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IN my time in grade school and high school, the Las Piñas Bamboo Organ was always mentioned as one of our heritage treasures, together with the Pagsanjan Falls and the Salinas Salt Mountain in Nueva Vizcaya. There were others, of course, but having been a stamp collector in high school, I vividly remember stamps depicting these three iconic Philippine treasures. So much so that they were filed in my mind at that time in Baguio City to someday seek them. And I did. Pagsanjan Falls near Manila was an excursion; the Bamboo Organ in Las Piñas was a short drive from my residence in Pasay City; and finally, on the way to Cagayan Valley, I took a side trip to see the mountain of salt. All of these efforts were fulfilling because I was taught about their beauty as natural wonders and their value as heritage objects.
The Bamboo Organ Festival, an institution here since 1975, when the organ came back from Germany after much-needed rehabilitation, takes place every February at the Las Piñas Church, which itself was restored to its former glory sometime in the 1970s. International and local artists participate in the festival attracted by the unique instrument that is the Las Piñas Bamboo Organ.
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