NCCA leads National Indigenous Peoples’ Month celebration

October is National Indigenous Peoples’ (IP) Month in the Philippines by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 1906 signed in 2009.

As such, National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) — led by its chairman, National Artist Virgilio Almario, executive director Al Ryan Alejandre, and deputy executive director Marichu Tellano — spearheads the month-long celebration with the theme “Vital Wisdoms: Learning with the Indigenous Peoples” (Buháy na Dúnong: Pagkatúto Kasama Ang Mga Katutúbo).