Children from Barangay Blensong, Municipality of North Upi in Maguindanao play and bath in the man-made dam for irrigation serving the farms of the villages of Sitio Suaran and Kabotuyen.
Residents said the dam was only a small fish pond before but it was improved with the help of the National Irrigation Administration during the 1970s to 1980s.
DIVE. Gaygay, 14 years old, enjoys his summer by diving from the Acacia tree in the dam, after his cousin Onat, cut his hair.
YOUNG BARBER. Onat, 16 years old, cuts the hair of his cousin Gaygay, 14 years old, before they take a bath in the dam in Barangay Blensong, North Upi in Maguindanao Friday noon.
WATER LILIES. Children of the Teduray tribe from the nearby Barangay Borongotan in North Upi, Maguindanao walks for two kilometers to bathe and play in the dam in Barangay Blensong.
YOUNG BARBER. Onat, 16 years old, cuts the hair of his cousin Gaygay, 14 years old, before they take a bath in the dam in Barangay Blensong, North Upi in Maguindanao Friday noon.
WATER LILIES. Children of the Teduray tribe from the nearby Barangay Borongotan in North Upi, Maguindanao walks for two kilometers to bathe and play in the dam in Barangay Blensong.
CARABAO. The dam in Barangay Blensong, North Upi in Maguindanao province, serves as the swimming pool for both children and carabaos.
