Filipino Cultural Heritage

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Filipino Cultural

Heritage
Introduction
•Heritage is defined with different shades and meanings.
•It can be monuments and sites that embody the cultural,
political, economic or social history of the community.
•To date the UNESCO World Heritage List includes 890
properties forming part of the cultural and natural
heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as
having outstanding universal value.
•These include 689 cultural, 176 natural and 25 mixed
properties in148 State Parties.
World Heritage Sites in the Philippines
World Heritage Sites in the Philippines
•Historic Town of Vigan (1999)
•Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (1995)
•Baroque Churches of the Philippines (1993)
- (Manila, Santa Maria, Paoay and Miag-ao)
•Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park (1999)
•Tubbataha Reef Marine Park (1993)
What is Heritage?
•It is the “the cultivation of cultural patrimony”
- Christopher Tunnard

•“Heritage can also state the property, which parents handed


down to their progeny and can also refer to an intellectual or
spiritual legacy.”
- Graeme Davidson

•It “is as much about people as it is about relics, and the


challenges to balance preservation with modern day realities.”
- Liu Yuan
What is Heritage?

•Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with


today, and what we pass on to future generations -
World Heritage Commission UNESCO

•Heritage or “pamana” is anything that one values.


•It may be a tangible or intangible thing that is worth
cherishing and nurturing.
•It is the manifestation of our nation’s development through
history and it embodies our unique cultural identity.
Dimensions of Heritage
People

TANGIBLE
INTANGIBLE HERITAGE
HERITAGE

Time Setting
Intangible Heritage
•Culture
- Traditions (Oral and Written)
- Costume
- Values
- Trade and Skills
Tangible Heritage
•Natural Heritage
- Environment
• Natural Landscape
• Landforms
• Coastal and Inland Water
Sources

- Flora and Fauna


• Terrestrial
• Marine
Tangible Heritage
•Man-made- Built Heritage
- Cultural Landscape
- Archeological Sites
- Historic Urban Sites/Heritage Groups
- Monuments, Buildings or Structures
I. Natural Heritage
a. Oldest Tree Alive

‘Baleti’ Oldest Tree in Canloan City Mangrove: Oldest Tree in San Juan,
Batangas
I. Natural Heritage
b. Trees

The Mangroves of Puerto Galera and San Juan,


Batangas
I. Natural Heritage
c. Plants

Tropical Vegetation
Flora: Ilang-ilang, Sampaguita,
waling waling and mariposa
orchids
I. Natural Heritage
d. Minerals

Diwalwal Gold San Isidro Marble


I. Natural Heritage
e. Birds

The Philippine Eagle


Scientific Name:
Pithecophaga jefferyi

Status:
Endemic and Critically
endangered
I. Natural Heritage
f. Animals

Carabao, Puerto Galera


I. Natural Heritage
g. Insects

Butterfly Collection, UST Museum of Arts and Sciences


I. Natural Heritage
h. Landscape

Manila Bay Sunset


II. Built Heritage
a. Oldest House Standing

San Juan, Batangas


II. Built Heritage
b. Houses

San Juan, Batangas


II. Built Heritage
c. Oldest Public Structure

San Juan, Batangas


II. Built Heritage
d. Heritage Group

Vigan, Ilocos Sur


II. Built Heritage
e. Heritage Urban Sites

Binondo, Silay and Intramuros


II. Built Heritage
e. Heritage Urban Sites

Escolta, Manila then and now


II. Built Heritage
f. Monuments

Rizal Monument and Blood Compact Event


III. Festivals
a. Festival

Pahiyas, Lucban, Quezon


III. Festivals
b. Historical Events

Independence Day Celebration


IV. Performing Arts
a. Theater

Sisa
IV. Performing Arts
b. Dance

Tinikling
V. Performing Arts
a. Music

Ethnic Music
VI. Cuisine
a. Cuisine

Lechon, Adobo, Buko Salad, Pinakbet,


Dirty Ice Cream and Halo-Halo
VII. Personalities
a. Oldest Man/Woman Alive

Lola Sima
VII. Personalities
b. Influential People (Dead or Alive)

Andres Bonifacio Gregorio del Pilar


VIII. Skills/Technology
a. Skill

Rip-rapping, jusi, sarao


IX. Literature/Poetry/Myths/
Legends (Written)
a. Literature

Si Malakas at si Maganda, Mariang Makiling


X. Language/Orature
a. Language

Ilocano, Tagalog, Visayan


XI. Fine/Applied Arts
a. Painting

Spolarium 1884 by Juan Luna


XI. Fine/Applied Arts
b. Sculpture

Monumento ‘Bonifacio Family Memorial


XI. Fine/Applied Arts
c. Crafts

Abel, tinalak, parol


XII. Healing Arts
a. Healing

Faith Healing (albularyo, mang-hihilot)


XIII. Costume/Accessories
a. Costume

Traditional costumes,
terno and barong
XIII. Costume/Accessories
b. Accessories

Shell and stone necklace


XIV. Archives
a. Documents

Historic plaque and post cards


XIV. Archives
b. Memorabilia

Historic Coins
XV. Religious Groups
a. Religious Groups

Good Friday ‘Panata’


XVI. Secret Knowledge
a. Secret Knowledge
Cultural Heritage Under Pressure
•Unprecedented growth and change in Asia
•Pressure from competing high-value
activities
•Impact of major infrastructure programmes
•Environmental pressure
•Carrying capacity
The Value of Heritage
•Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources
of life and inspiration.
- World Heritage Commission UNESCO

•The value of cultural heritage is seen in the strengthening of the


sense of national, regional, and local identity, as its value is
complimentary to other goods and services in which the external
benefits as part of the education and acculturation of the young.
- Dick Netzer

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