Project Title: Pagsaurog han Aton Pagkatuminongnong

Festival of Traditional Delicacies and Rituals

Description:
A cultural event that includes a bazaar of hometown delicacies, a forum on
Philippine indigenous life, and a program of ritual performances to highlight the
traditional and/or indigenous culture of the Eastern Visayan communities and
select Philippine cultural communities that will be presented by the Philippine
Arts and Culture and Theater Arts Classes as a tribute to the indigenous peoples
of the Philippines.

Date: Nov 13, 2023, 1:00 – 6:00 PM; Festival opens at 4:00 PM

Venue: Multipurpose Bldg., UP Tacloban College.

Objectives:

1. To celebrate the National Indigenous Month of the Philippines (October to

event was postponed to November due to the SCUAA)
2. To enrich the cultural education and deepen the understanding about
traditional culture of the youth and the UPTC community.
3. To sustain the culture and arts programs of UPTC in order to fulfill the
institutional mandate of the preservation ad promotion of Filipino cultural
heritage.
4. To highlight local food and rituals as heritage icons thus advocating for the
enculturation of current generations.
5. To enliven campus life with significant cultural events.

Rationale:
The UPTC Humanities and Theater classes have been at the forefront of local
cultural heritage advocacy by way of festivals and programs through theater
performances (since the 1970s), food fairs (since 1990). These festivities
highlighted the campus experiences of students, faculty and staff and the people
who were invited to grace these affairs. These events have been sustained
through the decades because of the indefatigable and committed faculty
members in the line of Philippine cultural and arts education. The food festivals
led to a research on food and a publication of the first book on Leyte food the
SaruSaro Kita! Traditional Recipes of Leyte – that consisted of retrieved recipes
and those contributed by the Humanities students edited by Prof. Joycie D.
Alegre, published by the UP Leyte Samar Heritage Center and the Province of
Leyte. As for the installation art exhibits and theater performances as platforms
for cultural education and social consciousness, these have been serving as
platforms for creativity and social consciousness-raising among which is the
annual Kalarakan which is one of the remarkable “go-to” art events in UPTC for
more than a decade. These enhance the vibrance of community life in the
campus.

Participant: Organizers:
All (8) PhilArts and Culture Classes
(under Asst Prof. Melchor Paete and Assoc. Prof. Joycie D. Alegre)
Theater Arts 101 Intro to Theater (under Assoc.Prof. Alegre)

Proponents: Joycie D. Alegre

Melchor Paete