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The National Commission For Culture And The Arts

3/31/2012

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National Commission For Culture And The Arts

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is the overall policy making body, coordinating and grants giving for the preservation, development and promotion of Philippine arts and culture; an executing agency for the policies it formulates; and task to administering the National Endowment Fund for Culture and the Arts (NEFCA), fund exclusively for the implementation of culture and arts program in line with the Medium Term Philippine Development Plan for Culture and the Arts. 

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The government's support for cultural develpoment is particularly highlighted by the passage of Republic Act 7356 that created the NCCA. The coordination among the cultural agencies was strengthened by the virtue of Executive Order No. 80, which placed the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the National Historical Institure (now, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines), the National Museum, The National Library (now, The National Library of the Philippines), and the Records, Management and Archives Office (now, National Archives of the Philippines) under the NCCA umbrella. Further, through Republic Act No 9155, administratively attached the earlier aforementioned ficve cultural agencies to the NCCA, including now the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. Thus, the NCCA is responsible for culture and the arts in the Philippines and, if not the name, the de facto Ministry of Culture.   

The NCCA together with the six cultural agencies work with the principle of partnership, collaboration and shared responsibility in effectively and efficiently achieveing the implementation of cultural programs as well as maximizing of resources.

History 

In 1987, then President Corazon C. Aquino signed Executive Order No. 118 creating the Presidential commission on Culture and Arts. Five years later, in 1992, this presidential directive was enacted into law - Republic Act 7356, creating the National Commission of culture and the Arts (NCCA). The original bill was jointly authored by Senators Edgardo Angara, Heherson Alvarez, Leticia Ramos, Shahani, and Congressman Carlos Padilla.

Vision

A Filipino nation united, empowered and sustained by its cultural and artistic life and heritage.

NCCA's Mandate
  • Pursuant to Sec. 8 of RA No. 7356, formulate policies for the development of culture and the arts
  • To coordinate and implement the overall policies and program of attached agencies on the development of culture and the arts as stated under Executive Order No. 80
  • Administer the National Endowment Fund for Culture and the Arts
  • Encourage artistic creation within a climate of artistic freedom
  • Develop and promote the Filipino national culture and arts; and
  • Preserve Filipino cultural heritage

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Major NCCA Events

The Philippine Arts Festival

In 1991, presidential Proclamation No. 683 was signed, declaring February as National Arts Month. The National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the country's premier government institution for arts and culture currently headed by its chairman Felipe de Leon, Jr. and acting executive director Adelina Suemith, holds the Philippine Arts festival in celebration of NAM.

The NCCA provides support for various artistic an cultural activities in the country through its grants program. It provides funding support to writers, painters and visual artists, filmmakers, dancers and choreographers, musicians, architects and stage actors and groups to enable them to create new works, advance the state of their arts and develop a healthy climate throughout the country for the sustained dissemination and informed reception of their artistic productions. The NCCA also provides many talented individuals and groups, especially in the performing arts, the opportunity to study in various institutions abroad and/or complete in international festivals or contests, and many of them have returned bringing honor to the country with the many awards they reaped along the way.


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Since 2008, the Philippine Arts Festival is held annually, featuring the harvest of artistic endeavors and achievement. It features the talents and performances of the many artists and arts groups in the seven arts on whose trainings, competitions and creative expressions it has in vested the past years. More than a ways of looking back at past accomplishments, the festival is a celebration of the fruits of the creative efforts for the past year and a looking forwars to a richer, more fertile ground in the coming years for the evolution of artistic modes of expression available to the Filipino creative imagination.

The central image of the PAF logo is the stylized rice stalks, alluding to harvest, particularly of products of creative processes tht express the dreams, aspirations and ideals of the Filipino artist. The seven grains of the stalks represent the seven arts. The flame represents the NCCA's mission of supporting arts in the Philippines. The seven grains of the stalks represent the seven arts. The bright colors evoke the festive mood which the Philippine Arts festival instends to foment and symbolize the abundance and excellence of Filipino artistry. 

Every year, the NCCA works hand in hand with arts and culture organizations, government agencies, local goverment units, educational institutions, business establishments and individuals in holding various initiatives in the arts. The Philippine Arts Festival mainly compromises the flagship projects of the seven committees of the Subcommission on the Arts, namely, the National Committee on Architecture and the Allied Arts, headed by Gerard Lico; the National Committee on Cinema, headed Dr. Miguel Rapatan; the National Committee on Dance, headed by Shirley Halili-Cruz; the National Committee on Dramatic Arts, headed by Dr. Lutgardo Labad; the National committee on Literary Arts, headed by Dr. Priscilla Macansantos; the National Committee on Music, headed by felipe de Leon, Jr.; and the National Committee on Visual Arts, headed by Nemesio Miranda. 


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National Heritage Month

The National Heritage Month was born out of Proclamation No. 439 signed on August 11, 2003, declaring the month of May of every year as naitonal heritage Month. This is "in recognition of the need to create among the people a consciousness, respect, and pride for the legacies of Filipino cultural history, and love of country."

Last year, the celebration was led by the NCCA's Subcommission on Cultural Heritage, headed by Regalado Trota Jose, with a lineup of activities for the whole month revolving around the theme, "Taoid: Weaving our Stories, Threading our Paths," giving us a glimpse of the agencies of the apst and how it remains to shape the present and future. It was a recognition and celebration of the different aspects of our national cultural heritage - our traditional art forms and practices, important cultural structures both movable and immovable and other objects of natyional importance whether tangible and intangible.


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Dayaw: Philippine Indigenous Peoples Festival

Every October, the NCCA spearheads the celebration Indigenous People's Month, under the auspices of the NCCA's Subcommission on Cultural Communities  and Traditional Arts, in consonance with the Presidential Proclamation 1906, declaring October as national Indigenous Peoples' Month. Of recent, the celebration is in the form of grand festivals focusing one each Philippines' major island cluster. In 2007, Kalimudan: Panaghi-usa sa Mindanao (Mindanao Indigenous Peoples' Gathering) held in Davao City in November, featured Mindanao's ethnic groups. The following year, Timpuyog: Indigenous People Month Celebration in Luzon was held in Santiago City, Isabela, focusing on Luzon ethnic groups and featuring performances, arts and crafts workshops, cultural awareness lectures, forums, tours, and a theme-park exhibition featuring the traditional houses, cultural resources, practices/rituals, chants, music, songs and dances, stories, traditional arts and crafts, indigenous games. in 2009, the Indigenous Peoples' Festival was held in the Visayas, particularly in Roxas City, Capiz, called Dungog, with similar activities and aims. The next year, it was held in Manila. Last year, Tagum City, Dacao del Norte, hosted Dayaw: Philippine Indigenous Peoples festival. The festival aims provide venue for indigenous peoples to celebrate the richness of their cultures; allow cultural exchanges that will foster deeper cultural understanding to sustain a culture of peace; provide opportunity to discuss IP rights; give students and other people a chance to deepen their awareness and appreciation of indigenous cultures; recognize the expertise and contributions of indigenous communities; and advocate for the preservation as well as integration of  traditional culture into the national cultural mainstream. 

For details, please contact RENE NAPEÑAS, Head of the NCCA-Public Affairs and Information Office (PAIO) at cellphone number 0927-5582656 / 09285081057 or at tel. nos. 527-5529. You can also call us at 527-2192 (loc. 612-615) or email us at [email protected]. 
7 Comments
gagay
4/3/2012 07:05:53 am

..this is a way to preserve the Filipino culture :)

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Unsugarcoated Reviews link
4/3/2012 09:11:14 am

I develop deeper appreciation for our arts and culture as I grow older. nice of you to post this comprehensive entry. I'll try to be updated with NCAA so as not to miss their future events.

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Kathy Ngo link
4/3/2012 12:36:29 pm

I heard about this before. I wanted to help but don't know how.

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chrisair link
4/3/2012 12:44:48 pm

long live to our culture, thanks for always making it alive

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Algene link
4/3/2012 02:03:21 pm

The images are very beautiful :) I love the rich culture in our country!

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mheanne ojeda link
4/3/2012 04:17:05 pm

this is a very informative post! i have participated in many activities of the NCAA as support to my friends who are in positions, and because i believe in its mandate to preserve Philippine culture and arts.

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tess link
4/3/2012 10:04:32 pm

when it comes to PRESERVING culture,arts and heritage Philippines is not that serious about it unlike in other countries like USA. It is good that the government have budget for this.

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