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Leave a commentPublished January 15, 2011 | Posted in Cebu, Events, Experience Philippines, History, Information, News | Parade, Sinulog 2011 | Leave a commentPublished January 15, 2011 | 'Sinulog' comes from the Cebuano adverb sulog which is "like water current movement," which proficiently describes the forward-backward movement of the Sinulog dance. Traditionally, the dance consists of two steps forward and one step backward, done to the sound of the drums. The dance is classified into Sinulog-base, Free-Interpretation, and recently a Latin Category, which most people have argued that it had nothing to do with Sinulog tradition. 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.
Pictures for 2010 Sinulog Festival
Pictures of the Firework Display from the 2010 Sinulog Festival
Pictures for 2010 Sinulog Festival
Posted in Cebu, Events, Experience Philippines, History, Information | Cebu, dance, Sinulog, Sinulog dance, tradition | 1 CommentPublished January 15, 2011 | The Sinulog festival is one of the biggest and most colorful festivals in the Philippines. The festival is held to honor Santo Niño (The child Jesus).
The major festival is held each year on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City It is fundamentally a dance ritual which remembers the Filipino people's pagan past and their recognition of Christianity.
The festival features the country's most colorful displays of dancers clothe in bright-colored costumes dance to the rhythm of drums and native gongs. The streets are generally lined with vendors and pedestrians all wanting to witness the street-dancing. The main festival is in Cebu city buy smaller versions of the festival are also held in different parts of the province. There is also a Sinulog sa Kabataan, which is performed by the youths of Cebu a week before the Grand Parade.
Recently, the cultural event has been commercialized as a tourist attraction and instead of traditional street-dancing from locals, Sinulog also came to mean a contest highlighting groups from various parts of the country. The Sinulog Contest is traditionally held in the Cebu City Sports Complex, where most of Cebu's major provincial events are held.
Pictures for 2010 Sinulog Festival
Pictures of the Firework Display from the 2010 Sinulog Festival
Pictures for 2010 Sinulog Festival
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