Appropriating Indigenous Cultures in the Philippines: Festivals and Other Spectacles

Start:	Oct 19, '06
End:	Oct 21, '06
Location:	Philippine Social Science Center, Quezon City

To mark the Indigenous Peoples Month, the Subcommission on Cultural Communities and Traditional Arts of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (SCCTA-NCCA) will hold a national congress titled "Appropriating Indigenous Cultures in the Philippines: Festivals and Other Spectacles" on 19-21 October 2006 at the Philippine Social Science Center, Quezon City .

The three-day national congress sets the stage for the critique of the various modes of appropriation of indigenous cultural resources as well as for the formulation of policy recommendations to heighten awareness on the integrity of indigenous cultures in the country.

The public is invited to attend the sessions, and actively participate in the workshop which will be held on the last day of the congress. The event is free to the public.

For inquiries, please write to appro_ncca@yahoo.com.ph or contact Monica Santos (0917-5336578) or Pamela Cajilig (0915-9915051) or visit http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about_ncca/an-ipcongress2006.php