shall refer to any place where studies of

specific ethno-linguistic groups are undertaken, the properties of

which are of value to cultural heritage.

shall refer to a cultural property found locally which Is

one hundred (100) years in age, more or less, t he production of

which has ceased.

shall refer to any place whether above or

underground, underwater or at sea level, containing fossils, artifacts

and other cultural, geological, botanical, zoological materials which

depict and document culturally relevant paleontological, prehistoric

and/or historic events.

shall refer to public and private records in

any format which have been selected for permanent preservation

because of their evidential, historical information value; otherwise

known as archival materials collections or archival holdings; the

place (building/room/storage area) where archival materials are

kept and preserved; and an organization or agency or part thereof

whose main responsibility is to appraise, arrange, describe,

conserve, promote and make archival materials available for

reference and research, also known as archival agency.

shall refer to architectural and engineering

structures, such as but not limited to bridges, government buildings,

ancestral houses, places of worship, traditional dwellings, military

installations, train stations, lighthouses, small ports, city and

streetscapes, educational technological and industrial complexes,

and their settings, and landscapes with notable historical and

cultural significance.

shall refer to any person who or institution that

acquires cultural property for purposes other than sale.

shall refer to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

shall refer to all the processes and measures of

maintaining the cultural significance of a cultural property, including

but not limited to, preservation, restoration, reconstruction,

protection, adaptative re-use or any combination thereof.

shall refer to any of the following national

government agencies with their specific areas of responsibility:

National Museum (cultural property), the National library (books);

National Historical Commission of the Philippines (Philippine

history), the National Archives of the Philippines (documents), the

Cultural Center of the Philippines (culture and the arts) and

Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (language).

shall refer to the teaching and learning of

cultural concepts and processes.

shall refer to the totality of cultural property

preserved and developed through time and passed on to posterity.

shall refer to an Individual

undertaking cultural heritage work.

shall refer to entities primarily engaged in

cultural work.

shall refer to all products of human creativity

by which a people and a nation reveal their identity, including

architecture and sites or human activity_ [,_churches, mosques and

other places of religious worship, schools) and natural history

specimens and sites, whether public or privately owned, movable or

immovable, and tangible or intangible.

shall refer to natural and juridical persons who acquire

cultural property for the purpose of engaging in the acquisition and

disposition of the same.

shall refer to historical, anthropological,

archeological, artistic, geographical areas, center district, and

settings that are culturally significant to the country, as declared by

the National Museum and/or the National Historical Commission of

the Philippines.

shall refer to a written record of past events relating to

Philippine history.

shall refer to sites or structures that are

associated with events or achievements significant to Philippine

history as declared by the National Historical Commission of the

Philippines.

shall refer to structures that honor

illustrious persons or commemorate events of historical value as

declared by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines.

shall refer to historical sites or structures

hallowed and revered for their history or association as declared by

the National Historical Commission of the Philippines.

shall refer to a street name which has

been in existence for at least fifty (50) years and over time has

been considered historic.

(ICP) shall refer to a cultural

property having exceptional cultural, artistic, and historical

significance to the Philippines as shall be determined by the National

Museum, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, the

National Library of the Philippines and/or the National Archives of

the Philippines.

printed works produced by the native press when

the art of printing in a particular country or locality is still in infancy.

In the Philippines, historians and bibliographers often refers to the

years 1593 to 1640 our incunabula period.

shall refer to the practices,

representations, expressions, knowledge, skills, as well as

instruments, objects and artifacts associated therewith, that

communities, groups and individuals recognize as part of their

cultural heritage, such as: (1) oral traditions, usages, customs,

languages and other expressions; (2) performing arts; (3) social practices, religious rites, rituals, culinary traditions and festive events; ( 4) knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe, worship and (5) traditional craftsmanship.

shall refer to the peoples' learned

processes along with knowledge, skills and creativity that inform

and are developed by them, the products and other manifestations

that they create and the resources, spaces and other aspects of

social and natural context necessary for their sustainability.

refers to the codes and symbols used by a particular

speech community in both written and spoken form to facilitate the

conduct of any discourse that contributes to the smooth functioning

of society.

shall refer to an institution where the collection of books,

manuscripts, computerized information and other materials are

organized to provide physical, bibliographic, and/or intellectual

access to the public, with a librarian that is trained to provide

services and programs related to the information needs of its

clientele.

works prepared by hand including handwritten or

typescript drafts of the publication papers or works not otherwise in

multiple copies.

shall refer to a permanent institution that researches,

acquires, conserves, communicates and exhibits the material

evidence of humans and their environment for purposes of

education or leisure.

shall refer to a unique cultural

property found locally, possessing outstanding historical, cultural,

artistic and/or scientific value which is highly significant and

important to the country and officially declared as such by the

pertinent cultural agency.

shall refer to historical, aesthetic,

scientific, technical, social and/or spiritual values that unify the

nation by a deep sense of pride in their various yet common

identities, cultural heritage and national patrimony.

shall refer to areas

possessing outstanding ecosystems with flora and fauna with

national scientific importance under the National Integrated

Protected Areas System.