Sinulog Festival 2009 Schedule

A week before the celebration of the Dinagyang festival, here in Iloilo City, Cebu City will also celebrate its annual and most popular festival, the "Sinulog Festival". Like the Dinagyang celebration, the Sinulog Festival also honors the Child Jesus or the Santo Niño which is teh City's patron Saint. It traditionally last for nine days in which on the final day, it is culminated with a grand parade in a dance ritual with colorful costumes in the rythm of teh drums to commemorate the transition from pagan beliefs of our ancestors to the birth of Christianity.
















2008 Sinulog Festival Pictures from Flickr

Schedule of Major Events

January 09, 2009
Sinulog Photo Exhibits at SM City Cebu and Ayala Center Cebu
Launching Parade after the mass at Basilica del Sto. Niño to Cebu City Sprots Center
Opening and Launching Program at Fuente Osmeña

January 10, 2009 - Sinulog sa Kabataan - Lalawigan

January 11, 2009 - Sinulog sa Kabataan - Dakbayan

January 15, 2009 - Miss Cebu '08 Coronation Night at Cebu Waterfront Hotel

January 17, 2009
Fluvial Procession of the Image of Sto. Niño
Re-enactment of the Baptism of Queen Juana & Rajah Humabon at BAsilica del Sto. Niño
Procession of the the Image of Sto. Niño
Street party at Plaza Independencia and at Fuente Osmeña
Kasadyahan Nite Mardi Gras at Ayala Center Cebu

January 18, 2009 - Sinulog Grand Parade and grand fireworks display at Cebu City Sports Center and at Ayala Football Grounds in the evening.

January 19, 2009 - Awarding Ceremonies at Cebu City Sports Center