Sculptor Guillermo Tolentino’s artistry was enough to make me a diehard fan. Then I received a message from the historian Ambeth Ocampo.

Consciously learning and practicing Baybayin can lead to discoveries about yourself as a Filipino and about the richness of Filipino culture It was a curious thing, the Spanish (among them the ...

A young Philippine artist and freelance illustrator has created a card game she hopes will inspire her countrymen to help revive the written language used by their ancestors. Patricia Ramos hopes her ...

In recent years, Baybayin tattoos have become a meaningful way for Filipinos to connect with Filipino roots. Often confused with alibata, Baybayin is a pre-colonial script unique to the Philippines.

The four-character script on the Philippine New Generation Currency had piqued my interest and curiosity for quite some time now. It is a word written in Baybayin, one of the many old Philippine ...

Thanks to Sen. Loren Legarda, the public will be able to appreciate watching dazzling ethnic costumes and textiles, which women from indigenous communities weave for hours on end and wear with flair.

Classroom history taught me that pre-Spanish syllabary was called “alibata.” By the time I started teaching, I was told the correct term was “baybayin.” Whoever coined alibata used the first three ...

AERIAL shot the UST Miguel de Benavides Library Building, which houses UST Archives REGALADO Trota Jose with the ancient documents on his desk at UST Archives. Owing to their outstanding cultural ...

Baybayin is the written language of the Philippines. Originally called Alibata by historians, the language decreased in use after the introduction of the Latin alphabet by the Spanish in the 1600s.

Once confined to history classes, an indigenous script used before Spanish colonisation is making a comeback among the Philippines’ millennials, young professionals and diaspora. Online clips of ...