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c) "Cultural heritage" shall refer to the totality of cultural property preserved and
developed through time and passed on to posterity;
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d) "Cultural property" shall refer to all products of human creativity by which a
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people and a nation reveal their identity, including churches, mosques and
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other places of religious worship, schools and natural history specimens and
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sites, whether public or privately-owned, movable or immovable, ,and
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tangible or intangible.
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e) "Intangible cultural heritage" shall refer to the practices; representations,
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expressions, knowledge, skills as well as the instrum~nts, objects and artifacts
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associated therewith, that communities, groups and individuals recognize as
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part of their cultural heritage, such as (1) oral traditions, languages,
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expressions; (2) performing,acts; (3) social'practices, rituals and festive events;
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(4) knowledge and practic.es concerning nature and the universe; and (5)
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traditional craftsmanship;
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f) "Intangible cultural property" shall refer to the people's learned processes
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along with the knowledge, skills and creativity that inform and are developed
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by them, the products they create and the resources, spaces and other aspects
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of social and natural context necessary for their sustainability;
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g) "Registry" shall refer to the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property which is
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the registry of all cultural property of the country deemed of significant
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importance to our cultural heritage as defined in RA 10066;
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h) "Tangibl~ cultural property" shall refer to ~ cultural property with historical,
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archival, anthropological, archeological, artistic and architectural value, and with
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exceptional or traditional production, whether of Philippine origin or not,
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induding antiques and natural history specimens with significant value;
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i.) "Tradition" shall refer to the beliefs, customs, practices, industries, expressions,
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whether tangible or intangible, maintained and shared differentially by society,
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and handed down,from generation to generation. Tradition in this respect is a
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continuum that change and may arise in time shall not therefore be subject to
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time limitation;
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