Matandang Nayon

Matandang Nayon, the “old village”, lies on Burias Island between southern Luzon and Masbate. Local history remembers it as a settlement near the Siargao River, established by Bicolano migrants from the nearby mainland and Tagalog settlers from the Bondoc Peninsula. Burias has deep sheltered harbours along its shores, while the narrow seas around it connect the island with Luzon and the central Philippines. Its communities belonged to a world of movement between neighbouring islands.