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