Do you want an extraordinary adventure? Can’t get enough of fun? Here’s another one that will truly amazed you, the SINULOG FESTIVAL. The Sinulog Festival is one of the most colorful festivals in the country. The main festival is held each year on the third Sunday of January in honor of the Sto. Niño, or the child Jesus who is the patron saint of Cebu.
photo from: sinulog.ph
The festival features different colorful displays of costumes and rich culture. Participants dressed in colorful costumes who danced with the beat of the drums, trumpets ang native gongs. The streents are glamed up with participants of the street dance and crowded with people who wants to witness the festival’s spectacular display.
photo from: bugitsrepos.blogspot.com
Smaller versions of the festival are held in different provinces around Cebu, also to celebrate and honor the Sto. Niño. Aside from the colorful and festive dancing, there is also SME trade fair which features different export products of Cebu and to see by people around the world. How great is that?
Recently, the cultural event has been commercialized and made as one of the tourist attraction in Cebu. It was a successful event where everyone enjoyed the parade and all other events in the Festival.
Everyone knows Sinulog as the festival for Sto. Niño. But when did it originate and how?
photo from: travelphilippinesnow.com
Sinulog is a dance ritual to honor the miraculous imadge of Sto. Niño. The Cebuanos say its Sinulog because it resembles the current in Cebu’s Pahina river and as the dance goes and moves to the sound of the drums that symbolizes the current.
photo from: clickthecity.com
More than its meaning, historians and some people believe that it is also the connection between the country’s pagan past and its present Christianity.
To know more about the Sinulog festival’s history and other information, just go to http://sinulog.ph/.
0 comments:
Post a Comment