MANILA, Philippines – The Nayong Pilipino Basis (NPF), an hooked up company of the Division of Tourism (DOT) partnered with the San Agustin Museum in organizing an exhibit entitled “Tradition Contact: Augustinian Missions to La Montanosa” on Thursday, February 23 on the San Agustin Museum in Intramuros, Manila.
The mentioned exhibit that may run till April 23, 2023, gives a narrative of interactions between the distant and the indigenous societies within the Cordillera, showcasing historic and ecclesiastical objects from the San Agustin Museum in addition to Northern Luzon materials tradition assortment from the NPF.
In line with the curator, Mr. Victor Estrella, the exhibit goals to revisit the narratives of encounter between Spanish Augustinian non secular missionaries and the indigenous cultural communities of the Cordillera from the sixteenth to the 18th century; to convey our consideration to how indigenous cultural communities of the Cordillera maintained their freedom from Spanish colonial rule and Catholic affect; and supply an area for essential dialogue, permitting Filipinos to replicate on tradition contact and cultural change.
Throughout her speech, NPF Govt Director Gertie Duran-Batocabe emphasised the company’s dedication in bringing the company’s ethnographic collections nearer to most of the people to interact Filipinos in understanding, appreciating, and committing to the preservation and dissemination of historical past, tradition, and heritage of our forebears.
“Relics of the previous like these artifacts remind us how these cultures thrived. Filipinos will be capable of replicate on tradition contact and cultural alternate by way of the exhibit, which can present an area for essential dialogue,” mentioned Duran-Batocabe.
“We attempt to maintain our cultural heritage alive and vibrant, and we’re devoted to preserving it for generations to come back,” she added.
Current in the course of the ribbon-cutting ceremony have been Congresswoman Angelica Natasha, DOT Undersecretary Atty. Shereen Gail Pamintuan, DOT-NCR Director Sharlene Batin, San Agustin Museum Director Fr. Ricky Villar, Intramuros Administrator Atty. Joan Padilla, Nationwide Museum of the Philippines Deputy Director-Normal Jorell M. Legaspi, and Most Rev Victor B. Bendico, D.D. from the Diocese of Baguio.
The exhibit can be a celebration of the primary Inauguration Anniversary of the Augustian Province of the Most Holy title of Jesus within the Philippines and to commemorate the Anniversary of the liberation of San Agustin Church from the Japanese Forces, in the course of the liberation of Manila.
“One of many many artifacts included in our exhibit is the 18th-century statue of St. Thomas de Villanueva from the diocesan museum of the Diocese of Baguio. This statue is misidentified as St. Thomas of Aquinas. The attributes clearly present that he’s St. Tomas of Villanueva, he has miter, he’s a bishop, St. Thomas of Aquinas isn’t a bishop,” mentioned Fr. Ricky Villar.
“Allegedly, the statue was present in one of many chapels in Santo Tomas, Province of Benguet. For unknown causes he was simply recognized as St. Thomas of Aquinas. Later you’ll discover this statue and the 1723 map of the Augustinian mission in Cordillera,” she added.
The exhibit is a part of the “Touring Museum” undertaking of the NPF, which goals to convey the company’s ethnographic artifacts to most of the people.
Final month, the company launched its inventive guide studying exercise “Mga Kwentong Might Kwenta sa Bawat Sulok ng Bansa, might Pamana” which goals to show younger kids in regards to the Philippine ethnic teams in addition to the tradition and lifestyle of the Filipino individuals. The exercise facilities on the tales of the Manobos of Mindanao and Hanunuo Mangyan of the Mindoro Islands.
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