40 years of Sinulog, the making of one of the country’s grandest festivals

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Around 200 college students from seven universities in Cebu City gathered at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño grounds on January 19, 1980 to dance the “Sinug” for the first time. Wearing Filipinana…

Sinulog sa Palaboy: Teaching street kids discipline by dancing the Sinug dance

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/18/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Sandiego Dance Company has been a main staple of the Sinulog Festival since the beginning of the annual festivity in 1980. Val Sandiego, the dance company’s choreographer and owner, had meticulously…

Dancing candle vendors of Basilica Minore del Santo Niño: Keeping the ‘Sinug’ dance tradition alive

Immae Lachica 01/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Candles symbolize light and hope to many. Hope that by the end of every tunnel there will always be a light that will lead them to the right path. The bright light given…

‘Do not forget the traditional sinug’

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 01/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – In the beginning, there was the simple dance of prayer. It existed way before the elaborate costumes and the crowded streets brought about by the Sinulog festival. It was the dance that Richeleu…

Barangay Mabolo holds first ‘Sinug sa Mabolo’

Rosalie O. Abatayo 01/06/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It is still two weeks before Cebu celebrates Sinulog 2019 yet, the drums beat ahead for the first ‘Sinug sa Mabolo’ Sunday, January 6. ‘Sinug sa Mabolo’ includes competition categories for street dance,…

Sinug vis-à-vis Sinulog

Madrileña de la Cerna 01/20/2018

The first Casa Gorordo Museum Talk last January 16 which featured “Sinug and Sinulog: Exploring the Two Dance forms” is the first of a series of forums and lectures organized by the Casa Gorordo Museum to enhance…

Nang Titang’s Sinu’g lives on

Eileen G. Mangubat, Julit C. Jainar 01/18/2016

With small wooden swords and shields, a neighborhood dance troupe of 30 boys and girls from barangay Mabolo paid homage to the Sto. Niño. They danced to the beat of live drums, continuing a Cebuano tradition of…

Sinug sa Casa Gorordo to proceed despite museum’s temporary closure

01/16/2015

In keeping with the traditions of the Gorordo family and the Parian area, the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI) will continue with the annual “Sinug sa Casa Gorordo” even when the museum is closed for upgrading. Casa…

In the footsteps of Titang Diola

01/15/2014

Nang Titang” Diola is no longer around to dance her prayers for the Sto. Niño but her neighborhood dance troupe continues the tradition of the “Sinug sa Casa Gorordo” on Monday, January 20 at 2 p.m. On…

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