{"id":103092,"date":"2017-05-18T21:21:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T01:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=103092"},"modified":"2017-05-18T21:21:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T01:21:28","slug":"museum-visits-enrich-understanding-on-phl-culture-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/18\/museum-visits-enrich-understanding-on-phl-culture-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum visits enrich understanding on PHL culture, history"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_103093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103093\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Legarda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103093\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Legarda.jpg\" alt=\"To have a better understanding on Filipino roots, a senator on Thursday, International Museum Day, encouraged Filipinos to make regular visits to museums and take advantage of free entrance fees. (PNA photo)\" width=\"500\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Legarda.jpg 500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Legarda-300x270.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">To have a better understanding on Filipino roots, a senator on Thursday, International Museum Day, encouraged Filipinos to make regular visits to museums and take advantage of free entrance fees. (<a href=\"http:\/\/58.71.118.44\/\/images\/Legarda.jpg\">PNA photo<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014To have a better understanding on Filipino roots, a senator on Thursday, International Museum Day, encouraged Filipinos to make regular visits to museums and take advantage of free entrance fees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a very rich heritage, so rich that we have a lot to learn and understand about the practices, traditions, and way of living of our ancestors; we have to embrace the culture that is unique to us so we can have a better understanding of our roots and of who we are. Our museums will help us learn about these things,&#8221; Legarda said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Legarda previously filed a measure seeking for the creation of regional museums to serve as venues in ensuring the conservation and preservation of the country&#8217;s traditional folk arts.<\/p>\n<p>She pointed out that the National Museum organizes lectures and workshops to help visitors better understand and appreciate Filipino heritage as well as the culture of neighboring countries.<\/p>\n<p>The National Museum now offers free entrance and has branches in different parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Legarda has been working with the National Museum to organize lecture series and demonstrations particularly on weaving at the Hibla ng Lahing Filipino, the country&#8217;s first permanent textile gallery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Art and culture are food for the soul. It enriches our understanding of our tradition and history and promotes better understanding especially among Filipinos whose culture is very diverse,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014To have a better understanding on Filipino roots, a senator on Thursday, International Museum Day, encouraged Filipinos to make regular &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":103093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,16,95],"tags":[4534],"class_list":["post-103092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-loren-legarda","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}