Philippines: Malong and Typhoon Sendong Evacuees · Global Voices

Philippines: Malong and Typhoon Sendong Evacuees

Posted 14 January 2012 12:55 GMT

Journalist Keith Bacongco writes about how Typhoon Sendong evacuees in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao uses the malong, a traditional Muslim blanket, to cope with the disaster.

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Written byKarlo Mongaya

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