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philippines has the 3rd largest catholic population in the world after brazil and mexico john allen dogon reports now from the central philippines where the main celebrations of been held. a reenactment of what happened here 500 years ago in 1521 ferdinand my jelen a portuguese explorer and his men docked on the shores of the subaru his intention to baptize local chiefs and her followers and to declare them subservient to spain the local chiefs bowed and were baptized but one of the rivals. refused. 7 and there was a battle between his tribe and the new arrivals ferdinand magellan who was in the middle of an epic voyage to circumnavigate the globe with killed by one of poisoned arrows. to this day magellan there remains a symbol of indigenous resistance. is considered the 1st from the be no to have repelled european aggression. the battle was won even before the nation was born but it was the arrival of christianity that really changed people's way of life 500 years later more than 80 percent of filipinos you mean catholics. and the country is the last bastion of catholicism in asia chris

many here believe this will prove difficult unless the visiting forces agreement is fully restored dogon 8 al-jazeera manila. right let's get some analysis from dr graham on webb he's the adjunct fellow at the us rajaratnam school of international studies he joins us from singapore graeme great to see you there again in singapore give me your thoughts on the top line on the story the united states says there's 3000 ships in this region what's your reading of that my reading is that there's this assessment by the united states of defense century is an accurate one are there has been a quiet expansion of china's maritime in the shar all of the last decade alone this is not a new concept for the chinese military in particular the people's liberation army midi which feels this capable it's a concerted attempt by the chinese military to try and create a force multiplier sorts over the white expanse of the south china sea graeme can you explain for me one particular aspect of this which is kind of intriguing and compelling i guess in equal measure officially the militia isn't there to do what

away from the conflict that's why they started registering people who came here in 2020 but the 1st dogonarrived here in 2016. this is a syrian tongo family they came here to live the father the mother and their children. and the father practice this is all professions he builds traditional carts and sets up the tents for houses the community of nanuk and is an example of hospitality it's reminiscent of what mali was like before the conflict broke out it's moderate and welcoming. the traditional village leaders encourage and welcome new arrivals by offering each one to hector plot of land and helping them to build their houses we have no problem with that because we're related. the don't go on our brothers. from the very 1st day that they arrived they were welcomed in the middle of. the large parts of mali remain conflict zones. as a glowing example of how people from different cultural backgrounds religions and ethnicities can live together peacefully. muslim celebration this week a festival marking the end of ramadan it's a time when families gather and 8 special meals. in one community