Documentaries on PHL intangible cultural heritage now on view
MANILA—THE International Information and networking Center for in tangible cultural Heritage in the Asia-pacific region (ICHCAP) under the auspices of Unesco has recently launched 10 video documentaries on different Philippine intangible cultural heritage (ICH) elements.
The documentaries, which run for an average of 27 minutes, can be viewed in two versions, one in english( with english subtitles) and the other with korean subtitles, on ICHCAP’S official Youtube channel.
The ICH elements featured are the use of mud in traditional Ifugao textile dyeing (“Using Mud as Mordant in the Traditional Dyeing Process of the Ifugao of Northern Luzon”); piña weaving of Aklan (“Piña: The Pineapple Textile of A kl an, western vi say as ”); th et rasla ci on procession of the Black Nazarene image of Quiapo, Manila (“Poong Nazareno: The Traslacion of the Black Nazarene of Qu ia po, manila ”); them or yon an len ten penitential ritual in Marinduque (“Moryonan: A Lenten Tradition in Marinduque Island”); the craft of making moryonan masks (“Mukha ng Moryonan: Mask making form or yon an len ten traditionof marin du que ”); the giant christmas lantern tradition of San Fernando, Pampanga (“Parul Sampernandu: The Giant Christmas Lantern Tradition of San Fernando City, Pampanga”); the feast of Our Lady Peñafrancia of Naga City, Bicol Region (“Ina: Our Lady of Peñafrancia”); the buklog ritual of the Subanen of the Zamboanga Peninsula (“Buklog: The Ritual System of theSu banen ofz am bo an ga peninsula ”); theig al of the Sama people of Tawi-tawi (“Igal: Traditional Dance of the Sama of Tawitawi”); and the boat building practices of the Sama people of Tawi-tawi (“Lepa and Other Watercrafts: Boat Building Traditions of the Sama of Tawi-tawi”).
These documentaries are part of ICHCAP’S video documentation of the ICH project in the Asia-pacific region, which is being implemented since 2015.
Journalist and cultural researcher Roel Hoang Manipon, who is the main writer of documentaries and the director and co-director of several of them, said ICH elements “are some of the most impactful factors in shaping civilization and culture,” ones that “yield invaluable insights into many aspects of social relationships and human development.”
“However, they are also ephemeral and highly mutable, depending mostly on memory, dedication, and community for its preservation and continuity. especially now with the rapid growth of urbanization and globalization, ICH elements, especially the traditional ones, are in danger of vanishing and/ or alteration ,” ma nip ons aid .“modern technology, however, also provided away to safeguard these ICH elements, enabling us to document them, intensify awareness and make them more accessible through audio visual means .”