The Sinulog festival is one of the grandest and most colorful festivals in the Philippines with a very rich history The main festival is held each year on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City to honor the Santo Niño, or the child Jesus, who used to be the patron saint of the whole province of Cebu (since in the Catholic faith Jesus is not a saint, but God). It is essentially a dance ritual which remembers the Filipino people’s pagan past and their acceptance of Christianity.
THE PATRON SAINT
STO. NINO DE CEBU
THE LaST MAsS CElEbrated At BasIliCa DEl Sto. NIno
TRiBU SINAndUloy
(won the top prize in celebrating SINULOG)
The FluviAl PaRade
The festival features some the country’s most colorful displays of pomp and pageantry: participants garbed in bright-colored costumes dance to the rhythm of drums, trumpets, and native gongs. The streets are usually lined with vendors and pedestrians all wanting to witness the street-dancing. Smaller versions of the festival are also held in various parts of the province, also to celebrate and honor the Santo Niño. There is also a Sinulog sa Kabataan, which is performed by the youths of Cebu a week before the Grand Parade.
VIVA PIT SENOR!
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