Sangandaan 2003
Sangandaan 2003 is a cultural commemoration that highlights the arts and media produced by Filipinos, Americans and Filipino-Americans in the course of Philippine-US relations from 1899 to 2002. The cultural commemoration will be held in the Philippines on July 6-30, 2003 under the sponsorship of the University of the Philippines, the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the San Francisco State University, in collaboration with numerous public and private institutions in the Philippines such as the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the National Historical Institute, the National Library, the National Museum, the Metropolitan Museum, Ateneo de Manila University, and De La Salle University, and in the United States such as the City College of San Francisco, and the University of San Francisco.
The Sangandaan 2003 activities will commence with the opening ceremonies at the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Manila, followed by an international conference at the University of the Philippines. Exhibits and performances in the Quezon City area will complement the Conference in the first week. The theatre productions, dance performances, concerts, film and broadcast series, exhibits, literary events and culinary events in the second week will be held in the Manila Bay area. The commemoration will conclude with an outreach program.
The tentative schedule is as follows:
July 6, 2003
Grand Opening
NCCA, Manila
July 7-11, 2003
Sangandaan 2003 International Conference (Quezon City)
University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
(with the Ateneo de Manila University and De la Salle University)
July 12-19, 2003
Sangandaan 2003 Events (Manila)
July 20-31, 2003
Sangandaan 2003 Outreach Begins (Regions)
Baguio, Dagupan, Clark, Los Banos, Legazpi, Iloilo,
Cebu, Tacloban, Bohol and Davao
