The Sinulog Festival is an annual presentation of cultural and religious activity in honor of Senior Sto. Niño, a.k.a. the "The Child Jesus". This miraculous child is the patron saint of Cebu City, who was given by Magellan as a baptismal gift to Hara Amihan, the wife of Raja Humabon of Cebu as a way of introducing Christianty to Cebuanos.

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The event is held every Third Sunday of January in Cebu City, Philippines. The festival is said to be a dance ritual which resembles the Filipino's recognition to the Christianty given to them. They believe their ritual dances that unites with the sound of the drum resembles the current (in Cebu : "Sulog") on the Cebu's Pahina River. The participants joining the ritual are not only from Cebu, but from neighboring cities too who serves the same patron saint.

This is one of the Grandest festivals in the Philippines. This event is being visited by a lot of tourists just to witness this one of a kind event every year. Even our Philippine actors and actresses too are always present just to be part of this mammoth celebration. Colorful costumes, streets, and the most beautiful Santo Niño bearers the spice of the event. These bearers costumes too are one of the highlights of the event. Their elegance and dazzling smiles are the brightest. Here are the things people love to watch during Sinulog :

Street Dancing

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The performers of each town parades with them dancing until they come to the main stage to finally perform. Along the streets, these dancers who poise in performing dances and rituals commemorating the day of Sr. Sto Niño. They want to win the prize too!

Grand Stage Performance

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This is the spiciest part of Sinulog. Performers of different city performs their best presentation. They want to honor and thank Sr. Sto. Nino for guiding and protecting them in their respective city and the people itself. The most amazing this is the prize too. Big cash are to be given to the deserving performers who did their best shot and of course, to entertain the viewers aside from its commemoration to Santo Nino's day.

Festival Queens

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These lovely festival Queens are the bearers of the patron saint in their respective cities. As a portrait of Hara Amihan accepting the Sr. Sto. Niño. These queens battle out also for them to be crowned as the Festival Queen. They are also one of the best things in Sinulog, seeing those lovely smiles!

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