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LOOK: 3 balangays return to PH from China expedition
LOOK: 3 balangays return to PH from China expedition
Marianne Claire Reyes,
ABS-CBN News
Published May 19, 2018 05:16 PM PHT
After 22 days, 3 identical wooden boats that sailed to China have arrived at Pier 2 Poro Point, San Fernando, La Union.
After 22 days, 3 identical wooden boats that sailed to China have arrived at Pier 2 Poro Point, San Fernando, La Union.
The 18-meter boats are replicas of a "balangay", a vessel used in the region as far back as 320 AD.
The 18-meter boats are replicas of a "balangay", a vessel used in the region as far back as 320 AD.
The “Sama ng Tawi-Tawi”, “Lahi ng Maharlika” and “Sultan sin Sulu” with the Balangay Expedition crew led by Arturo Valdez sailed across the Philippines, Southeast Asia and China.
The “Sama ng Tawi-Tawi”, “Lahi ng Maharlika” and “Sultan sin Sulu” with the Balangay Expedition crew led by Arturo Valdez sailed across the Philippines, Southeast Asia and China.
The Balangay Expedition was to commemorate a voyage in 1417 that was led by Sultan Paduka Pahala, the first sultanate of Cebu to be buried in Shandong, China.
The Balangay Expedition was to commemorate a voyage in 1417 that was led by Sultan Paduka Pahala, the first sultanate of Cebu to be buried in Shandong, China.
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