FLORENTINO GALLANA

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                    [Summary] => MAHATAO, Batanes (AFP) – Sweat trickles down the back of Florentino Gallana as he applies the finishing touches to an eight-meter long fishing boat designed to dance with the churning waves of the Pacific and the South China Sea.


Gallana is among only a handful of expert craftsmen left in the extreme northern Philippine island of Batanes who build tatayas and fallowas, tub-shaped vessels used by the local Ivatan tribe to go fishing.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-04-08 00:00:00
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Filipino craftsmen keep boat-making tradition alive

April 8, 2005 - 12:00am

MAHATAO, Batanes (AFP) – Sweat trickles down the back of Florentino Gallana as he applies the finishing touches to an eight-meter long fishing boat designed to dance with the churning waves of the Pacific and...

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