Witnessing the Art of Babybayin

The House of Committee on Education and Culture recently passed House Bill 1022 on the implementation of the Coast as a national writing system. The Coast was a Filipino writing system during the Pre-Spanish Era. It is often referred to as "alibata" but in contrast to the Coast comes the "alibata" in Malaysia while the Philippines is off the coast. Following this news is the rise of various reactions from Filipino netizens. Of the thousands of posts, tweets, replies, and comments they had only one thing to consider: the Coast's implementation of the Philippine education system before it became a writing system. “It's about time ... because it's our alphabet, not ours. Kumbaga in turn is acknowledging that the Filipinos were not uneducated when the Spaniards came. Acknowledging the Baybayin as a system of writing is also acknowledging the Filipino culture and heritage, ”said Ms. Carmela Padillo, University of the Philippines Los Banos alumna, is now a teacher at Quezon National High School. QNHS students also agree on Coastal implementation issues in the country's education system. “The Coast should only be integrated into the education system because it was developed by our ancestors and this is what we really need to study,” agreed Jan Angelo Paderon. Studying this language carefully can open up many positive outcomes for the country. But what if many Filipinos even use the Coast on a daily basis and not just pay attention to it? Come and visit the Coast that most people are not aware of yet. Here are the things that the writing system used to do: BAYBAYIN IN TATTOO: Most millennials today are tattooed. One of the designs for this is to write their name, song lyrics or any statement on the Coast. “First day of me being 18 and I got a tattoo. It's my last name, "Dela Torre" in the Coast, "Arianna Dela Torre promised in her Twitter post. BAYBAYIN IN MONEY: Many do not know that the Coast also wrote Philippine peso bills. The letter found in the monies was created by Paul Morrow. A Canadian citizen interested in the study of Filipino culture. The word "Filipino" stands at the bottom of the peso bills. BAYBAYIN IN MOBILE APPLICATION: Youth mobile applications are also available where you can communicate with others using the Coast. The Coastal Keyboard App is here for millennials to chat with one another. The Coast is still available in modern times. BAYBAYIN IN SOCIAL MEDIA POST: Many of the social media users and pages post pictures with a statement on the Coast. Most of these are "relatable" statements that reap lots of shares and retweets. “That sounds like a lot of witty for young people who hang out on social media. We can advertise and email, ”said Cassandra Aldovino, a student at QNHS. BAYBAYIN IN ARTS: According to Dr. Mario Ignacio Miclat, the former director of the UP Center of the Filipino Language, in an interview ... art is one of the best ways to bring Filipinos back to the Coast. Taipan Lucero is one of the Filipinos who has shown love for the Coast with art. Lucero recently conducted CalligraFilipino where he demonstrated his talent in calligraphy. Her interest in calligraphy began when she was in Japan. “For them, Japanese Calligrapy is an art form. It's a discipline. They really focus their time and attention. We even have our own alphabet. We can give that honor to the Coast, ”Lucero said in an interview with the GMA News Team. The emergence of various Filipino means of expanding the Coast is proof of the desire of Filipinos to restore the old Philippine writing system. Just like Ms. Mela, “It's about time.” It's time for our Filipinos to embrace and enrich our own.