On Good Friday – April 2, 2010 – the group of writers and artists from Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA) and Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL), will gather at Liwasang Balagtas for the “symbolic cleaning” of Balagtas’s monument. According to Manila Bulletin, National Artist for Literature Virgilio Almario will share seven (7) cultural topics during this event.
Mag-alis ng Dungis ng Bayan: Penitensiya para sa Dangal ng Bayan
Description: Gathering of Filipino writers and artists
When: April 2, 2010 | 8AM – 12Noon
Where: Liwasang Balagtas
Organizers: Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA) with the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL)
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From the news:
… On Good Friday, LIRA – together with the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL) — gather at the Plaza Balagtas in Pandacan, Manila.
The second day of April both falls on a Biyernes Santo and the 222nd birthday of Francisco Baltazar, who was born in 1788 and died on 20 February 1862.
Entitled Mag-alis ng Dungis ng Bayan: Penitensiya para sa Dangal ng Bayan, the affair will highlight writers and artists symbolically cleaning Balagtas’s monument where there will be a short program that will start at 8:00 a.m. until 12 noon.
Impassioned National Artist for Literature Virgilio Almario is expected to share the following cultural agenda:
(1) The formation of a separate and full-fledged Department of Culture to oversee and manage the present cultural agencies of the government and to take the lead in undertaking all necessary tasks and efforts towards the furtherance of national culture and in protecting the interest of writers and all artists.
(2) The establishment of a National Institute for the Creative Industries at the University of the Philippines to undertake cultural research, train cultural workers, and design a national plan for genuine cultural education and its effective management in order for the public to benefit fully from any product of creative work, and to help in the full realization of the potentials of all writers and artists of talent.
(3) Support for the potential of culture and creative work in economic production, meaning, invigorating literature, fine arts, architecture, music, dance, film, and other arts as cultural or creative industries that are capable of generating sizable employment, export earnings, apart from promoting and enshrining national talent and dignity.
(4) Promotion and empowerment of Filipino as the National Language, symbol of unity, and most effective language of national education, while protecting ethnic and regional languages as important components of the nation’s cultural wealth and improving the teaching of English for practical and global requirements.
(5) Financing undertakings for the protection and upkeep of the nation’s natural and cultural heritage not only in the interest of tourism but more importantly because these are symbols of national dignity and unity.
(6) Designation of an official Cultural Coordinator in every municipality, city, and province who shall be the representative of the Department of Culture and implementer of cultural projects in the said places.
(7) Training of teachers, especially teachers of language, literature, and social studies, in the elementary school and high school for them to become active representatives of effective cultural education apart from the enrichment of textbooks and references on proper and accurate cultural information and values…
Source: Manila Bulletin
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