Section 2Sec./Art. 2

Policy and Objectives.- It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State to preserve and promote its traditional folk arts whether visual, performing, or literary, for their cultural value, and to honor and support traditional folk artists for their contribution to the national heritage by ensuring that the artistic skills which they have painstakingly cultivated and preserved are encouraged and passed on to future generations of Filipinos.

The objectives of this Act shall be as follows:

a. to acknowledge the importance of traditional folk artist as singular conduit between skills of the past and the future;

b. to revitalize a community's artistic tradition thereby protecting a valuable facet of Philippine culture;

c. to provide mechanisms for identifying and assisting qualified traditional folk artists to transfer their skills to the community; and

d. to create opportunities for popularizing their works locally and internationally.