FILIPINO CULTURE Baybayin is an ancient script used primarily by the Tagalog people . Baybayin is an indigenous Indic script that has been widely used in traditional Tagalog domains. It is one of many suyat scripts in the Philippines. It continued to be used during the early part of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines until largely being supplanted by usage of the Latin alphabet. Baybayin is well known because it was carefully documented by scribes during the colonial era. Filipino Dances :) Cariñosa is a Philippine dance of colonial era origin from the Maria Clara suite of Philippine folk dances, where the fan or handkerchief plays an instrumental role as it places the couple in romance scenario. Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance which originated during the Spanish colonial era . The dance involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each othe