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Balikbayan Boxes
99% Invisible
The Life Cycle of the Balic Bian Box
The sending of boxes by Filipinos is like a multi-billion dollar industry. More than 10 million Filipinos live overseas and the more that go overseas, the more boxes get sent back. For part of his research, Anthony worked for a Balic Bian shipping company in Los Angeles. He was most interested in what the box meant to people, how they interacted with it in their lives.
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