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Balikbayan Boxes
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The Balic Bion Box
The word Balic Bion literally means homecoming in Thavallog. More than 10 million Filipinos live abroad, and over a million more leave the country every year. Mothers sending to sons, brothers, sisters, hundreds of thousands of people waiting for their box. The reason Filipino travelers line up in the airport to wrap 100-pound plus Balic Bions is because they often live oceans apart from one another.
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