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 TUBURAN,
meaning spring or water source, is Loboc ‘s
experiment and attempt to build the foundations
of cultural research, documentation, training
and creation as a lasting legacy of its creative
spirit. As a potent source of community livelihood
driven by the dynamic force of arts and culture,
TUBURAN will be a vehicle to fuse into a wholistic
process both the entrepreneurial and artistic
sides of the Lobocanon artist and community.
Its prime movers are Loboc’s artists and
cultural workers who have been teaching music
in the town, seeing to it that Loboc’s musical
legacy will never be forgotten. The artistic genius
of Loboc needs to be conserved and taught to the
following generation with greater proficiency,
love, and respect.
In collaboration with the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM
OF MANILA, TUBURAN’s main mission is to
preserve and revitalize Loboc’s musical
heritage towards strengthening the Lobocanon community’s
sense of cultural identity and appreciation of
arts and culture as forces for development. Its
main strategies are:
- RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION OF LOBOC’S
MUSICAL HERITAGE
- TRAINING AND PRODUCTION/PERFORMANCE OF LOBOC’S
MUSICAL HERITAGE
- DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY LIVELIHOOD BASED
ON LOBOCANON MUSICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMUNITY
- EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY ON LOBOCANON ARTS AND
CULTURE
Organizationally, TUBURAN is currently a program
nurtured under the wings of the Loboc Multipurpose
Socio-Cultural Cooperative and has a transition
project staff. In due time TUBURAN will transform
towards a more stable and proficient cultural
institution, a Center for Living Traditions. Its
main tasks as of the moment are:
- Human and Cultural
- Resource Development Program
- Development Resource Mobilization
Presently, the foundations for the establishment
of the TUBURAN CENTER FOR LIVING TRADITIONS are
being laid within the physical base of the centuries-old
Loboc Convent, a national historical landmark and
a national cultural treasure. In cooperation with
the Diocese of Tagbilaran, this national heritage
site will be the haven, the home, the base of all
the envisioned activities that will give life to
the strategies enumerated above. What is now a large
edifice with so much unutilized space in dire need
of a major restoration will gradually give birth
to TUBURAN'S different dream projects: a.
A Church Museum showcasing religious artifacts
and reliquaries
b. A Community Music Museum and History or Lifestyle
Museum, to be run and built by community members
themselves displaying the town's heirloom and
historical relics
c. A music and arts training center which will
be the foundation of a School of Music where the
maestros and cantoras will be occupied in handing
down Loboc's musical legacies
d. A small performance venue for the Children's
choir and other choral and musical ensembles
e. A rehearsal and performance venue for the instrumental
ensembles
f. A documentation center and archive of cultural
resources, especially musical archival materials
g. A cafe and cultural souvenir shop
h. A number of rooms serving bed and breakfast
for transient visitors
i. A seminar and a conference room that will regularly
organize symposia, conferences, workshops on Cultural
Heritage, Musicology and the like.
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