Enter Baybayin. Gonzalo is Winnipeg artist and photographer who taught themself Baybayin, the ancient Filipino syllabary. "Having left my motherland I really wanted to find a way to feel more ...

The remains of the intricately tattooed body of Apo Annu, a tribal leader from the Benguet province of the Philippines ... tattoos have an ancient—and fascinating—history.

Lead study author Florent Détroit, a lecturer at France's National Museum of Natural History ... are excited by hints that our ancient relatives in the Philippines were engaging in some very ...

“DOCTRINA Christiana,” printed by the Dominicans in 1593, contains the ancient Philippine alphabet ... Conference on the Heritage and History of the University of Santo Tomas recently.

Once confined to history classes, an indigenous script used before Spanish colonisation is making a comeback among the Philippines ... in the promotion of one ancient text over others is ...

She said that while many of the items have been in the collection a long time, some may assume that they’re ancient ... in history. Analyn Salvador-Amores of the University of the Philippines ...

Unlike other countries of Southeast Asia that still pay homage to their ancient royalties, the Philippines found it convenient to dislodge what little was left of the chieftain system. But this did ...

Cultural tattoo practitioner Lane Wilcken explains in the book Filipino Tattoos: Ancient to Modern (2010 ... that was on the verge of being lost to history is being inscribed on new skin.