A Fisherman and his Apprentice
01 Ayon on Christmas Day
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off the coast of Garcia Hernandez, Bohol, Visayas
Ayon fishes on Christmas Day in the Mindanao Sea. He is 31, and has been fishing since he was 12. Because he is poor, Ayon doesn't own his own boat, and fishes with a boat owned by another man on the island, splitting the money he gets from selling the catch.
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