Festival - Sinulog - Fiesta St. Nino de Cebu - Philippines

 

Fiesta - Sinulog St. Nino de Cebu - Festival - Philippines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The big annual attraction in Cebu City is the Sinulog Festival,held every third Sunday in January.

The Sinulog is Cebu's biggest and showiest fiesta in honor of the Infant Jesus or Señor Santo Niño.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To the sound of the drums the dance moves two steps forward and one step backward.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 9-day fiesta celebration of sinulog in honor of Santo Nino starts on a Saturday followed by the grand street parade on the next day.

 

 

 

 

The exact route varies every year as the festival grows. Visit www.sinulog.ph for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotels in Cebu ara usually full during sinulog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before His grand day the image of the Child Jasus will be leaving His home in the Basilica del Santo Nino and will be stay with His foster father in the St. Joseph Parish in Mandaue City for a day and a night. After these stay with His father, He will be voyaging the way to His mother in Lapu-Lapu.

 

 

 

 

 

In a glas case decorated with blossoming flowers the Holy Child Jesus will be carried by a spanish galleon toward His destination.

The exact route varies every year as the festival grows. Visit www.sinulog.ph for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Every barrio and barangay trains its school children for months.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the boys on these days?

It's not easy for them to come in the picture.