three case markers (ang/ng/sa), and Iloko which has two (ti/iti), Maranao has four: (so/ko/o/sa).[7]
Pronouns
Maranao pronouns can be free or bound to the word/morpheme before it.[7]
Common words
Below are common words found in Maranao sentences, their translations in English, Cebuano, and Tagalog, and similar words in distant Philippine languages.[7]
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Maranao:Langon a taw na inimbawata a ndudon so kapaar ago ndatadatar sa bantogan ago kabnar. Bigan siran sa kabnar ago gagaw na aya patot a di kapakasusurota o omani isa ko kapakiphapagariya.[7]
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Images
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See also
References
- ↑ a b c d “Pastil”. Wikipedia. Text adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. Rewrite it in your own words where you can. Encyclopedia Retrieved 2026-10-31
- ↑ ^ “mindanaw.ph / craving-for-pastil”. mindanaw.ph. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Web page Retrieved 2026-10-31
- ↑ ^ “www.pna.gov.ph / articles/1019321”. pna.gov.ph. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Government Retrieved 2026-10-31
- ↑ a b c “Iranun people”. Wikipedia. Text adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. Rewrite it in your own words where you can. Encyclopedia Retrieved 2026-10-31
- ↑ ^ “api.semanticscholar.org / CorpusID:145549504”. api.semanticscholar.org. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Organization Retrieved 2026-10-31
- ↑ ^ “id.loc.gov / authorities/sh2004007619”. id.loc.gov. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Government Retrieved 2026-10-31
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k “Maranao language”. Wikipedia. Text adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. Rewrite it in your own words where you can. Encyclopedia Retrieved 2026-10-31
- ↑ ^ “www.bansa.org / dictionaries/mrw”. bansa.org. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Organization Retrieved 2026-10-31
- ↑ ^ “www.kwf.gov.ph / wp-content/uploads/Ortograpiyang-Pambansa1.pdf”. kwf.gov.ph. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Government Retrieved 2026-10-31
Further reading
- “www.asianfoodchannel.com / en/recipes/sauteed-chicken-pastil”. asianfoodchannel.com. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Web page Retrieved 2026-10-31
- “jontotheworld.com / pastil-of-zamboanga”. jontotheworld.com. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Web page Retrieved 2026-10-31
- “thelasallian.com / 2022/09/06/eat-and-go-pastil-unwraps-the-moro-food-culture”. thelasallian.com. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Web page Retrieved 2026-10-31
- “philstarlife.com / news-and-views/536840-why-is-pork-pastil-getting-flak-experts-explain”. philstarlife.com. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Web page Retrieved 2026-10-31
- “www.philstar.com / headlines/2023/07/26/2283986/existing-historical-evidence-iranun-reveals-west-philippine-sea-part-philippines”. philstar.com. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Web page Retrieved 2026-10-31
- “psa.gov.ph / content/ethnicity-philippines-2020-census-population-and-housing”. psa.gov.ph. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Government Retrieved 2026-10-31
- “www.gutenberg.org / files/41770/41770-8.txt”. gutenberg.org. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Organization Retrieved 2026-10-31
- “www.esquiremag.ph / long-reads/features/sultan-kudarat-the-philippines-most-powerful-sultan-a00293-20190703-lfrm”. esquiremag.ph. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Web page Retrieved 2026-10-31
- “www.omniglot.com / writing/maranao.htm”. omniglot.com. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Web page Retrieved 2026-10-31
- “iloko.tripod.com / Maranao.htm”. iloko.tripod.com. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Web page Retrieved 2026-10-31
- “id.ndl.go.jp / auth/ndlna/00567481”. id.ndl.go.jp. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Web page Retrieved 2026-10-31
- “www.ling.hawaii.edu / graduate/Dissertations/JasonLobelFinal.pdf”. ling.hawaii.edu. Link found on the Wikipedia page. Open it, check it and fix this title before relying on it. Academic Retrieved 2026-10-31
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