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The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), through the Subcommission on Cultural Communities and Traditional Arts (SCCTA), leads the celebration of the National Indigenous Peoples (IP) Month this October, bannering the theme “Pagtataguyod ng Pamayanang Kultural para sa Isang Matatag na Pilipinas.”
This year, the IP Month celebration aims to focus on the significant role of the cultural communities in managing the COVID-19 pandemic while safeguarding the communities’ intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and their strategies moving forward. The celebration is envisioned to be a month-long celebration gathering of cultural communities through a festival dubbed “Dayaw”.
The IP Month is celebrated pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 1906, s. 2009 declaring the month of October as the National Indigenous Peoples Month mandates the recognition and protection of the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICC)/IPs.
After two years of gathering virtually, the IP Month celebration this year will entail face-to-face activities. Cultural communities will gather in various events and activities for the continued revitalization of the ICH towards a prosperous nation.
Kick-off Ceremony
The commencement of the IP Month was held on October 2, 2022, at the Rizal Park Open Air Auditorium, which featured performances that represent communities from the North, Central, and South including students trained by Manlilikha ng Bayan Alonzo Saclag and Federico Caballero.
Online Capacity-building Training Workshop
Schools of Living Traditions (SLT) in Mindanao will be engaged in a training workshop on October 4, 2022 on safeguarding ICH in the context of disasters.
Exhibition on SLTs
Works of SLT masters and students will be exhibited in various venues to highlight their contribution to the creative economy while safeguarding ICH.
Dayaw Festival
More than 300 IP representatives from the Northern, Central, and Southern cultural communities will be gathered on October 23-24, 2022 to engage in an exchange of music, dance, and oral tradition performances; to share narratives on best practices on safeguarding ICH, andxxx sharing of cultural values embodied in their responses to the current crisis.
For more details on this event, please contact the SCCTA Secretariat through sccta@ncca.gov.ph.
For details on this press release, contact Mr. Rene S. Napeñas, Head, Public Affairs and Information Office through pais@ncca.gov.ph or 0945 788 5698. Visit www.ncca.gov.ph and Facebook page @NCCAOfficial.
