Filipinos are one of the religeous people.Each island has their own devoted saint.Me my island cebu we have our Sinor Sto nino.I just can't help remembering those memories while we celebrated this street mardi gras with my friends.
The Cebu Sinulog Festival is an annual mardi gras of colorful costumes and pomp street dancing, in commemoration of the time when the first Filipinos embraced Christianity, or Catholicism to be specific.
The Cebu Sinulog Festival is an annual mardi gras of colorful costumes and pomp street dancing, in commemoration of the time when the first Filipinos embraced Christianity, or Catholicism to be specific.
This happened in Cebu, Philippines way back in 1521, when the great Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrived and planted the cross on the shores. It was said that when Magellan presented an image of the baby boy Jesus (the Sto. Nino image) to the island’s ruler, Rajah Humabon and his wife Hara Amihan, the natives performed their dance ritual.
Thus the basis of what is today’s Sinulog street dancing -- with participants in various costumes all in vibrant colors, matched with a lively beat of music (check out the video, a great youtube find -- kudos to Jerrold Tarog who made this). The Sinulog dance step is easy to follow -- two steps forward and one step backward, and a few steps to the left and right movement.
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