My Son's Grad Attire: Simple 'Barong' with 'Sablay'
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(DSC06383) "Barong" or "Barong Tagalog" is the Philippine national attire for men. It is made from pineapple fiber called "jusi". Woven into the sash (called "sablay") are letters from the Baybayin. ... [Baybayin, known in Unicode as Tagalog script, is a pre-Spanish Philippine writing system. It is a member of the Brahmic family and is recorded as being in use in the 16th century. It continued to be used during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines up until the late 19th Century. The term Baybay literally means "to spell" in Tagalog. Baybayin was extensively documented by the Spanish. Some have attributed it the name Alibata, but this name is incorrect. (The term "Alibata" was coined by Paul Rodríguez Verzosa after the arrangement of letters of the Arabic alphabet alif, ba, ta (alibata), “f” having been eliminated for euphony's sake." ) Verzosa's reasoning for creating this word was unfounded because no evidence of the Baybayin was ever found in that part of the Philippines and it has absolutely no relationship to the Arabic language. Furthermore, no ancient script native to Southeast Asia followed the Arabic arrangement of letters, and regardless of Verzosa's connection to the word alibata, its absence from all historical records indicates that it is a totally modern creation. The present author does not use this word in reference to any ancient Philippine script. Modern scripts in the Philippines, descended from Baybayin, are Hanunó'o, Buhid, Tagbanwa and Kapampangan script. Baybayin is one of a dozen or so individual writing systems used in Southeast Asia, nearly all of which are abugidas where any consonant is pronounced with the inherent vowel 'a' following it — diacritical marks being used to express other vowels. This vowel occurs with greatest frequency in Sanskrit, and also probably in all Philippine languages.] (Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baybayin)
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Congratulations. I know it was a very proud day for the whole family. Handsome son...but then his mother is so pretty....inside and out. Blessings and love to all.
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