Celebrating Philippine cultural symbols

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is set to launch “Diwang: Sagisag Kultura ng Filipinas,” an institutional flagship project of the Subcommission on Cultural Dissemination (SCD), involving its national committees on Communication, Cultural Education, and Language and Translation,

Diwang is a program that aims to promote, highlight and foster appreciation for Philippine culture images and symbols, for these symbols to be part of the consciousness of the Filipino, guiding them in the molding of their national identity.The program has three components, namely the “Sagisag Kulturang Filipino Competition,” the conference for teachers and demonstration on culture-based lesson exemplar, and the exhibition of Filipino cultural icons at different local governments.