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Filipino Cultural Heritage

The document discusses Filipino cultural heritage, identifying tangible and intangible types. Tangible heritage includes places like Chocolate Hills in Bohol, Mt. Mayon, Banaue Rice Terraces, and Intramuros Church. These sites attract foreign tourists and support local economies. Intangible heritage encompasses the various languages spoken across regions, martial art forms like Arnis, and superstitious beliefs passed down through generations. The document emphasizes that Filipino cultural heritage is important to preserve national identity and history for future generations. As Filipinos, citizens should appreciate and protect this cultural legacy left by ancestors.

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Filipino Cultural Heritage

The document discusses Filipino cultural heritage, identifying tangible and intangible types. Tangible heritage includes places like Chocolate Hills in Bohol, Mt. Mayon, Banaue Rice Terraces, and Intramuros Church. These sites attract foreign tourists and support local economies. Intangible heritage encompasses the various languages spoken across regions, martial art forms like Arnis, and superstitious beliefs passed down through generations. The document emphasizes that Filipino cultural heritage is important to preserve national identity and history for future generations. As Filipinos, citizens should appreciate and protect this cultural legacy left by ancestors.

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Name: Sufia Andrea F.

Dave Section:

Filipino Cultural Heritage

Cultural Heritage is a legacy, traditions or cultures that is passed down from generation to generation.
Does Filipino cultural heritage is being appreciated and preserve here in the Philippines? Before we
discuss the Filipino cultural heritage, let’s identify the two kinds of cultural heritage. First is the tangible
cultural heritage. These are the places, buildings, sculptures, paintings, monuments or anything that can
be seen, touched or moved that has a contribution in the history. The next one is intangible cultural
heritage, it is an element that requires a set of knowledge and skills that is evolving and being passed to
the next generation. Example of it are oral traditions, social practices, performing arts, traditional skills
and many more. Cultural Heritage has a really big impact in a country because it can be the assets of a
country and every people must appreciate and preserve their cultural heritage.

Now let’s tackle about the tangible Filipino cultural heritage. Philippines is one of the country that must
be visited by every foreigner or tourists. Because they will surely love the heritage sites here in the
Philippines. Examples are Chocolate Hills in Bohol, Mt. Mayon, Banaue Rice Terraces, Intramuros Church
and the most famous cultural heritage in Philippines, the Rizal Monument in Luneta Park. Actually these
are only some of the tangible cultural heritage in the Philippines. There are so many more and I cannot
write it all. The cultural heritage in the Philippines has a really big impact in the lives of Filipinos. Because
the citizens that live in those areas. It is their source of income that’s why it is helpful for them. Example
are the farmers in the Banaue Rice Terraces, that terraces is manmade terraces and it is made by the
ancestors of the Ifugao. Since there are many agricultural tourist spots in the Philippines, it has a really
big contribution in the economy of the Philippines.

Let us now discuss the intangible Filipino cultural heritage. Philippines has variety of intangible cultural
heritage because there are so many languages, cultures and traditions. Every region in the Philippines
has different language. For example, in Visayas region the language that is being used is Bisaya, in Ilocos
Region is Ilonggo, in Central Luzon is Kapampangan. There are many more languages in every region and
I cannot mention it one by one. Another example is the national martial art of the Philippines which is
the “Arnis”. It is the own version martials arts in the Philippines and it is being taught and passed down
to every generation. Philippines is also known for their “pamahiin” or superstition in English. These
beliefs started from the Filipino ancestors and until now many Filipinos believes in pamahiin.

Filipino Cultural Heritage is really important to our country. Because of it Philippines is being known and
it is a privilege for us Filipinos if we have our own identity. Also one of the reason is that the Philippine
history will be preserved and being passed to the next generation. That’s why we must cherish it if we
really love our country. Cultural heritage is one of greatest treasure and our ancestors work hard for it.
As a Filipino, we must be proud and we must give importance to our cultural heritage.

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