Philippine National Heritage Watch

[jongbasco]

bakit ba ginagalaw ang mga bagay na hindi na kailangan galawin?

kung gusto ng NHI na makatulong sa built heritage, napakaraming bagay na pwede nilang pagtuonan ng atensyon.

[bitoy]

Buti na lang hindi pinagbatayan yung apelyido niya na "Mercado", baka naging palengke tuloy yung bahay.

[kyle@1008]

hay naku grabe talaga ang style sa Philippine convservation...Inaayos ang di dapat ayusin, tapos sinisira o pinapabayaan ang dapat ayusin..

[bitoy]

Mahilig talaga mangalikot.... pati yung mga pangyayari nang nakaraan na iba ang naglathala, babaguhin at mas tunay daw yung kanila.

[jongbasco]

Originally Posted by kyle@1008

hay naku grabe talaga ang style sa Philippine convservation...Inaayos ang di dapat ayusin, tapos sinisira o pinapabayaan ang dapat ayusin..

misplaced nga ang priorities, tapos idedepensa pa. what they did sa bahay ni rizal showed failures in so many levels. in poor choices, taste levels, and reasoning.

what NHI should do is just focus on identifying historical sites and structures and help in keeping them relevant and standing not bothering themselves with paint jobs they obviously are not capable of handling.

[PepMan]

Super panget ng bahay niya, dapat pina-repaint, hay grabe, magulo ang Pilipinas.

[RayAdillO]

I believe originally, they seldom ever paint the outdoor wooden sections of old Spanish period houses, but they whitewash only the stone 1st floor walls.

I think this was the shade of green they had in mind?



Then if we gold leaf the roof like the Statue of Liberty torch ...............



Not bad at all, kaya lang it would look like a sultan's house.

[Rence]

Originally Posted by jongbasco

isang malaking boo-boo ito ng NHI.

kung talagang gusto nilang gawing green, sana yung taas lang at ni-retain na puti yung baba. my gula! glossy pa yung paint na ginamit.

naniniwala na ako na ang mga taong nakaluklok pwesto ay hindi dapat nasa pwesto.

NHI should have done more research on painting Rizal's house green ... Wala naman ganyan color na pinipintura sa bahay ni Rizal even in old photograph !!!

[Animo]

ROSES & THORNS By Alejandro R. Roces Updated June 25, 2009 12:00 AM

We have written on our man-made tourism resources in the past. Resources, such as our churches, along with our overwhelming natural resources, remain our best option for encouraging tourists to visit the Philippines. The reasons are relatively simple. Our natural resources — even in Asia — remain wholly unique and beautiful. Almost every tourist we have met remarks on the incredible natural beauty the Philippines possess. With relatively little cost, we can preserve our ecological resources and develop them into eco-friendly tourist attractions. But, at times it seems that we are more concerned with chopping down and wasting them for short-term use, than developing them for long-term profit. In the end, the loss of our natural resources is a loss from which we can never recover.

In Asia, and very likely around the world, our church structures and Spanish-era structures are unique. They remain an under-utilized attraction. Macao has been able to leverage one church façade into an international tourist spot. Some of our towns alone have more attractive facades. In Europe, Spain has been able to become one of the top tourist destinations in the world, essentially on the strength of their churches, food and fiestas (elements of which we have in abundance). Among our regional neighbors the Philippines boasts a culture, a cuisine, an architecture that is completely exceptional. We should be capitalizing on this. Instead, we see that we are trying to remake ourselves into a gambling destination; a venture that will fail. We cannot compete with the Macaos and Singapores of Asia. Instead, we will end up attracting the dregs of the gambling establishment. And with a gambling culture, we will see a resurgence in vice trades. If we are worried about the sex and drug trades now, wait until we become the seedy gambling destination of Asia.

We were very pleased then to see that some organizations have begun to take notice of our churches. Chief among them is the Ortigas Foundation. It was with sadness that we read last week of the passing of Attorney Rafael Ortigas Jr. He was the president of Ortigas Company, as well as president of the Ortigas Foundation. One of his major projects was the Ortigas Library; one of the few organizations in the Philippines dedicated to research and preserving Philippine history. This is an admirable endeavor; one that has already brought invaluable research resources to the Philippines. We were informed that prior to his passing Mr. Ortigas donated his personal collection of Filipiniana to the Ortigas Library. His donations and the development of the library are notable achievements that should also be hailed with his passing. He was a great patron and protector of Philippine history and culture.

One of the last great projects Mr. Ortigas embarked upon was a pictorial and informative database of all Spanish-era churches in the Philippines. A monumental task, but one for which he had great passion. He appointed his executive assistant (and photographer) Betty Lalana and photographer Boy Arboleda to seek out and photograph the churches. To do so they used the Catholic directory of churches, old maps and other sources to map the churches out. In the process they discovered and photographed ‘hidden treasures’: Churches of surpassing beauty in far-flung locations. Recently, they exhibited photographs of some thirty-five churches, a kumbento and even a horno (oven) that they decided were amongst the most unique and beautiful of the Philippines’ hidden treasures. Some of the churches they highlight are the cemetery chapel in Tayabas, the brick churches of the Cagayan Valley and the fortress church of Cuyo in Palawan, among many others. Overall, they have photographed over 300 churches throughout the country. The verve and tireless energy the photographers demonstrated in cataloging these treasures is worthy of our highest commendation.

Mr. Ortigas and the Ortigas Library have created an invaluable tool for conservation, heritage preservation and tourism. More than anything, by bringing these hidden treasures to light they have aptly demonstrated that the Philippines’ greatest tourism attractions are right in front of us. We look forward to seeing the exhibit again and for the publication of the full catalogue of all the churches in the Philippines. With this project, Attorney Rafael Ortigas has left an incalculably valuable legacy to the Filipino people.

For more information on the Ortigas Library and their exhibits please call 6311231 to 38.

[sheeva_angel]

Published by Emperor Karl at 2:36 pm under News & Events

By Jose Eleazar R. Bersales

To mark the Diamond Jubilee of the Archdiocese of Cebu, the Cathedral Museum of Cebu and the Archdiocesan Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church will soon launch the book Balaanong Bahandi: Sacred Treasures of the Archdiocese of Cebu.

Published in collaboration with University of San Carlos Press, Balaanong Bahandi continues the pioneering work of Fr. Felipe Redondo who first chronicled the history of the Catholic Faith in Cebu through the book entitled “Breve reseña de lo que fue y de lo que es la Diócesis de Cebú en las Islas Filipinas” published in 1886.

With excerpts from a translation of Redondo’s magnum opus, over 1,000 full color photographs interspersed with vintage pictures in 58 chapters bring together the Church’s treasured heritage: houses of faith that have not only withstood the vagaries of time and the elements but spawned new parishes.

Balaanong Bahandi is the ultimate guide to the Archdiocese’s architectural heritage, showcasing all the churches in Cebu from the earliest missions to contemporary parishes, including all of the outstanding artistry they contain: bas reliefs expressed in coral stone, carved images in ivory and wood, ceiling paintings by the famed Canuto Avila and Raymundo Francia, handwritten pages in canonical books, bronze bells, and many other tangible manifestations of over 400 years of Christianity in Cebu.

To help raise funds for the book, a month-long exhibition of 50 of the hundreds of select photographs in the book will be held at the Cathedral Museum of Cebu to be opened on July 3, 2009. The exhibit opening will also coincide with pre-selling of the upcoming book at discounted rates.

By purchasing copies in advance, buyers not only get a 20 percent discount on the 300-page full color book, they will also share in the noble task of promoting and ensuring the protection and preservation of Cebu’s heritage churches as proceeds from sales will go to the Cathedral Museum of Cebu Trust Fund and the heritage conservation programs of the Archdiocesan Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church.


Source:
http://cebuheritage.com/2009/06/23/b...d-3-july-2009/

[Pinoy_ako]

Originally Posted by le Reine

hahaha... grabe pala ang pagka-green sobrang green talaga as in neon green.

Anyway, meron na bang proposal to make the whole of Intramuros a UNESCO World Heritige Site?

Meron na, pero hindi na inscribed sa list. In the future, baka maisama sa colonial fortifications. Sa list noong 1989, yung ilang di nakasama ay nainscribed na rin, tulad ng Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza noong 2003 at Historic Town of Vigan noong 1999.

Kailangang mag-ingat ang Pilipinas dahil nag-aalis na ng properties sa list ang UNESCO. Ang Dresden Elbe River Valley, inalis na. Dalawa na sila ng Oman na natanggal sa list.

Balik sa Manila, ito ang mga di nakasama noong 1989:

C. PROPERTIES NOT INSCRIBED ON THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST

Gerona Spain
Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes "
Collegiate Church of Sant Vicenç "
de Cardona
Ubeda and Baeza "

Town of Taal Philippines
Town of Vigan "
Historic Centre of "
Manila Intramuros

The Committee suggested that the Philippine authorities contact ICOMOS and the Secretariat so as to study the possibility of elaborating a new nomination made up of particularly significant elements of the very special heritage of
the Philippines.

Navan Fort United Kingdom


Ni-renominate ulit ang Tubbataha Reef para palakihin ito. Isinama na ang Jessie Beazley Reef bukod sa North Atoll and South Atoll. Three times daw ang ilalaki nito. Malamang, pasok na ito.

[le Reine]

Ah I see. Importante na ma-inscribe sa list ang buong Intramuros. Kung best example ang Vigan ang Spanish urban planning, mas lalo na siguro an Intramuros.

Kinakabahan ako para sa Rice Terraces, baka matanggal sa list kasi napapabayaan na.

A video from UNESCO about Vigan:

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/502/video

[Pinoy_ako]

Originally Posted by le Reine

Ah I see. Importante na ma-inscribe sa list ang buong Intramuros. Kung best example ang Vigan ang Spanish urban planning, mas lalo na siguro an Intramuros.

Kinakabahan ako para sa Rice Terraces, baka matanggal sa list kasi napapabayaan na.

A video from UNESCO about Vigan:

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/502/video

Di kaya ang buong Intramuros kasi wala na doon ang mga monuments na kailangan para makapasok sa list. Puwede siguro ang walls and fortifications,since isa siya sa may pinaka-extensive na fortifications, comparable to the World Heritage city of Carthagena - pero walls and fortifications lang.

Pasok na pala ang Tubbataha extension sa list:

Wadden Sea, Italy’s Dolomites and Philippines’s Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Friday, June 26, 2009

The World Heritage Committee, chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO, has inscribed the Wadden Sea on the World Heritage List as a transboundary property for Germany and the Netherlands.

The Committee also inscribed Italy's Dolomites mountains and the Philippines' Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park as an extension to the Tubbataha Reef Marine Park inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1993, representing a threefold increase in the size of the original property, located in the Province of Palawan.

The Wadden Sea comprises the Dutch Wadden Sea Conservation Area and the German Wadden Sea National Parks of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein. It is a large temperate, relatively flat coastal wetland environment, formed by the intricate interactions between physical and biological factors that have given rise to a multitude of transitional habitats with tidal channels, sandy shoals, sea-grass meadows, mussel beds, sandbars, mudflats, salt marshes, estuaries, beaches and dunes. The inscribed site represents over 66% of the whole Wadden Sea and is home to numerous plant and animal species, including marine mammals such as the harbour seal, grey seal and harbour porpoise. It is also a breeding and wintering area for up to 12 millions birds per annum and it supports more than 10 percent of 29 species. The site is one of the last remaining natural, large-scale, intertidal ecosystems where natural processes continue to function largely undisturbed.

The site of the Dolomites comprises a mountain range in the northern Italian Alps, numbering 18 peaks which rise to above 3,000 metres and cover 141,903 ha. It features some of the most beautiful mountain landscapes anywhere, with vertical walls, sheer cliffs and a high density of narrow, deep and long valleys. A serial property of nine areas that present a diversity of spectacular landscapes of international significance for geomorphology marked by steeples, pinnacles and rock walls, the site also contains glacial landforms and karst systems. It is characterized by dynamic processes with frequent landslides, floods and avalanches. The property also features one of the best examples of the preservation of Mesozoic carbonate platform systems, with fossil records.

Meeting in Seville until 30 June, the 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee's 21 members are reviewing the state of conservation of properties inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List and nominations for new inscriptions of cultural and natural sites on the List.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/525

[dvbaicrviser]

NHI head on old flag, Rizal House

Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:21:00 06/27/2009


THERE were two recent Inquirer articles that require some reaction. The news item “Aguinaldo kin rushing to save Kawit flag” (Inquirer, 6/12/09) hit the tip of the iceberg but did not pursue the lead deeper. Interviews with visitors to the private museum in Baguio administered by Emil Suntay, namesake and great-grandson of Emilio Aguinaldo, brought attention to an old flag discovered under the general’s deathbed. The story did not carry a clear photograph of the “decaying” flag and it was unfair to state that the flag is “often ignored and unsupported by national resources” because the NHI spends millions in national funds for the preservation of the Aguinaldo House in Kawit as well as its contents. This flag is ignored in Baguio because it is in a private museum that is hard to find and often closed. In the two instances I visited the place, the flag was not on display – allegedly for security and conservation purposes. Suntay admits that offers to preserve the flag were rejected to avoid any controversy regarding its authenticity. For the record, the flag is authentic. It is old. It was probably made and used during the Filipino-American War. However, despite being owned by General Aguinaldo himself, it is not the original flag sewn in Hong Kong by Marcela Agoncillo. It is but one of many contemporary flags that saw action during our struggle for freedom and should be preserved and displayed in the Kawit Shrine. If Suntay will allow the NHI to recommend proper conservation like acid-free display cases and proper monitoring of temperature and humidity, we will oblige. The other news article, “Rizal House is green but people see red” (Inquirer, 6/19/09), tells us what we already know – public reaction to the new color, and the clamor to have the house restored to its “original” color. This is a case of judging a book by its cover. Before repainting the house, the NHI’s Historic Preservation Division carefully peeled off layers of paint that had accumulated over the last 50 years after the Rizal Shrine was reconstructed using contributions from schoolchildren. The green color everyone hates today happens to be the “original” color. Nevertheless, the good news is that Boysen Paint has offered to repaint the house in the right shade of green for free. After the rains, we hope a deeper green, the color of “palay,” will continue to educate visitors on the meaning and significance of the surname “rizal” from “ricial” that describes a green field ready for harvest. We appreciate the concern for heritage as expressed in these articles but hope that in the future the NHI as the government agency responsible for history will be asked to comment so that the articles will be balanced and not only generate heat but, more importantly, provide illumination as well.

—DR. AMBETH R. OCAMPO, chair, National Historical Institute

http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquirer...ag-Rizal-House

[gee]

Originally Posted by dvbaicrviser

NHI head on old flag, Rizal House

Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:21:00 06/27/2009


THERE were two recent Inquirer articles that require some reaction. The news item “Aguinaldo kin rushing to save Kawit flag” (Inquirer, 6/12/09) hit the tip of the iceberg but did not pursue the lead deeper. Interviews with visitors to the private museum in Baguio administered by Emil Suntay, namesake and great-grandson of Emilio Aguinaldo, brought attention to an old flag discovered under the general’s deathbed. The story did not carry a clear photograph of the “decaying” flag and it was unfair to state that the flag is “often ignored and unsupported by national resources” because the NHI spends millions in national funds for the preservation of the Aguinaldo House in Kawit as well as its contents. This flag is ignored in Baguio because it is in a private museum that is hard to find and often closed. In the two instances I visited the place, the flag was not on display – allegedly for security and conservation purposes. Suntay admits that offers to preserve the flag were rejected to avoid any controversy regarding its authenticity. For the record, the flag is authentic. It is old. It was probably made and used during the Filipino-American War. However, despite being owned by General Aguinaldo himself, it is not the original flag sewn in Hong Kong by Marcela Agoncillo. It is but one of many contemporary flags that saw action during our struggle for freedom and should be preserved and displayed in the Kawit Shrine. If Suntay will allow the NHI to recommend proper conservation like acid-free display cases and proper monitoring of temperature and humidity, we will oblige. The other news article, “Rizal House is green but people see red” (Inquirer, 6/19/09), tells us what we already know – public reaction to the new color, and the clamor to have the house restored to its “original” color. This is a case of judging a book by its cover. Before repainting the house, the NHI’s Historic Preservation Division carefully peeled off layers of paint that had accumulated over the last 50 years after the Rizal Shrine was reconstructed using contributions from schoolchildren. The green color everyone hates today happens to be the “original” color. Nevertheless, the good news is that Boysen Paint has offered to repaint the house in the right shade of green for free. After the rains, we hope a deeper green, the color of “palay,” will continue to educate visitors on the meaning and significance of the surname “rizal” from “ricial” that describes a green field ready for harvest. We appreciate the concern for heritage as expressed in these articles but hope that in the future the NHI as the government agency responsible for history will be asked to comment so that the articles will be balanced and not only generate heat but, more importantly, provide illumination as well.

—DR. AMBETH R. OCAMPO, chair, National Historical Institute

http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquirer...ag-Rizal-House

just asking ... natapos na pala ni ambeth ang kanyang doctorate? saan?

[jongbasco]

Originally Posted by dvbaicrviser

NHI head on old flag, Rizal House

Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:21:00 06/27/2009


THERE were two recent Inquirer articles that require some reaction. The news item “Aguinaldo kin rushing to save Kawit flag” (Inquirer, 6/12/09) hit the tip of the iceberg but did not pursue the lead deeper. Interviews with visitors to the private museum in Baguio administered by Emil Suntay, namesake and great-grandson of Emilio Aguinaldo, brought attention to an old flag discovered under the general’s deathbed. The story did not carry a clear photograph of the “decaying” flag and it was unfair to state that the flag is “often ignored and unsupported by national resources” because the NHI spends millions in national funds for the preservation of the Aguinaldo House in Kawit as well as its contents. This flag is ignored in Baguio because it is in a private museum that is hard to find and often closed. In the two instances I visited the place, the flag was not on display – allegedly for security and conservation purposes. Suntay admits that offers to preserve the flag were rejected to avoid any controversy regarding its authenticity. For the record, the flag is authentic. It is old. It was probably made and used during the Filipino-American War. However, despite being owned by General Aguinaldo himself, it is not the original flag sewn in Hong Kong by Marcela Agoncillo. It is but one of many contemporary flags that saw action during our struggle for freedom and should be preserved and displayed in the Kawit Shrine. If Suntay will allow the NHI to recommend proper conservation like acid-free display cases and proper monitoring of temperature and humidity, we will oblige. The other news article, “Rizal House is green but people see red” (Inquirer, 6/19/09), tells us what we already know – public reaction to the new color, and the clamor to have the house restored to its “original” color. This is a case of judging a book by its cover. Before repainting the house, the NHI’s Historic Preservation Division carefully peeled off layers of paint that had accumulated over the last 50 years after the Rizal Shrine was reconstructed using contributions from schoolchildren. The green color everyone hates today happens to be the “original” color. Nevertheless, the good news is that Boysen Paint has offered to repaint the house in the right shade of green for free. After the rains, we hope a deeper green, the color of “palay,” will continue to educate visitors on the meaning and significance of the surname “rizal” from “ricial” that describes a green field ready for harvest. We appreciate the concern for heritage as expressed in these articles but hope that in the future the NHI as the government agency responsible for history will be asked to comment so that the articles will be balanced and not only generate heat but, more importantly, provide illumination as well.

—DR. AMBETH R. OCAMPO, chair, National Historical Institute

http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquirer...ag-Rizal-House

Talaga nga naman, panget na nga idinedepensa pa rin. So talagang paninindigan nila na historic yung green na nakuha from 50 years worth accumulated paint, eh sinabi na nag na hindi yun ang original na bahay ni Rizal.

Kung yung "buko-pandan" na green ang orihinal na pintura ung shrine nung itinayo sya, may dahilan din siguro kung bakit sya tinabunan over the years, Kasi nga napangitan na rin noonpa lang. Haha.

[jongbasco]

Originally Posted by Pinoy_ako

Di kaya ang buong Intramuros kasi wala na doon ang mga monuments na kailangan para makapasok sa list. Puwede siguro ang walls and fortifications,since isa siya sa may pinaka-extensive na fortifications, comparable to the World Heritage city of Carthagena - pero walls and fortifications lang.

Pasok na pala ang Tubbataha extension sa list:

Wadden Sea, Italy’s Dolomites and Philippines’s Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Friday, June 26, 2009

The World Heritage Committee, chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO, has inscribed the Wadden Sea on the World Heritage List as a transboundary property for Germany and the Netherlands.

The Committee also inscribed Italy's Dolomites mountains and the Philippines' Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park as an extension to the Tubbataha Reef Marine Park inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1993, representing a threefold increase in the size of the original property, located in the Province of Palawan.

The Wadden Sea comprises the Dutch Wadden Sea Conservation Area and the German Wadden Sea National Parks of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein. It is a large temperate, relatively flat coastal wetland environment, formed by the intricate interactions between physical and biological factors that have given rise to a multitude of transitional habitats with tidal channels, sandy shoals, sea-grass meadows, mussel beds, sandbars, mudflats, salt marshes, estuaries, beaches and dunes. The inscribed site represents over 66% of the whole Wadden Sea and is home to numerous plant and animal species, including marine mammals such as the harbour seal, grey seal and harbour porpoise. It is also a breeding and wintering area for up to 12 millions birds per annum and it supports more than 10 percent of 29 species. The site is one of the last remaining natural, large-scale, intertidal ecosystems where natural processes continue to function largely undisturbed.

The site of the Dolomites comprises a mountain range in the northern Italian Alps, numbering 18 peaks which rise to above 3,000 metres and cover 141,903 ha. It features some of the most beautiful mountain landscapes anywhere, with vertical walls, sheer cliffs and a high density of narrow, deep and long valleys. A serial property of nine areas that present a diversity of spectacular landscapes of international significance for geomorphology marked by steeples, pinnacles and rock walls, the site also contains glacial landforms and karst systems. It is characterized by dynamic processes with frequent landslides, floods and avalanches. The property also features one of the best examples of the preservation of Mesozoic carbonate platform systems, with fossil records.

Meeting in Seville until 30 June, the 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee's 21 members are reviewing the state of conservation of properties inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List and nominations for new inscriptions of cultural and natural sites on the List.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/525

Tignan mo, kwinekwento mo pa lang nung Sabado nangyari na kaagad. Haha, three-fold ang inilaki. That is big!

[Pinoy_ako]

Originally Posted by jongbasco

Tignan mo, kwinekwento mo pa lang nung Sabado nangyari na kaagad. Haha, three-fold ang inilaki. That is big!

Mukhang meron pang ibang hindi isinama. Baka may extension ulit sa future.

[Pinoy_ako]

Originally Posted by gee

just asking ... natapos na pala ni ambeth ang kanyang doctorate? saan?

Paki balitaan kami kung saan. Magandang malaman. Hindi naman siguro sa University of Color - ado.

[Wonderboy]

That color green is an insult to Jose Rizal. Ambeth who is the chairperson of NHI should know better. The townsfolk who said that "it's ridiculous to color one's house after his/her surname" is actually right. So if my surname symbolizes, "gold," then I should color my house gold? It's simple logic: a green-painted ancestral house of a national hero looks cheap. One only needs common sense if not sense of taste (or the lack of it) to understand that.

Also, I'm pissed off with academe smart a**es like Ambeth who put "Dr." "Ph.D" "MA" before and after their names. It's like their full names can't give them enough merit and they need validation from the so-called titles to prove their worth and reputation. Pathetic educated derelict.