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Sinulog 2015 Livestream

Screengrab from Sinulog website The Sinulog sa Kabataan is one of the highlights of the Sinulog Festival which is held a week before the Sinulog Grand Parade. Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan 2015 Here is the complete list of winners of this year's Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan. Elementary Division 1st place: Talisay City Central School 2nd place: Opao Elementary School/Tribu Mandauehanon 3rd place: City of Bogo 4th place: Pundok sa Nagahanon sa Sugbo, City of Naga 5th place: Maya Elementary School/Tribu Kandaya Best in Musicality: Opao Elementary School/Tribu Mandauehanon Best in Costume: Opao Elementary School/Tribu Mandauehanon Best in Street Dancing:  1st place: Opao Elementary School/Tribu Mandauehanon 2nd place: Talisay City Central School 3rd place: Pundok sa Nagahanon sa Sugbo, City of Naga Secondary Division 1st place: Tinubdan sa Kauswagan Cultural Troupe, Municipality of Tuburan 2nd place: Carcar City Di...

Origin of Sinulog Sinulog is a dance ritual in honor of the miraculous image of the Santo Nino. The dance moves to the sound of the drums and this resembles the current (Sinulog) of what was then known as Cebu's Pahina River. Thus, in Cebuano, they say it's Sinulog. More than just the meaning of the word is the significance of the dance. Historians now say that Sinulog, which is of pagan origin, is the link between the country's pagan past and its Christian present. Let's trace its history. Historical accounts say that before Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan came to Cebu on April 7, 1521 to plant the cross on its shore and claim the country for the King of Spain, Sinulog was already danced by the natives in honor of their wooden idols and anitos. Then Magellan came and introduced Christianity. He gave the Santo Nino (image of the Child Jesus) as baptismal gift to Hara Amihan, wife of Cebu's Rajah Humabon who was later named Queen Juana. At t...

Nine months after Typhoon Yolanda  hit the northern part of Cebu and devastated thousands of homes, residents of the Municipality of Daanbantayan remained strong and showed their resilience. They gave thanks for their partial recovery through their Haladaya Festival which is staged every 30th of August in honor of the town's patron St. Rose of Lima. “United with the Almighty God’s unceasing guidance and blessing, the Kandayan-ons have shown their natural resiliency and extraordinary ability to rise from the rubbles of Yolanda as we never wavered in our belief that we can survive, and not just survive, but be better than we were before,”  said Mayor Augusto D. Corro in his fiesta message. “Unity and transparency for progress and development through authentic leadership” was the theme for this year’s annual fiesta celebration. According to the provincial government's site, around 3,000 spectators flocked at the Daanbantayan grand stand to witness the ritual s...