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The October earthquake and the late “Titang Diola”, who danced the Sinulog until her 80s were the subject matter of the first prize winners of the 2014 Sinulog Film Festival. Independent film maker Remton Zuasola bagged most…
The Kulturang Placereño contingent of Placer, Masbate province tried several firsts in their Sinulog-Based (SB) entry that won them first place in this year’s Sinulog dance competition. Dancers performed as singers hummed “Miligoy de Cebu,” part of…
AFTER winning the Free Interpretation (FI) category in last Sunday’s Sinulog, the Lumad Basakanon of barangay Basak San Nicolas in Cebu City has its sights set on the Aliwan Festival in April, this year. Choreographer Norman Navarro…
Contingents from the cities and towns of Cebu province that won in various competitions during this year’s Sinulog festival will be given rewards by the provincial government. “No exact figure yet but I promised Mayor (Democrito) Diamante…
A boy chants prayers to the Sto. Niño as visitors, local and foreign, watch the original Cebuano “sinu’g” offered as a dance-prayer in Casa Gorordo Museum. The “sinu’g” is continued by Carol Diola who promised her aunt,…
A family of Yolanda survivors from Tacloban City ignored the bleak weather forecast and travelled to Cebu to fulfill their “panata” or vow to honor the Señor Santo Niño on his feast day. “This is a yearly …
It was sweet triumph for the Lumad Basakanon, Cebu City’s favorite Sinulog champion, which regained its no. 1 status in the annual dance competion of the biggest festival of the country. Synchronized steps, drama and a dance…
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma urged the faithful to be humble and care for the “voiceless, the powerless, and the penniless.” In a 6 a.m. mass on the feast day of the Sto. Niño, Palma reinforced the call…
A “bahay kubo” or nipa hut in a garden of flowers with a Sto. Niño on the window sill was displayed on the float of the Cebu provincial government in the Sinulog parade. The native cottage signified…
Celebrities from tinseltown added glitz to the Sinulog as talents from the country’s rival broadcast networks joined the festivities yesterday. Fans shrieked – with some even blocking the way of the floats – while others whipped out…
MANILA— The devotion to the “Holy Child” (Sto. Niño) does not end in owning an image of the child Jesus and having it blessed yearly on its feast day. Emulating the virtues of the Sto. Niño and…
Learning how to repair and dress up Sto. Niño images was a skill that 36-year-old Reynante Remonida learned from his grandparents. “This kind of living helped me feed my three children and wife (for 11 years),” said…
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