2009, February
16.
Philippine International Arts Festival
In Conjunction with National Commission for Culture and the Arts
Litho Offset.
Amstar Company, Inc. Perf. 14.
Se-tenant
Blocks of 4 (10 Blocks per sheet), Sheets of 40 (4 x 10)
Se-tenant
Blocks of Four (25,000)
7p
Visual Arts
7p
Drama and Poetry
7p Music
and Dance
7p
Theatre Architecture and Movies
First Day Covers: Manila
Philippine International
Arts Festival
For 18 years now, the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has been organizing the
National Arts Month (NAM) in the month of February with a series of
festivities and activities mounted throughout the country
celebrating Filipino artistry and promoting the arts and the
artists. For 2009, the celebration took a leap by going
international under the name Philippine International Arts Festival
(PIAF).
All over the country, different arts and
culture groups as well as local governments held events for the
PIAF with funding and support from the NCCA. With the theme “Ani
ng Sining,” the PIAF has evolved from Manila-centered activities
to a truly national event with key activities in all three major
island groups, Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, involving hundreds of
artists from different disciplines of arts and reaching
thousands of people from all walks of life and all over the
world.
(http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-ncca/nam09/nam09.php)