The Heart of Tradition: The Keeper of the Okir

By Mike Baños (as related by Salika Samad-Maguindanao CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY –  In the wake of the infamous Marawi Siege of 2017 which displaced thousands from this Islamic City of Mindanao, real-life couple Salika and Jardin Maguindanao gathered together their fellow Meranaws under the banner of Maranao Collectibles. At an evacuation center in Iligan …