Monday, April 30, 2018
Balikbayan Boxes
An excerpt from the LA Times -
These boxes are a billion-dollar industry of homesickness for Filipinos overseas
By FRANK SHYONG
Today balikbayan boxes, named after the Tagalog word for a returning Filipino, have become one of the most enduring symbols of the Filipino diaspora. The boxes help feed relatives who are struggling, console daughters separated from their mothers, and give far-flung overseas workers a tangible tether to their families.
"This is the Filipino way. You can't go home without a box." Marie Maruquin
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-balikbayan-boxes-20180428-htmlstory.html#nws=mcnewsletter
These boxes are a billion-dollar industry of homesickness for Filipinos overseas
By FRANK SHYONG
Today balikbayan boxes, named after the Tagalog word for a returning Filipino, have become one of the most enduring symbols of the Filipino diaspora. The boxes help feed relatives who are struggling, console daughters separated from their mothers, and give far-flung overseas workers a tangible tether to their families.
"This is the Filipino way. You can't go home without a box." Marie Maruquin
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-balikbayan-boxes-20180428-htmlstory.html#nws=mcnewsletter
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