CEBU CITY, Philippines–These are the latest updates on the Sinulog Festival 2024 Grand Parade being held at the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City on January 21, 2024.
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LIST: Sinulog 2024 Grand Parade contingents
This year’s Sinulog Festival kicked off on Sunday at the SRP, with around 90 participants, including performing contingents, expected to join.
Click the link above to see the full list of contestants for the Sinulog 2024 Grand Parade.
📸 Snaps from the Sinulog Grand Parade in 2023. | Viva Pit Señor!
Sinulog 2024: 17 contingents will compete in Grand Ritual Showdown
Witness the performances of 17 competing contingents and four guest contingents as the Sinulog 2024 Grand Parade unfolds this Sunday, January 21, at the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City.
Click the link above to check the 17 performers.
Sinulog 2024 grand parade traffic scheme
Here is the updated traffic plan of the Cebu City Transportation Office for the Sinulog grand parade on Jan. 21. | CCTO
Sinulog Grand Parade, Ritual Showdown FB Live
Food stalls at SRP
Hot Sinulog day
Spectators of Sinulog sa Sugbo Philippines 2024 must brace for hot weather on Sunday, especially at the South Road Properties (SRP), which hosts the grand parade for the second straight year.
According to Pagasa-Mactan’s weather specialist, Jhomer Eclarino, the heat index on Sunday ranges from 35 to 38-degrees celsius which falls under the ‘extreme caution’ category.
Entrance at SRP
Sinulog then and now: The country’s biggest festival faces declining dance contingents
File photo: The contingent from Tribu Mabolokon of Brgy. Mabolo prepares for the Grand Parade of the Sinulog Festival 2023 at Cebu South Coastal Road (CSCR) on Sunday,January 15, 2023. | Morexette Marie Erram
For the second consecutive year, there has been a decline in the participation of dancing groups in the grand parade and ritual showdown. The number of contingents has dropped from over 40 in previous years to below 20.
SINULOG SA SUGBO PHILIPPINES 2024
Cebu City Vice Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia delivers his welcome address before the spectators of the Sinulog sa Sugbo Philippines 2024 at the SRP.
Secretary Frasco at Sinulog sa SRP
KALEIDOSCOPIC CELEBRATION
Here’s a snippet of Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco’s message for the Sinulog sa Sugbo Philippines 2024 on Sunday, Jan. 21.
Mayor Rama with wife, Malou
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama joins the beat of the drums, while his wife Malou graces the Sinulog sa Sugbo Philippines celebration as the festival queen of the Cebu City government
Chuncheon Nongak Preservation Association at Sinulog 2024
Chuncheon Nongak Preservation Association coordinator Jung Youngseok explains his group’s performance at the Sinulgo 2024 dance parade.
Tribu Kamanting Performing Arts Guild
Performers from Tribu Kamanting Performing Arts Guild getting ready for their Street Parade performance for the Sinulog Festival 2024.
Tribu Lumad Basakanon
It is Tribu Lumad Basakanon’s turn to perform for the Sinulog 2024 Grand Street Parade at the South Road Properties
A Sinulog head dress vendor’s struggle
Jovelyn Patulan, 38, one of the Sinulog head dress vendors near the SRP access road, cries as she is saddened to be only able to sell P100 of her merchandize as of 10 a.m. Sunday.
Patulan said that she spent P20,000 to purchase the headdresses and other hair accessories and P500 for the permit.
Patulan added that only a few spectators were traversing the SRP access road.
Vendors are prohibited from crossing the other side of the road to invite spectators to buy their headdresses.
She said that some of the head dress vendors are seling across Nu Star but the permit to be able to sell there is P5,000. Last year, Patulan sold head dresses near the Basilica Minore Del Sto. Niño De Cebu.
JAK ROBERTO IN CEBU FOR SINULOG 2024
GMA Actor Jak Roberto joins the Sinulog 2024 celebration as he stays on a float, watching the spectators of the grand parade.
Senator Bong Go, actor Philip Salvador at SRP
Senator Christopher Lawrence ‘Bong’ Go and actor Philip Salvador arrive at the Grand Stand at the South Road Properties to watch the Sinulog Ritual Showdown.
MORE TOILETS, TENTS PLEASE
Sinulog spectators who were staying under the shade in different areas in the South Road Properties said that they wanted the organizers of the festival to provide more toilets and accessible spaces for shades that are near the location of the grand parade.
“Sobrang init…kulang ng supply ng water,” Cora Bella Achurra Asuero who came from General Santos City, said.
Pit Senyor! Sa mga contingent kini!
Di lalim ang pagsayaw ug pagduyog alang sa Sinulog!
Kini ang pipila lang sa mga drummers ug propspmen sa usa ka contingent nga nagdali og kaon una sila mo tiwas sa ilahang halad sa Señor pinaagi sa pag sayaw ug pagtukar sa huni sa Sinulog.
Intense heat at SRP
Spectators of the Sinulog Grand Parade use umbrellas and hats to combat the intense heat at the South Road Properties in Cebu City.
DISAPPOINTED WITH SRP VENUE
Andrei Menciac, a resident of Talamban and one of the spectators at this year’s Sinulog Festival in SRP, expresses his disappointment about the venue and how the sun’s heat is affecting not only the participants but also the other spectators.
AGIMAT UG SINULOG
Senator Bong Revilla engages with the Sinulog street dancing spectators as he arrives at the SRP on Sunday, Jan. 21.
Facial expression, 100 percent!
Performers of Barangay Mabolo entertain the crowd with their over-the-top facial expressions during their street dance performance in the Sinulog 2024 Grand Parade on Sunday, January 21.
Much better at Abellana?
GRACEFUL AMID HEAT
Performers remain graceful amidst the extreme heat as they dance for the Señor Sto. Niño during the Sinulog Grand Parade at the SRP in Cebu City on Sunday, January 21.
FEELING THE VIBES
To feel more of the festivity, some individuals got themselves inked in a nearby stall at the South Road Properties, the venue for the Sinulog Festival 2024.
2nd year of Sinulog at SRP: Venue too hot, spectators say
The South Road Properties (SRP), as a venue for the Sinulog Festival, was too hot.
This was the sentiment of some spectators who watched the festivities at the SRP on Sunday, January 21.
HALL OF FAMER Tribu Lumad Basakanon
Paras family at Sinulog 2024
SINULOG 2025 STILL AT SRP
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama, in an interview with the media on Sunday afternoon at the grandstand at the South Road Properties (SRP), said that the Sinulog Grand Parade and Ritual Showdown will still be held at the SRP in 2025.
VIVA PIT SEÑOR FROM SEN. RISA!
Senator Risa Hontiveros extends her greetings to all Cebuanos for warmly welcoming her and her colleagues, Chel Diokno, Bam Aquino, and Kiko Pangilinan, during the Sinulog Grand Parade held at the South Road Properties on Sunday, January 21.
NUSTAR RESORT SHOWCASES TRENDING ‘I LOVE CEBU’ PERFORMANCE
NUSTAR Resort and Fili Hotel entertains the public while spectators and contingents are having lunch. They performed their trending ‘I Love Cebu’ performance, for which they recently produced a fresh music video.
PRAY AND HELP
Message of Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama to the Cebuanos as the city celebrates the grand fiesta.
Pretty Nicole Borromeo
Miss International 2023 3rd runner up and Sinulog Festival Queen 2019 Nicole Borromeo also attended and was having a good time at the Sinulog grand parade.
Sto. Niño still the highlight
Pedro Dagodog, from Zamboanga Del Norte, said that he enjoyed watching the performances of the contingents in the Sinulog Grand Parade but his favorite part was seeing Señor Sto. Niño.
Crowd thickens at sundown
The crowd at the venue of the Sinulog 2024 Ritual Showdown has started to thicken. Some people were already allowed to enter the venue even if they do not have tickets as of 5 p.m.
3 MILLION ATTENDEES?
Around three million people attended the Fiesta Señor celebration in Cebu City, including those who were in the South Road Properties (SRP), where the Sinulog Grand Parade and Ritual Showdown are being held.
An aerial shot of the SRP where the Sinulog grand parade was held. | Dwayne Baring
THE RAMAS ON THE BEAT
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and his wife, Malou, graced the finale of the Sinulog Ritual Showdown together some department heads and City Hall employees.
Sinulog 2024 performers in frames
SINULOG FIREWORKS!
The crowd dances to the beat of ‘I love Cebu’ under the colorful fireworks display during the Sinulog Grand Ritual Showdown.
Winners of the Sinulog sa Sugbo Philippines
Click the link to see who won in this year’s Sinulog sa Sugbo Philippines.
The Pasayaw Festival of Canlaon City performs during the Sinulog Ritual Showdown on Sunday, January 21, 2024. CDN Digital photo | Christian Dave Cuizon
FINALE
Watch this Finale for the Sinulog Festival 2024 at the South Road Properties (SRP).