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A fisherman’s prayer

When the manaratbat – a person, usually an old man or woman, who officiates the prayer for the dead – does not arrive, Losanto ‘Ka Jun’ Castillo, a spry fisherman in his 50s, tells me he will improvise. We are on Cancabato Bay, Tacloban, about to begin a ceremony to remember the dead of Yolanda,, Read the rest here 08:28