Indigenous Canoe Completes Voyage From Orchid Island to Batanes

An Indigenous canoe from Taiwan has successfully crossed the open sea to Batanes in the Philippines, reviving a long-lost maritime route.

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00:00An indigenous canoe has arrived in the Philippines, reviving an old maritime route that has been silent for centuries.

00:06The vessel is known as the Talala, made by the Da'u people.

00:10Called the Avayan Golden Friendship, it set off from Orchid Island off Taiwan's east coast early Monday morning,

00:17crossing approximately 100 nautical miles or 185 kilometers of open sea.

00:23The crew completes the voyage in less than two days.

00:26The journey aims to reconnect the Da'u with the Ivatan people of Botanus,

00:31reviving centuries-old cultural and maritime ties between the two communities.