Cayetano to DFA: Leverage Filipino arts, culture to increase PH's soft power
September 27, 2023
Cayetano to DFA: Leverage Filipino arts, culture to increase PH's soft power
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday encouraged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to come up with a budget for next year that will harness the potential of Philippine arts and culture to increase the country's "soft power."
In an interpellation during the Senate briefing on the proposed 2024 budget of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Cayetano said being a country of relatively less military and economic power, the Philippines can gain power by increasing its influence in the field of arts, culture, and sports.
"Kapag sinabi mong power, it's basically the ability to get someone else to act the way you want them to act," he said, adding it is manifested through different ways such as "authority, legitimacy, influence."
"If you talk about visual artists, paintings, sculptures, grabe ang potential natin," he said.
Cayetano cited South Korea's elevated and world-renowned culture and performing arts, which led it to quickly become a "soft power."
"In love na in love ang marami sa kultura ng Korea. Therefore, for example, if their pop stars come here and advocate against teenage pregnancy or better immigration status for Koreans, [people support it]," he said.
The senator said the DFA can look into creating "Filipino towns" in other countries to increase the exposure of Filipino arts and culture, similar to what South Korea did.
To further prove the potential of Filipino culture in increasing the Philippines' influence, Cayetano cited how East Timor became a friend and ally of the Philippines after the latter's successful hosting of the Southeast Asian Games in 2019.
"We welcomed them [warmly]. Syempre, mahirap din na bansa so lahat ng accommodations ginawa natin [para sa kanila] noong SEA Games. Hindi daw nila makalimutan 'yan," he said.
"For such small things that we would do for anyone - kasi hospitable naman ang Pilipino - it's such a lasting impression," he said.
Cayetano sa DFA: Gamitin ang sining at kulturang Pilipino para mapalakas ang 'soft power' ng bansa
Hinikayat ni Senador Alan Peter Cayetano nitong Martes ang Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na gamitin at paunlarin ang potensyal ng sining at kulturang Pilipino para mapaigting ang "soft power" ng Pilipinas.
Sa kanyang interpellation sa isinagawang briefing sa Senado patungkol sa panukalang budget ng DFA para sa susunod na taon, binigyang-diin ni Cayetano ang kahalagahan ng pagkakaroon ng Pilipinas ng "impluwensya" sa mundo ng sining, kultura, at sports.
"Kapag sinabi mong power, it's basically the ability to get someone else to act the way you want them to act," wika ni Cayetano. Dagdag niya, naipapakita ito sa iba't ibang paraan tulad ng "authority, legitimacy, influence."
"If you talk about visual artists, paintings, sculptures, grabe ang potential natin," pahayag niya.
Ibinigay niyang halimbawa ang maunlad at sikat na kultura at performing arts ng South Korea, na naging dahilan aniya para agad maging isang "soft power" ang nasabing bansa
"In love na in love ang marami sa kultura ng Korea. Therefore, for example, if their pop stars come here and advocate against teenage pregnancy or better immigration status for Koreans, [people support it]," pahayag niya.
Ani Cayetano, na nagsilbing DFA Secretary noong 2017-2018, pwedeng paglaanan ng budget ng DFA ang pagbubuo ng mga "Filipino town" sa ibang bansa para mas makilala pa ang sining at kulturang Pilipino, tulad ng ginawa ng South Korea.
Dagdag ni Cayetano, malaki ang potensyal ng simpleng pagpapamalas ng kulturang Pilipino para mapalakas ang impluwensya ng Pilipinas sa ibang bansa, gaya ng paano naging kaibigan at kaalyado ng Pilipinas ang East Timor matapos ang matagumpay na hosting nito ng Southeast Asian Games noong 2019.
"We welcomed them [warmly]. Syempre, mahirap din na bansa so lahat ng accommodations ginawa natin [para sa kanila] noong SEA Games. Hindi daw nila makalimutan 'yan," aniya.
"For such small things that we would do for anyone - kasi hospitable naman ang Pilipino - it's such a lasting impression," dagdag niya.
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