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"There was art-making in the Philippines when Western colonial art came... It was art-making bound up with the life of the community, in songs sung while rowing out to sea to fish, in pots in which food and drink were kept where cooking and eating in the house took place, in poetry that accompanied religious rituals and commemorations. The people did not see these items as art, and neither could the colonial masters whose concept of art did not extend to such forms of expression by a populace considered to be uncivilized."
 
--DR. BIENVENIDO LUMBERA, Gawad CCP Para sa Sining, Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts

The Literary Arts Division of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) aims to democratize creative writing as a means of creative expression.  Creative writing puts focus not only on writing but also, and especially, performance which is rooted in the native tradition, as is evident in debates in verse such as balagtasan (Tagalog), crissotan (Kapampangan) and bukanegan (Ilocano), spontaneous recitation of poetry such as the siday and ismayling (Waray), duplo (Tagalog), arikenken and dallot (Ilocano), binalaybay (Hiligaynon, Cebuano), the epic in various pre-Hispanic languages, the coronation poem, as well as the song lyric or narrative. 

 

The native tradition has been “submerged” by print literature in town and city centers where literature that has gained recognition is that in print, but the folk tradition is still mainly oral and performed as is true Asian literatures even today.  The Literary Arts Division aims to help in reinvigorating the folk tradition through workshops and performances in the cities and provinces as well as participation in international festivals.  Through the activities of the division, it is hoped that the Philippines will someday be known again as a nation of poet-performers as it was in the time of Jose Corazon de Jesus (Huseng Batute, the king of balagtasan), at par with the best in Southeast Asia and the rest of the world.

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ARE YOU WILLING TO SHARE YOUR WORK? Among the problems of literary instruction in schools and community is the lack of materials, especially in areas outside Metro Manila. Many of the people's readings are from very old collections, so that they have this impression that literature is created by dead people. Yes, students even are awed by the knowledge that some of them are alive. It might not be the best solution, but at least, if you share some of your poems, stories, essays, scripts, etc., people can avail of additional (new) readings that they can download for their enjoyment. It does seem unfortunate you'll get nothing in return, but it also feels good to know our people will be reading you, and that's healthy for literature. We guarantee we will not collect any works for any of our own publications without your consent.

MAG-USAP TAYO! Watching the news to see policemen and rallyists clash, you ask whether it achieves its purpose, i.e. “redress of grievances.” The scene leaves you thinking otherwise. More often, it only benefits media. On top of it, what do we get? Maybe after trooping to that avenue of expression, we could take the narrow strip where there are places to sit back. The camera may not be around to shoot us, but here we could simply be ourselves. Let’s talk. And may other people listen.

FROM THE WEBMASTER: This is CCP Literary Arts Division’s experimental site, the seed for the future web community of Filipino writers from different parts of the country and the world, speaking different languages, of different faiths, and taking pride in the uniqueness of their varied cultures. You too, can do your share by volunteering your own, unique ideas and suggesting ways of doing things. Let’s help each other out. Meanwhile, you can roam around the site. Feel free to e-mail us for anything at aniyearbook@yahoo.com.

Literary Arts Division, 4th Flr., Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City 1300 Philippines
Tel. No. 832-1125 loc. 1706, 1707