01/10/2021
This October, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), through its Subcommission on Cultural Communities and Traditional Arts (SCCTA), is celebrating the National Indigenous Peoples (IP) Month pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 1906 signed in 2009 wherein the constitution mandates the “recognition and protection of the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/ Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs).” Various agencies namely the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Office of the Muslim Affairs (OMA), Commission on Higher Education-Philippines (CHED), and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) are among the agencies celebrating the annual celebration.
The theme of this year’s Dayaw, “Katutubong Filipino: Atin ang Tagumpay!” highlights the ways in which Philippine Indigenous Peoples firmly manifest their optimistic views and practices or their “strategies of prevailing” in the midst of adversities.
Read more about the celebration here: https://ncca.gov.ph/2021/10/01/indigenous-peoples-month-2021/
