SHIPBUILDING and seafaring have long been part of the Filipino heritage. Ancient peoples from various places like Pampanga, Laguna, the Visayas, Butuan, the Sulu Archipelago and Zamboanga Peninsula already had thriving boat-building industries long before European contact.
A constant reminder of our seafaring legacy is the fact that the barangay, the country's smallest political unit, was named after the boats that carried entire communities from other parts of Asia to present-day Philippines.
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