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 ...
CEBU, Philippines - Filipinos have since been taught that their ancient alphabet was “Alibata.” This may no longer be the case. Literary historian Virgilio “Rio Alma” Almario said that unlike what has ...
Planning to get a Baybayin tattoo? Before you engrave that onto your skin, hold off til you’ve seen Kristian Kabuay’s Instagram Planning to get a Baybayin tattoo? Before you engrave that Google ...
SAN FRANCISCO, California — Filipino script artist Kristian Kabuay represented the Philippines and the diaspora in the International Workshop on Endangered Scripts of South East Asia on Feb. 28 at the ...
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 ...
ABOUT 12 years ago, there was information that was so wrong but had become such common knowledge that you wanted it thrown off the face of the earth. One of these was that the name for the ancient ...