IS101 – Bukidnon Cultural Studies

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HERITAGE

These are features belonging to the culture of a particular society which

include traditions, languages, physical environment, or buildings that embody
historical or cultural importance.

Natural heritage includes

NASULI SPRING features that are formed through
physical and biological
processes, consonant to what is
known and accepted universally.
They conform to the value based
on the aesthetic or scientific
perspectives. It may also stress
the significance of geological and
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physiographical formations that
display the beauty of nature through divine and natural phenomena. Also,
natural heritage are physical and physiographical entities that entail historical
significance, and that constitute as habitat of endangered species of animals and
plants.
Source: https://globalpact.informea.org/glossary/natural-heritage

Built heritage include all features of

MONASTERY OF TRANSFIGURATION
historical environments made by
human hands such as houses,
factories, commercial buildings,
places of worship, cemeteries, and
monuments. This also includes built
infrastructure such as roads,
railways and bridges, and physically
created places such as gardens,
mining sites and stock routes. Built Courtesy: Google Photos

heritage present in our locale today are the physical evidences of our development on
culture. Also, our built heritage is one of our most important cultural assets, and it helps
us to understand and appreciate our origin, history, and even identity. It also allows us
to keep our connection with the past.
Source: http://modernheritage.com.au/mhm/understand_heritage/what-is-built-heritage/

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Movable heritage is either a

AGUNG natural or manufactured
object with historical and
cultural significance which
mostly belong to cultural
groups or communities. It
provides historical
information about people’s
experiences, ways of life and
relationships with the
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environment. Also, it
prompts a particular
group of people to remember
experiences and reflect family and community histories. Also, it is portable, easily sold,
relocated or thrown away during changes of ownership, fashion or use, and is
vulnerable to loss, damage, theft, dispersal and disposal, often before its heritage
significance is appreciated and before people’s migration memories are recorded.
Source: https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/Heritage/aboutheritage/movableheritage.htm

According to UNESCO,
intangible heritage includes KAAMULAN FESTIVAL
traditions or living
expressions inherited from
the ancestors of particular
group of people and passed
on to their descendants, such
as oral traditions, performing
arts, social practices, rituals,
festive events, knowledge
and practices concerning
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nature and the universe or
the knowledge and skills to
produce traditional crafts.
While fragile, intangible cultural heritage is an important factor in maintaining cultural
diversity in the face of growing globalization. An understanding of the intangible
cultural heritage of different communities helps with intercultural dialogue, and
encourages mutual respect for other ways of life.

Source: https://ich.unesco.org/en/what-is-intangible-heritage-00003

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