A BRIEF HISTORY OF KULTURA

On September 25, 2011, an initiative started to promote Baybayin—an ancient writing system of the Philippines—through a Facebook page, A Primer to The Ancient Filipino Script which eventually became KULTURA under the Riverboy Studios.  Founded by Allan Torres Camba who has held lectures and workshops since 2015 with college students at the University of Washington, Harvard University, and various elementary and high school students from Pangasinan and Nueva Ecija, KULTURA, because of the series of lockdowns around the globe, initiated an online lecture Baybayin: During and Since The Spanish Colonia Period on May 25, 2020, followed by a series of other online programs during the height of the pandemic. Through the continued patronization and zealous inspiration from teachers in the Philippines and other interested students, the lecture series eventually led to an online course (Baybayin 101) consisting of 12 lectures (a total of 3 weeks worth of learning and workshops from Monday to Friday, 2 hours per day from 9:00AM to 11:00AM for the AM session and 9:00PM to 11:PM for the PM session) that began on July 6, 2020 and ended with an online/virtual commencement gathering on July 24 on the same year.  The said online course had 961 registrants which around 85% were professional educators (Teachers/Lecturers/Professors) and a great number of the remaining were students from various ages and walks of life.  On November 19, 2020, the Professional Regulations Commission of the Philippines has approved Riverboy Studios to become a Professional Continuing Education provider and has since been holding online lectures to provide Continuing Professional Development (CPD) units to Professional Teachers in the Philippines–including the Baybayin 101 and Baybayin 200 programs.

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