It`s Sinulog!
When the Queen City bops and hops for the Señor Santo Niño...
It`s January and it`s Cebuano`s yearly practices is back again except me........ It`s time for the grand revelry in honor of the Holy Child in the historic and corolful city of Cebu. For the festive Cebuanos, this year is the time to bring color and verve to the idea of "One beat, One Dance and One Vision"
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Every third Sunday of January, Cebu City, Philippines will celebrate Sinulog. The festival commemorates the Cebuano people's pagan origin, and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism.
The features a street parade with participants in bright coloured costumes dancing to the rhythm of drums, trumpets and native gongs. Smaller versions of the festival are held in various parts of the province, also to celebrate and honor the Santo Niño. There is also a "Sinulog sa Kabataan" performed by the youths of Cebu a week before the parade. Recently, the festival has been promoted as a tourist attraction, with a contest featuring contingents from various parts of the country.
The Sinulog Contest is usually held in the Cebu City Sports Complex. The word Sinulog comes from the Cebuano adverb sulog which roughly means "like water current movement;" it describes the forward-backward movement of the Sinulog dance. The dance consists of two steps forward and one step backward, done to the sound of drums. The dance is categorized into Sinulog-base, Free-Interpretation. Candle vendors at the Basilica continue to perform the traditional version of the dance when lighting a candle for the customer, usually accompanied by songs in the native language.
Being a Cebuano I respect those who worship the Santo Niño image but I don`t participate the parade or even watch the parade on street. Aside from I am not a Catholic I don`t like crowd...it made me sick and tired...Last January 15, 2012 I just stayed at home and made my beauty rest...Love it!!!...
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