Ambahan is a poem with seven-syllable metric lines. Some historians believe that Filipino natives wrote such poems on leaves and wood pieces in baybayin. See the following for more on the ambahan: Cosmic in Scope tanglad.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/ambahan...
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In this picture, the dinumug fertility and prosperity amulet is worn by this Ifugao women in modern times. The center of the dinumug has a form that is the image of the female uterus. The BA symbol’s shape is the outline of the center of the dinumug. More details and info on BA, dinumug and the fertility symbol’s implications at Fertility Symbols, Feminine Principle and BA. Photograph copyright: F. de Jager (Source:...
Read MoreOne meaning of “spell” is “setting the sequence of letters in a word.” A practical action of spelling words to make logical sense to a reader. The other meaning is a magical one, as in “to cast a spell.” It is interesting that in the case of runes and divination, one would “cast the stones” whereby the stones had the writing of runes upon them. Upon falling, the stones would indicate...
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Here are some examples of how chinese pictographs evolved into characters, and how pictures evolved into writing symbols....
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I find it interesting that in ilonggo, people say things like: hindi, bala?, gaano ka da, bala? We also like to say things like hala, mo! or hala, lagot ka gid d’a karon! Are bala and hala derivatives of bahala na and used as words to emphasize the meaning of a sentence? We do know that Bahala Na is a Filipino attitude. It is also a saying that indicates, to our westernized minds, a fatalistic tendency. Others, of a more...
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