The insights that baybayin symbolism can give us can be quite deep and mind-bending. This post is inspired by Diwata Olympia who wrote the words lakbay and bakla in baybayin symbols in a notebook and shared the page with me in 2011. Bakla is defined in Filipino as third-sex or effeminate man. In Philippine society, all types of bakla, gay men and women have been socially and economically accepted to various degrees. In some...
Read More“…symbols and metaphors speak for and to our deepest feelings, desires, and experiences–better than rational words can, because they address–as well as come from–the fertile unconscious or‘underworld’ realm of our psyche…“ Agnes Miclat-Cacayan Why are the metaphorical and deeper meanings of the baybayin symbols important to Filipinos’ healing from historical imperialism, colonial...
Read MoreBaybayin Resources Person, Dr. Bonifacio Comandante Jr., PhD Professor, University of the Philippines.
Read MoreAwakening the Language of the Ancient Filipino Soul Hindi sapat na ika’y marunong lamang sumulat at bumasa ng BAYBAYIN. Tuklasin ang mas malalim nitong kahulugan at kung paano maiuugnay/magagamit ang BAYBAYIN sa pagtuklas sa iyong sarili… Please feel free to share the link to friends by clicking the ‘forward’ link below. Don’t forget to add baybayincreatives@yahoo.com to your address book so we’ll...
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