Sugat Kabanhawan 2024 draws 13,000 crowd on Easter Sunday

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 03/31/2024

MINGLANILLA, Cebu —  Around 13,000 people witnessed the reenactment of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, notably known as the Sugat Kabanhawan, on Sunday dawn, March 31, at the Cebu South Port in this town.  People began arriving…

26,000 individuals witness Sugat Kabanhawan reenactment in Minglanilla, Cebu

Doris C. Bongcac 04/09/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — At least 26, 000 individuals witnessed in Minglanilla town in southern Cebu this year’s reenactment of the Sugat Kabanhawan or the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Mayor Rajiv Enad said people started to gather…

COA: Where is P2M for cancelled 2020 Sugat-Kabanhawan Festival?

Doris C. Bongcac 07/16/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Commission on Audit (COA) is looking for the P2 million that was disbursed to fund the preparation of the cancelled 2020 Sugat-Kabanhawan Festival in Minglanilla town, southern Cebu. In its 2020 audit…

Minglanilla’s Sugat Kabanhawan festival goes online

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/03/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The municipal government of Minglanilla in southern Cebu will again host its Sugat Kabanhawan festival on Easter Sunday after a year of hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. And since quarantine restrictions are…

Minglanilla police beef up security force for Kabanhawan Festival

Zena V. Magto 04/20/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Seventy seven security personnel will be deployed to secure the Kabanhawan Festival activities in Minglanilla town in southern Cebu on Sunday, April 21. Police Master Sergeant Ramon Chinel, Minglanilla Police Station operations officer,…

Organizers expect ‘grander’ Sugat Kabanhawan

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 04/01/2018

ABOUT 20,000 people are expected to gather for the Sugat Kabanhawan Festival in Minglanilla, dubbed the “Sugat Capital of the South”, tomorrow, Easter Sunday. Marvey Caño, the event’s artistic director said that the festival will be grander…

Thousands witness Minglanilla’s ‘Sugat’

Melissa Q. Cabahug 04/06/2015

While watching yesterday’s Sugat Kabanhawan at the Minglanilla Central School, 62-year-old Emma Reces remembered how grateful she was to her daughter for inviting her to live in her home in Minglanilla town, southern Cebu last year. “Nalipay…

Easter joy, not disco revelry in ‘Sugat’ of Minglanilla town

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/01/2015

For years, the “Sugat” presentation on Easter dawn has drawn thousands of visitors to Minglanilla town, south Cebu where the dawn ritual has been an elaborate, noisy outdoor production with more revelry than reverence. Not this year.…

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