THE Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will hold the 2021 Indigenous Sports and Games Webinar Series: Preserving and Promoting the Rich Cultural Heritage of our Ancestors in conjunction with the celebration of Indigenous Peoples Month.
The series is scheduled on October 7, 21 and 28 and November 5 at 1 p.m. through Zoom video conferencing platform.
The four sessions will serve as a continuation of the webinar launch last June 24.
More than a thousand participants registered for the series which aim to promote and preserve the traditions and culture of the Indigenous Peoples.
“Four distinguished resource speakers representing different government agencies, and associations were invited to give talks on various topics concerning the rich culture of the Indigenous Peoples,” said Charles Raymond Maxey, PSC’s oversight commissioner for Indigenous Peoples Games program.
The activity is organized in partnership with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples and sponsored by Pocari Sweat.
PENCAK ACES IN ‘RISE UP, SHAPE UP’
FIFTEEN young girls and women who won pencak silat gold medals at the Seventh Women’s Martial Arts Festival will appear in the “Rise Up, Shape Up” web series leg this Saturday.
They are Danyella Reiyn Coching (Tunggal pre-teen 9-11 years old); Szavein Emerald Cordovez, Jazzy de la Cruz and Antoinette Isabelle Sta. Romana (Beregu pre-teen 9-11 years old); and Zyche Mae Jizmundo, Ann Gilrose Sanchez and Hanna Kimberlay Cezar (Beregu Pre-junior 12-13 years old).
The series will also feature the other gold medalists in the 14 to 16 years old category and the 17 to 35 years old group, along with 2019 Southeast Asian Games silver medalist Francine Padios.
Women in Sports commissioner in-charge Celia Kiram will discuss in her regular segment “K-Isport: Kwentong Isport” a history of pencak silat in the country.