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ko Fanoos (Arabic: فانوس  [], pl.  ), wanda aka fi sani da Fanous Ramadan (Arabic),  mutanen Masar ne da kuma fitilar gargajiya da aka yi amfani da ita don yin ado da tituna da gidaje a watan Ramadan. Tare da asalin su a Misira, tun daga lokacin sun bazu a duk faɗin duniyar musulmi kuma alama ce ta kowa da ke da alaƙa da watan mai tsarki.

 Magana 
Kalmar "Fanous" (wanda aka rubuta fanos, Phanous da Fanoos) kalma ce da ta samo asali daga Helenanci, phanós . Yana nufin 'haske' ko 'lantern'. An yi amfani da shi a tarihi a ma'anar "hasken duniya," kuma alama ce ta bege, kamar "haske a cikin duhu".

 Tarihi 
Amfani da gargajiya na fanous a matsayin kayan ado da ke da alaƙa da Ramadan ya fito ne daga Masar ta Tsakiya,  kamar yadda aka ce mutanen Masar sun fito cikin taro suna riƙe da fitilu don maraba da zuwan Fatimid Caliph Al-Muizz a Alkahira a lokacin watan Ramadan mai tsarki, kamar yadda tsohuwar al'ada ce a Misira don yin bikin ta hanyar haskaka tituna da fitilu. Amfani da shi yanzu ya bazu zuwa kasashe Musulmi da yawa.
A zamanin d ̄ a yayi kama da fitila, kuma zai haɗa ko dai kyandir ko mai. An samo asali ne daga fitilu da aka yi amfani da su a bukukuwan Fir'auna da ke murna da fitowar tauraron Sirius. Kwanaki biyar, Tsohon Masarawa sun yi bikin ranar haihuwar Osiris, Horus, Isis, Seth da Nephtys - daya a kowace rana - ta hanyar haskaka tituna da fanous (torches).  An kuma yi amfani da fitilu ko kyandir a cikin Kiristanci na farko, wanda masanin tarihin Masar Al-Maqrizi (1364-1442) ya rubuta, wanda ya lura a cikin littafinsa, "Al Mawaiz wa al-'i'tibar bi dhikr al-khitat wa al-'athar", cewa an yi amfani da waɗannan fitilu ko byandir a Lokacin Kirsimeti don bikin.

 Amfani da shi 
Ana amfani da Fanous a ko'ina cikin duniya - musamman a yankunan Asiya da duniyar Larabawa - ba kawai don takamaiman dalilai na addini ba har ma a matsayin kayan ado ko a matsayin suna. Ana iya samun su a gidaje, gidajen cin abinci, otal-otal, malls, da dai sauransu. Sau da yawa ana shirya su azaman rukuni na fitilu daban-daban a cikin ƙira da siffar. Ana amfani da ƙarfe da gilashi galibi don gina su.

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