Austronesian boat begins historic journey from Taiwan to PH
The 20-rower voyage aims to renew ancestral ties with the Ivatan after 300 years and will keep the boat on display for six months.
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An indigenous group from Taiwan crossed the Bashi Channel by boat and rowed to Batanes in the Philippines.
Indigenous Tao boat overcomes rough seas to arrive in Philippine isles
Taipei, June 17 (CNA) A traditional Indigenous boat that departed from Orchid Island (Lanyu) on Monday arrived in the Philippine archipelago of Batanes on Tuesday afternoon, according to Maraos, a board director of the Indigenous Peoples Cultural Foundation.
Austronesian boat begins historic journey from Taiwan to PH
ORCHID ISLAND, Taiwan — Braving towering waves, twenty Austronesian men wearing orange lifejackets launched a hand-carved longboat into the western Pacific Ocean, embarking on a historic voyage to reconnect with their ancestral kin for the first time in 300 years. The Tao, an indigenous group inhabiting the small Orchid Island 90 kilometers (56 miles) from […]...Keep on reading: Austronesian boat begins historic journey from Taiwan to PH
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