Umewaka Yasunori, Noh master of the Kanze School, has returned to UP Diliman (UPD) to conduct another round of training for the UPD Center for International Studies (CIS) Noh Ensemble and students of the Japanese Traditional Performance Practice (JTPP). Known as Chozaemon Sensei, Umewaka last visited UPD in November 2022. Umewaka is Japan’s Important Intangible […]

Advocating cultural heritage conservation was the topic of lawyer Nicolas B. Pichay in his lecture Heritage Law: Vital Signs and Symbols that was recently held at the UP Diliman (UPD) Asian Center (AC). Pichay is the director of the Legislative Research Service of the Senate of the Philippines. “Done within an established legal framework, cultural […]