A young Philippine artist and freelance illustrator has created a card game she hopes will inspire her countrymen to help revive the written language used by their ancestors. Patricia Ramos hopes ...

Baybayin is a pre-colonial script unique to the Philippines. While each symbol in Baybayin represents a syllable, the script can resonate deeply with those who choose it for their body art.

"People are sacrificing their skin to revive this ancestral form of art and make ... themselves as Filipino in a foreign country." Tattoos were a prominent feature among pre-Hispanic tribes ...

Pre-colonial Philippine art works will be featured at the world-famous Musée du Quai Branly in Paris this April, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday. The DFA said works in pre-colonial ...

Sitting at his booth, we watched several customers, both young and old, ask about the jewelry. Tambourine jewelry is a hybrid art of pre-colonial Filipino skills in crafting gold, as well as Spanish ...

One of the first to take this step was Dr. Joven Cuanang, who in 2010 established what became the Philippines’ first contemporary art museum, the Pintô Art Museum. Nestled within pre-colonial ...

Capistrano-Baker for an insightful talk on the origins of these extraordinary objects, from the pre-colonial era of the Philippines, which are on view ... Foster Senior Curator for Traditional Asian ...

The making of this bench is very elaborate and costly, explained anthropologist Corazon Alvina, co-curator of the grand exhibition of pre-colonial Philippine ... Day or French National Day. "The arts ...

MANILA, Philippines — The "Gold of Ancestors" exhibit in the Ayala Museum is getting a temporary expansion after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) loaned 38 pre-colonial goldworks for a "new ...