INTERNATIONAL and local experts in traditional sports will headline the Philippine Sports Commission-backed 2021 Indigenous Sports and Games Webinar Series: Preserving and Promoting the Rich Cultural Heritage of our Ancestors starting Oct. 7.
The four-part webinar is in conjunction with the celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Month.
Haydee Hermosora, tourism officer of Hungduan, Ifugao, will open the series with a lecture on “Punnuk,” a post-harvest thanksgiving ritual practiced and performed by residents of Hungduan and tagged as one of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization in 2015.
Prof. Jo-Ann Gimenez Grecia of the Department of Professional Education, University of East Manila will talk about “Teaching Philippine Games: Perspective from Non-Indigenous Physical Educator” on Oct. 21.
DepEd Director Ferdausi S. Cerna will talk on “Cultural Sensitivity” on Oct. 28 while Prof. Pere Lavega, president of the European Association of Traditional Sports and Games, will talk on “Traditional and Indigenous Games as Intangible Cultural Heritage” on Nov. 5.
Commissioner Charles Raymond A. Maxey, oversight for the Indigenous Peoples Games program, said he expects meaningful insights from the four speakers.
“We believe that these honored resource speakers will further encourage not just the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) but all Filipinos to promote and showcase our traditional games,” Maxey said.
