Comments on: Art Valdez rebuilds the ancient Balangay and sets it for voyage

By: erwin

erwin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:20:58 +0000

ang lupeeet! will somebody onboard document their experiences, and perhaps published articles or books about their daily experiences while aboard the boat?
More power to all of you guys and gabayan nawa kayo ni Bathala!

By: SPOT (Satellite PersOnal Tracker)

SPOT (Satellite PersOnal Tracker) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:39:14 +0000

Hi Ferdz!

I’m Elsmer Estera from TrackPoint Technologies Inc. We are the Authorized distributor of SPOT (Satellite PersOnal Tracker) in the Philippines. We would like to participate in “The Voyage of the Balangay” by sponsoring this event.

Kindly help us reach Mr. Valdez so we could personally offer our sponsorship..

Thanks,
else

By: The Balangay “Diwata ng Lahi” now set at sea « Ferdz Decena Freelance Photographer Writer

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:26:40 +0000

[...] been following the developments of the “Voyage of the Balangay” since last I wrote about it. Last June 27 2009 was another momentous date as the Balangay [...]

By: Ferdz

Ferdz — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:14:22 +0000

Hi Amilbahar! I forwarded your email handling the Balangay PR. You should hear from them soon. Thanks for the visit.

By: Amilbahar S. Mawallil

Amilbahar S. Mawallil — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:42:02 +0000

Greetings!

Hello, I am a tawi-tawi news bureau chief of an online news website in Mindanao.

I just wanna ask if you could share some photos of badjaos constructing the balangay. I just want to write a story about it and publish it in our website and our newspaper.

Please do email me. Our newspaper also circulates in tawi-tawi.

Thank you and more power!

By: sisid marino

sisid marino — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:25:50 +0000

thumbs up to Mr Valdez and the rest of the team for their courage and faith. Its good to see the initiative to revive the Filipino community using the excavated artifact. it will catch attention to filipinos worldwide and generate criticism, constructive or even destructive. From my point of view, if this artifact were tough enough to navigate the deep ocean, this technology should be alive, pass through generation and be seen in some port of the country. But the fact is not, the western design dominates our ports and does not necessarily mean that we dont like our own. It is because the design and engineering is capable to navigate and can cope up with the current of the ocean. I strongly disagree that this design and engineering based on artifact can survive the current of the ocean. I dont even think that balangay can cross the philippine sea from north to south without defined engineering. Anyway,this is a Filipino ingenuity, a never say die attitude, live on a fighting spirit. Still no worries Filipinos still dominating the ocean. We are manning the 70% of the ship across the globe. Why dont you spend the bucks to generate the jobs ,upgrade our sea transport system, or even build more balangay and keep it floating in Manila Bay for tourist attraction and destination?

By: jamz

jamz — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:50:30 +0000

Greetings, I am impressed by your project and wish you well.
My ancestors were great ocean voyagers, explored much of the Pacific from South America over to what is now known as French Polynesia, down to Tuwhenu (New Zealand). Many of the Polynesians called our Navigator-Kings; Kon Tiki (The Sun King). These voyages of exploration were carried out many hundreds of years before Polynesian/Maori ever discovers New Zealand.
My ancestors were familiar with ancient egyptian water craft which were also pegged together. The larger ones could sail right around Africa.My ancestors crossed the Atlantic, about the time of Christ’s birth, Travelled down mesa America to the Peru/Chile area and used what we know as Easter Island as a place of refuge when things got hot on the mainland.We do know their sea crafts were far superior to any Pacific Islander types when they met with them.
Anyway the design for your craft has been around for a good 4,000 years and well-proven.
Go in peace. James: Ieriki ieriki = Tuwhenu Moriori Tua imi Ihi