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Aodh Joash Alegoro

The Cultural Mapping team of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros Occidental (CMPG) formally launched the cultural inventories of Negros Occidental in a ceremonial turnover held at the Acacia Hotel in Bacolod City on February 19, 2026. The project documented a total of 646 cultural assets in Negros Occidental. This comprises 154 natural resources, 238 tangible immovable heritage, 62 tangible movable heritage, and 104 intangible cultural heritage assets. 55 significant personalities and 33 cultural institutions were also documented. As a result, the project produced 32 books, each representing a city and municipality of Negros Occidental. These books reflect the collaborative efforts of ...
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โ€˜Bรกdbadโ€™ and โ€˜Panagwayโ€™: Stronger Voices for Ati and Panay Bukidnon

Aodh Joash Alegoro

Long confined to their ancestral lands, the language, lifeways, and historical narratives of the Ati and Panay Bukidnon will now journey across new places through two newly launched books by the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV). The book launch took place on August 9, 2025, at the Pagwa Performing Arts Hall, Museum of Arts and Cultural Heritage, in the Main Building of the UP Visayas, Iloilo City campus. It brought together representatives of the Ati and Panay Bukidnon communities, the authors and the contributors of the books, and Senator Legarda, who keynoted the launch. UPV Chancellor Clement Camposano, Professor ...
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Radiance of Western Visayasโ€™ culture comes into focus in CMPG film event

Aodh Joash Alegoro

The radiant culture of Western Visayas took center stage during the Cultural Mapping of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros Occidental Project (CMPG) first-ever film screening event at the Auditorium of UP Visayas Iloilo City Campus on May 24, 2025. It is one of the several events organized by the project in celebration of National Heritage Month. The film event, themed โ€œKasanag sang Kultura: Western Visayas sa Mata sang Kamera,โ€ gathered a lineup of curated video documentaries and short films mainly highlighting stories rooted in the indigenous culture, traditions, and way of life of Western Visayas. Eleven films were screened during the ...
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CMPG brings Western Visayas’ cultural heritage to life in its photo exhibit

Aodh Joash Alegoro

The UP Visayas (UPV) Cultural Mapping of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros Occidental Project (CMPG) has opened to the public the visual highlights of its executed cultural mapping in Western Visayas at Northpoint, SM City Iloilo on May 19, 2025. With its theme Kasanag sang Kultura: Western Visayas sa Mata sang Kamera, the photo exhibit showcases a collection of works by CMPG Documentarian Marc Leo Layson, whose photographs offer a glimpse into the tangible and intangible legacies of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros Occidental. About 40 selected photos, each frame featuring unspoken stories and fading memories of the regionโ€™s cultural heritage, were ...
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