PH Embassy in Stockholm Celebrates PH National Heritage Month

Philippine Education Society (PES) Teacher Rofellita Larsson together with students of Silid-Aralan sa Embahada and their parents played Filipino outdoor games in celebration of the Philippine National Heritage Month. (Stockholm PE photo)

STOCKHOLM, 31 May 2023 – In celebration of the Philippine National Heritage Month, the Philippine Embassy in Stockholm, in partnership with the Philippine Education Society (PES), organized a series of activities on 13 and 27 May 2023, as part of the Silid-Aralan sa Embahada 2023 program. Activities included lectures on Philippine history, geography, national costume, and tourism hotspots in the country; Philippine outdoor games such as hilahang lubid, luksong lubid, and patintero; and introduction to Philippine folk dance and dance lessons to the to the tune of “Leron-Leron Sinta” and “Magtanim ay di Biro”. 

Teacher Elrica Uy Celiz led the lectures while Ms. Ditas Enström, President and Founder of the Euro-Asian Dance Group, led the lecture on Philippine folk dance. Teacher Elrica and Ms Ditas are also members of the PES. 

Philippine Presidential Proclamation No. 439, s. 2003 declares the month of May as National Heritage Month (NHM) whose observance aims to strengthen people’s consciousness, respect, and love for the legacies of Filipino cultural history.

This year, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) adopted the theme, “Heritage: Change and Continuity”, which highlights the dynamic nature of heritage as a field that continuously innovates so it can achieve its objective of preserving products of human creativity. END

(Stockholm PE photos)

For more information, https://stockholmpe.dfa.gov.ph/.