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Opening Salvo

CEBU, Philippines - The opening salvo of the religious activities of the Sinulog 2013 is scheduled on Thursday with the first day of the nine-day novena masses and the traditional walk with Jesus at dawn.

Thousands of Catholics and members of the clergy are expected to converge at Fuente Osmeña for the penitential walk to the Basilica del Sto. Niño at 4:30 a.m. on January 10.

The first of the nine-day novena masses will be held at 5:30 a.m. immediately after the penitential walk wherein this year’s Hermano and Hermana Mayores will be installed by Rev. Fr. Jonas Mejares, OSA.

This year’s feast of the Sto. Niño has a theme “Journeying Together in Faith with Sto. Niño”.

The traditional nine-day novena masses before the Sinulog will be sponsored by the different government and non-government organizations, schools and universities, praying communities as well as the different parishes in the archdiocese of Cebu.

The following are the daily schedules for the novena mass; 5:30, 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, and 11:00 in the morning, 1:00, 2:30, 4:00, 5:30 and 7:00 in the afternoon.

The Sinulog Foundation will also open the cultural aspects of the celebration on January 11 at 2:30 p.m. The event will be led by Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and the Cebu City Hall officials.

SINULOG REMIX 2013 ^_^

DRIED DANGGIT FISH

 

DRIED DANGGIT FISH 

You are not a Cebuano, when you will not eat this well famed delicacy, the Dried Danggit Fish. Priced at P450 to 500 pesos per kilo, this food is much expensive than the beef and pork. When fried, the crispiness of the taste will be a delight to the one eating it.

Sinulog Festival 2013

The Sinulog festival is one of the grandest, most distinguished and most colorful festivals in the Philippines. The major festival is held each year on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City to honor the Santo Niño, or the child Jesus, who used to be the patron saint of the whole province of Cebu (since in the Catholic faith Jesus is not a saint, but God). It is fundamentally a dance ritual which remembers the Filipino people's pagan past and their recognition of Christianity.

The festival features some the country's most colorful displays of ceremony and pageantry: participants clothe in bright-colored costumes dance to the rhythm of drums and native gongs. The streets are generally lined with vendors and pedestrians all wanting to witness the street-dancing. Smaller versions of the festival are also held in different parts of the province, also to celebrate and honor the Santo Niño. There is also a Sinulog sa Kabataan, which is performed by the youths of Cebu a week before the Grand Parade.

Recently, the cultural event has been commercialized as a tourist attraction and instead of traditional street-dancing from locals, Sinulog also came to mean a contest highlighting groups from various parts of the country. The Sinulog Contest is traditionally held in the Cebu City Sports Complex, where most of Cebu's major provincial events are held.

The Festival

The celebration traditionally lasts for nine days, ending on the ninth day when the Sinulog Grand Parade reveals. The day before the parade, the Fluvial Procession, a water-parade, held at dawn from the Mandaue City wharf to Cebu City wharf with the Santo Niño carried on a pump boat decorated with hundreds of flowers and candles. The procession ends at the Basilica where a re-enactment of the Christianizing of Cebu follows. In the afternoon, a more formal procession takes place along the major streets of the city, which last for hours due to large crowd participating in the religious event.

On the feast day, at the Basilica, a Pontifical Mass is held, given by the Cardinal with the assistance of several bishops of Cebu. The majority of the city’s population and devotees would flock to the Basilica to attend the mass before heading out to the streets to watch the Parade.

Sinulog 2013 Calendar of Activities

Sinulog 2013 Calendar of Activities

December 01 – January 31, 2013 Sinulog Street Fair Osmeña Blvd.

December 15, 2012 – January 26, 2013
3:30 PM Sinulog 2012 Winning Photo Exibits at the 3rd Level SM City Cebu

December 30, 2012 (Sunday) Sinulog 2013 Fun Run
7:00 A.M Elimination of Sinulog Dance Crew and Musicfest, Cebu City Sports Center

January 5, 2013 (Saturday)
9:00 A.M Elimination of Sinulog Choral Competition, Cebu City Sports Center

January 6-30, 2013 3rd Sinulog Softball Cup in cooperation with Cebu City Sports Commission

January 10, 2013 (Thursday) Opening Salvo: Walk with Jesus
4:00 A.M Assembly Time (Area) Fuente Osmeña
4:30 A.M Start of Walk-Fuente Osmeña Blvd., Basilica del Sto. Niño
5:30 AM Installation of Hermano & Hermana Mayores 20113

January 11, 2013 (Friday) Sinulog 2013 Kick Off

January 11-21, 2013 Sinulog Fiesta (OTOP FAIR) SM Cebu Atrium
10:00 AM Launching for Balik Cebu Booth at Ayala Activity Center
2:30 PM Solemn Mass (Basilica del Sto. Niño)
3:00 PM Launching Parade (Basilica del Sto. Niño to Cebu City Sports Center)
7:00 PM Opening and Launching Program, Fuente Osmeña
8:00 PM Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
9:00 PM Street Party Bands

January 12, 2013 (Saturday) Sinulog sa Kabataan – Lalawigan
1:00 PM Parade of Participants, Capitol Site to Cebu City Sports Center
2:00 PM Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan, Cebu City Sports Center
6:30 PM Cultural Show by the Dept. Of Education RO VII (Fuente Osmeña)
8:00 PM Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
9:00 PM Concert @ the Fuente Osmeña, Street Party Bands

January 13, 2013 (Sunday) Sinulog sa Kabataan – Dakbayan
4:00 AM Cebu City 2013 Marathon (www.cebumarathon.com)
1:00 PM Parade of Participants, Plaza Independencia to Cebu City Sports Center
2:00 PM Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan, Cebu City Sports Center
6:30 PM Cultural Show (Fuente Osmeña) by University of San Carlos
7:00 PM Ms. Cebu 2013 Presentation at Ayala Acitivity Center
8:00 PM Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
9:00 PM Concert at the Fuente O, Street Party Bands

January 14, 2013 (Monday)
8:00 AM Balik Cebu Airport Welcome
6:30 PM Cultural Show (Fuente Osmeña) University of Cebu & University of the Visayas
8:00 PM Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
9:00 PM Concert at the Fuente O, Street Party Bands

January 15, 2013 (Tuesday)
6:30 PM Cultural show (Fuente Osmeña) Southwestern University, University of San Jose –
Recoletos, Cebu Technological University, University of Southern Philippines
Foundation
8:00 PM Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
9:00 PM Concert at the Fuente O , Street Party Bands

January 16, 2013 (Wednesday)
9:00 AM Airport Welcome (Balikbayan Flights)
6:30 PM Cultural Shows (Fuente Osmeña) Department of Education, Cebu City Division
7:00 PM Ms. Cebu 2013 Coronation Night, Waterfront Lahug Hotel
8:00 PM Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
9:00 PM Concert at the Fuente O , Street Party Bands

January 17, 2013 (Thursday)
5:00 PM Balik Cebu Airport Welcome
6:00 AM Ronda Pilipinas
6:30 PM Cultural Shows (Fuente Osmeña) Salazar College of Science, Institute of Technology, Asian
College of Technology, Cebu Institute of Technology University, Saint Paul College
Foundation, Inc.
Sinulog Festival Queen Runway Competition and Photoshoot at SM City Cebu
6:00 PM Balik Cebu, Welcome Party at Ayala Center Cebu
8:00 PM Sinulog Idol Grand Finals(Fuente Osmeña Circle)
8:00 PM Handumanan @ Ayala Terraces
9:00 PM Concert at the Fuente Osmeña , Street Party Bands

January 18, 2013 (Friday) Visual Merchandising Contest (Dept. Stores and Malls)
4:00 AM Walk with Mary (Area) Fuente Osmeña-Sto. Niño
6:00 AM Ronda Pilipinas
9:00 AM Solidarity Meeting (All Competing Contingent /Floats / Higante / Puppteers) at Cebu City
Sports Center Gym
6:00 PM Sinulog Dance Crew and Musicfest Grand Finals, Cebu City Sports Center
7:00 PM Sinulog MusicFest Finals at Cebu City Sports Center
7:30 PM Sinulog Festival Queen 2013, Cebu City Sports Center
8:00 PM Cebu Popular Music Festival, Cebu Coliseum

January 19, 2013 (Saturday)
6:00 AM Fluvial Procession of the Miraculous Image of Sto. Niño
9:00 AM Re-enactment of the Baptism of Queen Juana and Rajah Humabon Basilica del Sto.Niño
9th “THE STREET VIBRATION & BIG BIKE RALLY 2013, by V-max owners Group Inc.,
Cebu Chapter
2:00 PM Solemn Procession of the Miraculous Image of Sto. Niño
7:00 PM Sinulog Fireworks Competition at SM City Cebu
7:00 PM Street party @ Fuente Osmeña and Plaza Independencia
8:00 PM Kasadya Nite Mardi Gras at Ayala Center Cebu

January 20, 2013 (Sunday) SINULOG GRAND PARADE
4:00 AM Mañanita Mass @Basilica del Sto. Niño
6:00 AM Pontifical mass with His Eminence Ricardo J. Cardinal Vidal
8:00 AM Holy Mass at Cebu City Sports Center
9:00 AM Sinulog Grand Parade Carousel Kick Off
7:00 PM Grand Finale and Grand Fireworks, Cebu City Sports Center
8:00 PM Street Party Bands, Fuente Osmeña

January 21, 2013 (Monday)
1:00 PM Awarding Ceremonies, Cebu City Sports Center

January 24, 2013
7:00 PM Sinulog Choral Competition Finals at Basilica del Sto. Niño Pilgrim Center

January 25, 2013 (Friday) “HUBO”
4:00 AM “HUBO Mass” Ritual @ Basilica del Sto. Niño

January 25-27, 2013 1st Sinulog Beach Volleyball Competition at Fort San Pedro in cooperation with Philippine Sports Commission and Cebu City Sports Commission

February 3, 2013 (Saturday)
1:00 PM Screening of Finaslists Short Film/Video Documentary Contest at SM City Cebu Cinema
Sinulog 2013 Photo Contest Winners Exhibits
6:00 PM Awarding Ceremonies Photo Contest Short Film/Video Documentary & Sinulat Awards
Contest at SM City Cebu

Febuary 3-10, 2013 Photo Exhibits “Winning Photos Sinulog ’13″ at SM City Cebu

You can call (032) 254 5010, (032) 253 3700, or (032) 416 4845 or visit www.sinulog.ph for more details about Sinulog 2013.

You can also join and “like” the Official Sinulog Foundation, Inc. Facebook Page for more tidbits and event schedules.

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