Baybayin

Contextual and Visual References, Image Making

As mentioned on my previous post, I wanted to explore the pre-colonial writing system, baybayin.

Being fluent in Tagalog, one of the official languages of the Philippines along with English, learning and understanding baybayin was not a challenge. Though being able to write the letters itself took a while to master as seen above.

The reason for learning Baybayin is to represent and educate people about what Philippines was like during its pre-colonisation. I’ve looked at baybayin tattoos as I felt that this was the best way to include this throughout my series.

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