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Cordillera Cultural Heritage and Tawid
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1
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What characterizes cultural heritage as both a product and a process?
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Affirms and reproduces cultural identity of a society, rooted in the past, assembled in the present, and bestowed for future generations
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How does cultural heritage contribute to a society's character?
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Serves as an important part embodying shared values and historical continuity
3
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In what way does heritage withstand the test of time according to Cordillera context?
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Remains empirical in contemporary and future worlds while marking civilizational importance
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What differentiates culture from heritage in conceptual scope?
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Culture encompasses broad shared beliefs and dynamic practices; heritage focuses on inherited tangible and intangible elements of value
5
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Why is semantic change significant in the term heritage?
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Meanings evolve, especially when universalized outside authentic community languages
6
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How does UNESCO define cultural heritage?
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Inherited resources from past, created in present, for future generations' benefit
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What are the seven key characteristics of cultural heritage from UNESCO?
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Product/process, affirms identity, societal, character-important, past-rooted, present-assembled, future-conferred
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Why is heritage considered evolving across disciplines?
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Emerges from fringes of traditional discourse, requiring multidisciplinary approaches
9
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What are the three general domains of cultural heritage per UNESCO?
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Tangible, intangible, and natural heritage
10
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What constitutes tangible heritage?
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Physical artifacts produced, innovated, maintained, and transmitted intergenerationally
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What does intangible heritage include?
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Living expressions like oral traditions, performing arts, rituals, knowledge of nature, traditional crafts
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How is natural heritage a product of cultural processes?
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Reflects interconnectedness of people to nature
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What is the Cordilleran concept of tawid?
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Inheritance acquired from predecessors, to be passed on, embodying life-giving and nurturing cultures
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How does tawid relate to maipatawid?
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Maipatawid means something to pass on to descendants, emphasizing continuity
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Why is heritage not just a right but a responsibility in Cordillera worldview?
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Heirs safeguard inheritance, maintaining its worth, meaning, and usage
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What underpins the stewardship view in Cordillera heritage?
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Humans are brought as stewards of beings, not owners
17
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How do indigenous peoples view land ownership?
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As stewardship to pass on to succeeding generations
18
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What makes inheritance the most prized proprietary in Cordillera?
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Ensures cultural continuity and manifestation
19
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At the community level, what is the role of umili and dap-ay?
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Umili affiliated with dap-ay to live and pass on culture
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What is Tawid di Ili?
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Community-protected inheritance affecting collective life and continuity
21
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How does clan-level tawid function?
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Clan primary caretakers, with community benefiting and defending it
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What impacts does family-level tawid have?
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Serves as vehicle for cultural transmission and impetus for customs
23
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At the individual level, what types of tawid are transferred?
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Birthright properties, milestone bestowals like names or beads, feat-based like tattoos
24
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Why might an individual's name be changed in Cordillera tradition?
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To springboard new identity if prior deeds are unworthy, after elder consultations
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What validates leadership transfer in Cordillera communities?
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Apprenticeship, acceptability, integrity, and community enshrinement
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How is knowledge transfer in tawid determined?
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By the recipient's understanding, appreciation, and readiness to interpret/use it
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What are the eight key realities of tawid in Cordillera?
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Worthiness-marked, value-exemplified, safeguarded for future, stewardship-based, identity-impetus, neglect-affects relations, interrelated levels, continuity-driver
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How does tawid emphasize identity in Cordillera?
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Defines individuals, clans, villages, and ethnolinguistic groups
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Why is Cordillera Heritage collective identity debatable?
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Historical clustering by outsiders; recent self-ascription as Cordillerans
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What historical label was imposed on Cordillera peoples?
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Igorot, often with negative connotations, not widely accepted