The Cultural Mapping of Panay and Guimaras (CMPG) Project team organized a coordination meeting together with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), partner state universities and colleges (SUCs), and local government units (LGUs) from Panay and Guimaras at the Performing Arts Hall of the University of the Philippines Visayas Iloilo City campus on January 10-12, 2024. NCCA Commissioner Dr. Arvin Manuel Villalon and NCCA Program Manager Ms. Gladys Argonza were the resource persons during the 3-day meeting. Dr. Villalon presented a lecture on the cultural mapping program, including the objectives, framework, techniques, and procedures. It was attended ...

The Guimaras State University (GSU) CMPG Team together with representatives from the Provincial Government of Guimaras and its five (5) municipalities—Buenavista, Jordan, Nueva Valencia, San Lorenzo and Sibunag—took part in the Cultural Mapping of Panay and Guimaras (CMPG) writing workshop in Fatima Farms Resort, San Lorenzo, Guimaras on 20 September 2024. Spearheading this endeavor was the UPV CMPG Core Team. They have organized a full day of activities, including writing exercises for research assistants, presentations of their accomplished mapping forms, and critiquing and evaluations from the UPV team. During the event, the CMPG Video Documentary Team, under the direction of ...

A series of events were held by the Panay Bukidnon community in Barangay Garangan, Calinog, in collaboration with the National Commission of Culture and the Arts (NCCA), to commemorate the death and legacy of the Manlilikha ng Bayan and Suguidanon chanter Federico “Tuohan” Caballero last September 1-2, 2024. In the morning of 1 September 2024, Panay Bukidnon funerary rites were conducted. This included daraw (visitation), haya (lamentation), pangasi (rice wine) making, and paghanduraw (eulogy), during which Dr. Alicia Magos spoke briefly about MB Federico Caballero’s efforts to the cultural preservation of the traditions and practices of Panay Bukidnon. In the ...

LOOK: For the Cultural Mapping of Panay and Guimaras Project, the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) hosted a third day writing workshop together with its partner state university and college, West Visayas State University (WVSU), at Grand Xing Imperial Hotel on 28 August 2024. Attending the workshop were Overall Project Leader Ms. Anna Razel Ramirez, Co-Project Manager Prof. Frances Anthea Redison, Project Leaders Mr. Rene Trance and Mr. Sashah Dioso, Language Editor Dr. Aurora Fe Bautista, UPV Consultant Theodore Ricardo Bautista, WVSU Project Coordinator Dr. Mary Ann De la Vega, WVSU study leaders and research assistants, and UPV project ...

LOOK: The University of the Philippines Visayas cultural mapping team organized a writing workshop together with its partner state university and college (SUC), Capiz State University, at Grand Xing Imperial Hotel on 26 August 2024. In attendance are Overall Project Leader Ms. Anna Razel Ramirez, Co-Project Manager Prof. Frances Anthea Redison, CAPSU Project Coordinator Dr. Leo Andrew Biclar, CAPSU study leaders and research assistants, consultants, project leaders, and project assistants from UPV. The CMPG is a priority project of Senator Loren B. Legarda, in compliance with Republic Act 11961, also known as the Cultural Mapping Law. Facebook Post

𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊: 𝐌𝐎𝐀 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐬 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬 (𝐂𝐌𝐏𝐆) 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭. Representatives from the CMPG-UPV Team and DepEd Region VI, together with Negros Occidental Provincial Tourism Office, gathered for the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement with Governor Eugenio Jose V. Lacson on June 26, 2024 at the Governor’s Office, Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol. Following the formalization of this MOA, UP Visayas and the project partners will co-facilitate the cultural mapping training of the local mappers of the province this July. The CMPG is a priority project of Senator Loren B. ...

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Representatives from the Office of Senator Loren B. Legarda, UPV, DepEd and DENR Region VI, together with SUC partners, gathered for a Ceremonial Signing of the Memorandum of Agreement on June 3, 2024 at the Performing Arts Hall of UP Visayas, Iloilo City. Facebook Post

On May 9 and 10, 2024, UP Visayas Cultural Mapping team, represented by Anna Razel L. Ramirez and Michelle L. Villavert turned over the municipal profiles of 18 towns of Antique. The books contain an inventory of the significant cultural  assets of the localities born from the Cultural Mapping of Antique Project (Phase I) with DEPEd Antique initiated by Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda. The distribution activity was supported by Cong. AA Legarda, Representative of the Lone District of Antique.  Currently, the 2nd phase of the cultural mapping activities in Antique is being conducted by UP Visayas and the ...