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Davuh, Duhwow, Davao

Text and photos by ELIZABETH LOLARGA
IF black ants are marching in a long, busy line in your cottage in Davao City, consider it a propitious sign. It means the fruits you bought, be they rambutan, mangosteen or that stinky bomb called durian, are sweet.

Davuh, Duhwow, Davao

Women who climb ships

FOR about four decades now, prostituted women have climbed ships docked at the ports of Davao. These women are called akyat barko girls, which means ship-climbing girls.

Women who climb ships