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1ST INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CULTURAL SUMMIT ON OCT 13

Thursday 13th of October 2011

CENTRAL VISAYAS, Oct 11 (PIA) -- The 1st Indigenous Peoples (IP) national cultural summit will be held today October 13, 2011 at the National Museum with the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities spearheading the pioneering event of the year in the country. The Summit is the culmination of the three regional Indigenous Peoples regional assemblies in Baguio City, Tagum City and Iloilo City in the past weeks of September that brought to discussion various concerns and issues of the indigenous cultural communities in the three major regions of the country. According to Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the senate committee on cultura...

BAGUIO CITY, Sept. 9 (PIA) -- Indigenous Peoples of Luzon meets today until September 10 at the Quezon Hall, Teacher’s Camp in Baguio City aims to set up a mechanism that will strengthen the voices of Luzon’s IPs as they engage in dialogue with local and national policy-makers as well as international institutions Among the Luzon IP groups participating in the assembly are the Isneg, Bago, Tingguian, Kankanaey, Iwak, Ibatan, Agta, Itawes, Tuwali, Gaddang, Kankanaey, B...

CENTRAL VISAYAS, August 31 (PIA) -- Senator Loren Legarda, in cooperation with the various concerned agencies, will organize the first Indigenous Cultural Summit on October 13 to 14, 2011 at the Old Senate Building. It will be a gathering of indigenous peoples (IPs) from all over the country. It is the objective of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities to use these events as a platform to identify the issues and concerns of the Indigenous Peoples and gather their views on ...

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2011

Revive Filipinos’ interest in own heritage

CENTRAL VISAYAS, May 24 (PIA) – As the country celebrates the National Heritage Month in May, various heritage, cultural and arts activities are lined up all over the country. Cebu for one, offers a ‘one-night-only’ heritage tour within Cebu City called “Gabii sa Kabilin” or Night of Heritage with various cultural and art presentations at the museums and at the heritage parks. All these aim to bring understanding and local appreciation of ar...