[3] Marantao (Merantau) is a Malay word that means "to go on adventure, travel or hunting or even on a war expedition".

Poverty Incidence of Marantao Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] The Kawayan Torogan is the oldest known torogan in the Philippines.

There was once a campaign where the people wanted the municipalities of Marantao and Tugaya to pass an ordinance where the architectural scheme of the two towns will follow only the totogan style, in effect, preserve the Maranao people's most royal architectural style and lead to the first two towns with a planned town landscape under an indigenous Maranao architecture.

However, the campaign led to deaf ears due to little funding available.

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