Imagining our nation through our maritime culture

By Michael “Xiao” Chua

Apr 13, 2019 12:36 am

MICHAEL “XIAO” CHUA

“THE story of our nation began with a boat.” This is how I began an essay titled “The boat as a metaphor of nation,” a text I contributed to a new coffee table book published by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, Tataya: Documenting the Story of the Ivatan Boat.

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