Saved from Slavery! [The Laguna Copperplate Inscription]

Описание: Over a thousand years ago an old man and his descendants were saved from slavery by a piece of metal. The Laguna Copperplate Inscription was written in the year 900! It is the oldest known surviving dated document from the Philippines. In fact, it is exactly 1,120 years old as of this video. Let’s learn more about this mysterious ancient document! (Tagalog Version Coming Soon!)

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Further Readings on the Laguna Copperplate Inscription
"The Laguna Copper-Plate Inscription: Text and Commentary" by Antoon Postma https://www.jstor.org/stable/42633308
"The Date of the Laguna Copperplate Inscription" by Hector Santos
https://www.jstor.org/stable/42634198


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Kirby Pábalan-Táyag Aráullo is a renowned Filipino culture bearer and currently NAFCON's (National Alliance for Filipino Concerns) National Coordinator for Culture & Heritage. He is a Dátû by blood, a direct descendant of the last Kings of Luzon, whose upbringing exposed him to the contradicting worlds of traditional politics and grassroots activism.

Kirby is the co-founder of the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies, at the University of California, Davis, and has been teaching Filipino people’s history and writing in indigenous Philippine scripts (Kulitan & Baybayin) for over a decade. An alumnus of UC Davis, Kirby has also started his graduate studies in the field of history at Harvard University, and received a certificate on International Human Rights Law from Université catholique de Louvain based in Belgium. He is a visiting professor at various colleges in the Philippines and a research fellow with Sínúpan Singsing, a publicly-funded institute for indigenous advocacy and the study of Kapampángan language, history, and culture.

Kirby is well-rooted in his culture and passionate about his heritage; he strives to decolonize Philippine history and democratize Ethnic Studies through knowledge and play.