Cultural Mapping

Cultural Heritage

the totality of cultural properties preserved and developed over time and passed on for posterity

RA NO. 10066

an act providing for the protection and conservation of the national cultural heritage, strengthening the national commission for culture and the arts (ncca) and its affiliated cultural agencies, and for other purposes people’s cultural heritage is their national memory.

this act shall be known as the “National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009”.

Cultural Property

refers to all products of human creativity by which a people and a nation reveal their identity.

Tangible Cultural Property

refers to cultural property with historical, archival, anthropological, archaeological, artistic and architectural value, and with the exceptional or traditional production whether of Philippine origin or not, including antiques and natural history specimens with significant value.

Intangible Cultural Property

refers to the knowledge, skills, and creativity that inform and are developed by them.

Intangible Cultural Heritage

refers to the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge and skills, as well as the instruments, objects and artifacts associated therewith, that communities, groups and individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage.

Hudhud

consists of narrative chants traditionally performed by the Ifugao community.

it is practiced during the rice sowing season, harvest tine, funeral wakes, and rituals.

the chant tells about the ancestral heroes, customary law, religious beliefs and traditional practices, and reflects the importance of rice cultivation.

May 2001

(month & year): UNESCO proclaimed Masterpiece of the Oral and Intagible Heritage of Humanity

October 2001

(month & year); Awarded the International ARIRANG Prize of Republic of Korea

November 2001

(month & year); Declared a National Culture by National Museum

Nationally Significant

refers to historical, aesthetic, scientific, technical, social and/or spiritual values that unify the nation by a deep sense of pride in their various yet common identities, cultural heritage and national patrimony

Important Cultural Property

refers to a cultural property having exceptional cultural, artistic and historical significance to the Philippines, as may be determined by the National Museum and/or the National Historical Institute

National Cultural Treasure

refers to a unique cultural property found locally

Historical Shrines

refer to historical sites or structures hallowed and revered for their history

Historical Monuments

refer to structures that honor illustrious persons or commemorate events of historical value as declared by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines

Natural Property of Cultural Significance

refer to areas possessing outstanding ecosystem with flora and fauna of national scientific importance under the National Integrated Area Protected System (NIPAS).

Presumed Important Cultural Property

for purposes of protecting a cultural property against exportation

Heritage Zone

refers to historical, anthropological, archaeological, artistic geographical areas and settings that are culturally significant to the country.

World Heritage Site

a place listed by the UNESCO as having outstanding universal value.

Built Heritage

refers to architecture and engineering structures such as, but not limited to, bridges, government buildings.. with notable historical and cultural significance.

Conservation of Cultural Property

refers to all the processes and measures of maintaining the cultural significance of a culture property