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Written report in Readings in Philippine History

Dela Cruz, Nataly

Tebrero, Donna Submitted to:
Tanola, Mariela Danissa B. Tejares, LPT
Cagara, Chas Instructor
Villablanca, Matthew

BSTM – Section D. – Group 4

MTH 1:00-2:00 PM

TOPIC
Filipino Culture Heritage

What is Cultural Heritage?

Cultural Heritage refers to "the totality of cultural property preserved and developed through time and
passed on to posterity" (RA 10066).

"Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future
generations" (World Heritage Commission, UNESCO).

The World Heritage List includes six Philippines properties:

1. Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park
2. Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
3. Historic City of Vigan
4. Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
5. Baroque Churches of the Philippines
6. Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary

What is Tangible Heritage and Intagible Heritage?

It is important to keep in mind that there are two types of heritage. One is the tangible heritage,
consisting of the environment, such as natural landscape, the indigenous flora and fauna, and historic
man-made structures. meanwhile, the intangible heritage consists of tradition and living expressions
that constitute a culture and worldview.

Tangible Heritage
- Environment (natural landscapes and coastal and inland water sources)
- Flora and fauna
- Man-made structures

Intangible Heritage
- Culture (traditions, customs, values, trades, and skills)

Examples of Tangible Heritage:

- Philippine Eagle
- Chocolate Hills, Carmen, Bohol
- Urban Heritage Site: Vigan
 - Oldest House: 1730 Jesuit House, Cebu
- Santo Tomas de Villanueva Church, Miag-ao, Iloilo
- Costumes
- Wood carvings
- Philippine Literatures

Examples of Intangible Heritage:

- Philippine Literatures

- Cuisine "Philippine foodways clearly reflect Philippine history: the foreign influences being
indigenized into a changing culture. An exploration of these patterns will obviously provide a
key to the understanding of national identity. The study of food as culture within the context of
colonization leads to an understanding of the fate of the local culture under the hegemony of
the dominant cultures of the colonizers" (Doreen Fernandez, Tikim).

- Language "In Tagalog, emotion is dalamhati (literally, "inside the liver") and intense feelings of
grief, yearning, and happiness are pighati, lunggati, and luwalhati" (Resil Mojares, "Heart and
Liver").

What is Cultural Heritage Conservation?

- Article 1, Policies and Principles, Sec. 2 of the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 declares
that the State shall foster the preservation, enrichment, and dynamic evolution of a Filipino
culture based on the principle and unity in diversity in a climate of free artistic and intellectual
expression.

- According to the Heritage Conservation Society, "conservation" entails "all the processes and
measures of maintaining the cultural significance of a cultural property, including, but not
limited to, preservation, reconstruction, protection, adaptation, or any combination thereof."

Related institutions, entities, and laws

- Historic Preservation Division, under the National Historical Commission of the Philippines)
- National Commission for Culture and the Arts
- Heritage Conservation Society (Non-government Organization)
- Republic Act no. 10066, or the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009

Benefits of Cultural Conservation

"When cultural heritage is appreciated, enhanced and enriched, socio-cultural, religious, political and
economic gains are manifested. ... The value of cultural heritage is seen in the strengthening of the
sense of national, regional and local identity, as its value is complementary to other goods and
services in which the external benefits—as part of the education and acculturation of the young"
(Dick Netzer).
References:
DOST Starbooks Readings in Philippine History – 09 Filipino Cultural Heritage_TTS
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