Samsung & Yuchengco Museum encourage Filipinos to celebrate culture and heritage through Instagram Contest

Samsung and the Yuchengco Museum have just launched Culture Connect: Castrillo @ 50, an Instagram contest, which aims to inspire Filipinos to embrace their nationalistic pride and express it on social media.

Castrillo’s 50th anniversary
The late Eduardo Castrillo’s daughter, Ovvian Castrillo, talked about her father’s legacy.

This is the sequel of last year’s launch of Culture Explorer wherein Samsung helped celebrate the Filipino culture and heritage through exhibiting various plazas in Manila. Culture Explorer is an innovative mobile application that uses augmented reality technology to help people, especially the youth, learn about Manila’s plazas and historical landmarks.

This year, to strengthen patriotism among Filipinos, Samsung and Yuchengco Museum are hosting Culture Connect: Castrillo @ 50, which would commemorate the works of nationalist Filipino sculptor, Eduardo Castrillo.

Also, to celebrate Eduardo Castrillo’s 50th year as a professional artist, Culture Connect is set to feature his works this year. Castrillo is known as the monument maker, having produced figurative historical and religious monuments, and abstract environmental works not only in the Philippines but in other countries as well.

“Castrillo’s monuments, including Binhi ng mga Bayani located in Rizal Park, and People Power along EDSA, are cultural heritage pieces of our country. Commemorating some of the turning points in Philippine history, these monuments have become testimony to Castrillo’s passion for excellence in form, technique, and spirit,” shares Jeannie Javelosa, Curator of the Yuchengco Museum.

In line with Buwan ng Wika and Castrillo’s 50th anniversary, the Instagram contest will run for the entire month of August. Culture Connect: Castrillo @ 50 encourages everyone to share their pride and love for their roots and the Philippines through social media.

To help you select a particular subject/genre to use, you may check the list of Castrillo Monuments below:


  1. Raha Sulayman, 1976, Raha Sulayman Park, Malate, Manila
  2. The Heritage of Cebu, 2001, Mactan, Cebu (History of Christianity in Asia)
  3. The Spirit of Pinaglabanan  1974, (heroes of Phil-Am war commemorating Pinaglabanan), San Juan, 1974 – at Barrio Paraiso, Pinaglabanan, San Juan
  4. The Light and Sound Sculptural Tableau on the Martyrdom of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, 1991 , Rizal Shrine, Luneta
  5. Rizal, RCBC Plaza
  6. Life and Heroism of Gat Andres Bonifacio (Relief) Shrine, Manila
  7. Andres Bonifacio, 1987 6.3 meters, Fort Bonifacio Manila
  8. Emilio Aguinaldo, Trece Martirez City Hall, along Governor’s Drive, Cavite
  9. Emilio Aguinaldo, Bacoor Cavite
  10. Binhi ng mga Bayani, environmental relief 1995 in Rizal Park (near the gardens)
  11. Bantayog ng Mga Bayani, 1992, Quezon Avenue corner EDSA
  12. People Power, 1993, EDSA
  13. Spirit of EDSA , RCBC Building, Makati, 2001
  14. Youth’s Cry of Defiance, 1966, 5.6 meters, cut and welded steel, Fort Santiago, Manila
  15. The Cry of Tondo, 1978, Isla Putting Bato, National Housing Authority Project, Tondo, Manila
  16. Paghimudos, Bacolod City
  17. Katuparan ng Pangarap ng Lahi, 1989, GSIS Building, Reclamation Area, Roxas Boulevard, Manila
  18. Diwa ng Batangueno, Batangas City

Anyone can join the contest by posting a photo of any of the select public art monuments on Instagram, and expressing what it means to you as a Filipino. Tag @CastrilloCultureConnect and use the hashtags #SamsungCultureConnect and #Castrillo50.

Up to three entries per person may be submitted under professional or open category. First-place winners under each category get a Samsung Galaxy S7 edge and a Gear VR. Winning contest photos will be featured on the Culture Explorer application.

Contest runs from August 1 to 31, 2016. Winning entries will be announced online on September 13, 2016 and will be awarded on October 13, 2016.

For full mechanics and more information visit, www.eduardocastrillo.com, and follow @CastrilloCultureConnect on Instagram.

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