In 2007, the pioneering batch of the University of San Carlos Graduate Certificate in Cebuano Heritage Studies decided to organize themselves into a group that would meet regularly for coffee, or to read each other’s paper whose topics ranged from pre-historic Cebu to how the Chinese shaped Cebuano life. Since then, the group has become vanguards of Cebuano heritage.
Hambin is short for the Cebuano words Hamiling Binilin. Translated in English, it means cherished heritage.
HAMBIN is Cebu’s only SEC-registered heritage advocacy group that operates outside of a corporate or government entity. It aims to broaden the continuing conversation on Cebuano heritage.
Cebuano Heritage 