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It takes a village of artists to keep Butuan’s Balangay Repertory Theater alive

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It takes a village of artists to keep Butuan’s Balangay Repertory Theater alive
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To outsiders, Butuan is a  place travelers pass through when flights to Siargao tip into the unreasonable rate, since its airport serves an alternative only two hours from Surigao Port, where one can hop on a ferry to the island. But for those traveling with deeper curiosity, Butuan reveals stories that held more significance.



In 1976, within a stretch of land a kilometer wide, archaeologists unearthed balangay boats, plank-built wooden vessels now regarded as the oldest known ship in th

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