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CCP’s biggest multi-arts festival will be online this March

The festival not only highlights different art forms, it also allows us to look into artists’ homes and creative spaces

Yabing Masalon Dulo, master weaver and Manlilikha ng Bayan, passes away

The centenarian was one of two master designers of the B’laan tribe’s mabal tabih art

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Missing museums? Check out these online events for Museums and Galleries Month

In case you didn’t know, October is Museums and Galleries Month. Even though we can’t…

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Celebrate Filipino Food Month with this series of gastronomic online talks

As per Presidential Proclamation 469, April is officially Filipino Food Month. In addition to celebrating…

Celebrate the first ever Filipino Food Month with these activities

Last year, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Declaration No. 469, which proclaims April as the Filipino…

Congress has just voted to save our indigenous games

Right before Congress ended its sessions for 2018, they voted on one last bill: The…

10 films from Southeast Asia you can watch for free

Last year, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) introduced TINGIN ASEAN Film…

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Congress has little time left to create a Department of Culture

Efforts are underway in the soon-to-conclude 17th Congress to create a Department of Culture and the…

3 female weavers from Mindanao officially join the roster of Manlilikha ng Bayan

Malacañang officially awarded three Mindanawon women Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA) last month, Oct.…

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Bonifacio’s flag was auctioned off for P9.3 million—should we have allowed it?

The government’s cultural agencies must have powers to ban the sale of historical objects and…