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PCCA Lantern-making Contest 2023

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Calling all UP Creatives!

As we approach the Christmas 2023 Season, let’s celebrate and showcase cultural diversity through lanterns!

With the theme: “Cultural Kaleidoscope: Celebrating Cultural Diversity in Lanterns”, the Presidential Committee on Culture and the Arts (PCCA) CCA-award for the best CU Lantern is an expression of the Kalinangan Bayan, Kalingang UP campaign of the PCCA. It aims to foster the One-UP spirit, especially with the advent of Christmas 2023 Season, while it also promotes cultural diversity. The PCCA award is a recognition of UP constituent’s creativity and community engagement.

Eligibility: Open to any group currently enrolled or employed at the UP Constituent University.

Entry Requirements:

  1. Participants must register for the contest by a deadline set by the CU CCA/OICA. Registration should include names, positions, CU affiliation, contact details, etc., and can be done online.
  2. Illuminated lanterns must be in the form of a star.
  3. There is no limit on size.
  4. Participants must submit a concept board illustrating ideas behind the lantern, considering the criteria below.

Materials:

  1. Use of local sustainable materials
  2. Should be safe and recyclable or reusable

Judging Criteria:

  1. Alignment to the CU and PCCA Christmas theme (20%)
  2. Lantern that best embody honor, excellence in the service of the nation (15%)
  3. Sustainability (15%)
  4. Ingenuity of the design (20%)
  5. Innovation of the design (15%)
  6. Craftsmanship (15%)

For more details please contact the Head/Chair of the OICA or CCA of your campus.