Project Barako

Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan and Project Barako are behind the whimsical and colorful mural in Tumba-Tumba Children's Museum of Philippine Art! Read about the creative process here.

Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan - Ang INK at Tumba Tumba

Imagining our islands as leaves

We are now turning this mural into something you can hold in your hands 💚

This postcard is based on a reimagined Philippine map made from native plants, created by the youth of

What started as a collaborative mural has now taken a new form through postcards, allowing more people to experience and share this vision.

Proceeds from this project will support free art workshops for children in Batangas 🎨

If you wish to order, you may do so here:
👉 https://forms.gle/CXoKvyHD8fcgCR4Y7

Thank you for supporting youth-led art and community work

“𝑵𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒑 𝒏𝒂.” (Juan 19:30)

Mga salitang nagmarka sa katuparan ng pangako ng kaligtasan para sa sangkatauhan.

Tunghayan ang dulang magbibigay-buhay sa salaysay ng sakripisyo ng ating Panginoong Hesus.

Saksihan ang 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗸𝘂𝗹𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

Ngayong darating na ika-3 ng Abril, Biyernes Santo, 9:00 ng umaga, ating gunitain ang mga banal na tagpo sa paghihirap at pag-aalay Niya ng Kanyang buhay.

Manood. Maantig. Magnilay.

𝐈𝐛𝐚𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 — 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟐, 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟐

Just eleven days after Ibaan’s formal establishment as a town on February 11, 1832, a 7-year-old girl named Petronila Bautista was baptized, the first recorded baptism in the newly independent town.

Though the church of Ibaan had existed as early as 1817, this moment marked the beginning of Ibaan’s written ecclesiastical history, the first name ever inked in its baptismal register.

Original Transcription (Año de 1832):

𝘌𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢 𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘴. 𝘠𝘰 𝘦𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘦 𝘋. 𝘌𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘗𝘶𝘦𝘣𝘭𝘰 𝘥𝘦 𝘠𝘣𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘳á 𝘣𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘤é 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦, 𝘢 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘢 𝘉𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢, 𝘯𝘪ñ𝘢 𝘥𝘦 7 𝘢ñ𝘰𝘴, 𝘩𝘪𝘫𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘉𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘺 𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢, 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘗𝘶𝘦𝘣𝘭𝘰 𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘭 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘰 𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘢; 𝘧𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘴, 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵í 𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭. 𝘠 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘭𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮é. -- 𝘌𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴

English Translation:

On the twenty-second of February of the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, I, Father Estevan Flores, acting parish priest of this town of Ibaan, solemnly baptized Petronila Bautista, a seven-year-old girl, daughter of Mariano Bautista and Segunda Bernandina, native and resident of this town in the barrio of Santa Rosa. Her godmother was Paula de los Santos, whom I warned of the spiritual kinship. In witness of truth, I signed. — Estevan Flores.

A baptism not only of a child, but of a community, the day Ibaan’s faith took its first written breath.

-Project Barako Research Team