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Can ancestral lands on Pinatubo support life now? HOMEBOUND A family traverses the lahar covered Balin-Baquero and Bucao rivers to reach Baytan, a cluster of 11 villages in the Aetas' ancestral domain on Mt. Pinatubo in Botolan town, Zambales province. Baytans farms and forests sustained the community of indigenous peoples in Botolan until Pinatubo erupted in 1991 and forced them to start anew in resettlement sites. -MARIANNE BERMUDEZ (Second of three parts) BOTOLAN,…