This coming January 2010, Sinulog Festival, One of the most colorful festival in the Phillipines will celebrate it's 30th year. expect that it will be a grand and fun celebration.
Schedule of activities are as follows:
Dec 01 – Jan 31, 2010
Sinulog Street Fair - Osmeña Blvd.
Janaury 3-31, 2010
Sinulog Photo Exhibits featuring 2008 Sinulog Photo Winners - SM City Cebu
Janaury 3-31, 2010
Sto. Niño Exhibits - SM City Cebu
January 9-19, 2010
Dancing Pilgrims: Sinanduloy of Tangub City - SM City Cebu
January 07, 2010
Opening Salvo - Assembly area: Fuente Osmeña
January 08, 2010
Solemn Mass at Basilica del Sto. Niño
Launching Parade followed by the opening Program at Fuemte Osmeña with the presentation of Ms. Cebu 2010
January 9, 2010
Sinulog sa Kabataan – Lalawigan
Parade of Participants, Capitol Site to Cebu City Sports Center
January 9-15, 2010
Cultural Show at Fuente Osmeña and Concert with Street Party Bands
January 10, 2010
Sinulog sa Kabataan- Dakbayan
Parade of Participants, Plaza Independencia to Cebu City Sports Center
January 13, 2010
Ms. Cebu 2010 Coronation Night at Waterfront Hotel
January 16, 2010
Fluvial Procession of the Miraculous Image of Sto. Niño
Re-enactment of the Baptism of Queen Juana and Rajah Humabon Basilica del Sto. Niño
Procession of the Miraculous Image of Sto. Niño
Cultural Shows
Street party @ Fuente Osmeña and Plaza Independencia
1st Sinulog Fireworks Competition , fronting SM North Wing
Kasadya Nite Mardi Gras @ Ayala Center Cebu
Handumanan Concert, USP-F Theater for the Performing Arts
January 17, 2010
SINULOG GRAND PARADE
January 18, 2010
Awarding Ceremonies at Cebu City Sports Center
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
2010 Sinulog Festival Schedule Of Activities
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Dinagyang Festival 2009 Schedule
On the first day of the celebration which is a Saturday, the Kasadyahan Competition is held, it features a colorful parade of costumes where tribes compete with their own interpretation of dramatized offerings and prayers for their patron saint. It usually portrays a battle between the good and the evil in which the good prevails with the help of their patron or Sto. Niño.
The following day is the Dinagyang Ati Competition, it features different tribes in colorful costumes made from indigenous materials. The tribe members called the warriors cover their bodies with dark brown paint to imitate the color of the Aetas which is the first settlers of the Panay Island. These warriors dance to the thundering beat of drums while shouting “Viva Senior Santo Niño.
In the previous years, during this time of the year, you can already hear the lively beat of the drums every night when different tribes practice for their performance the next year, but the plaza's in every municipality seems to be quiet? There are so many speculations about the matter and the question now is, where are the tribes and will the Dinagyang still be celebrated?
Luckily, the answer is YES. The Executive Committee of the Iloilo Dinagyang Festival 2009 has expressed optimism that it can achieve its objective of giving festival followers and tourists a fun-filled celebration despite a little delay in the implementation of lined up activities in its table of operation. Hailed as the country’s best tourism event for three straight years by the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines, Dinagyang festival is scheduled from January 14 to 25, 2009.
Here's the Complete Schedule for the Dinagyang Festival Celebration
November 6, 2009 (12nn) - Local Launch of Dinagyang Festival
December 7, 2009 (3pm) - National Launch of Dinagyang Festival
December 13, 2009 (2pm) - Pamukaw 2009
December 20, 2009 (2pm) - Presentation of Miss Dinagyang 2009 candidates
January 16, 2009 (3pm) - Opening Salvo
January 18, 2009 (7pm) - Coronation Night of Miss Dinagyang 2009
January 22 to 23, 2009 - First Iloilo International Dragon Boat Race Competition
January 23, 2009 (8am) - Dinagyang Drum and Bugle Competition
January 23, 2009 (3pm) - Fluvial Procession
January 24, 2009 (8am) - Kasadyahan Competition
January 24, 2009 (7pm) - International Night
January 25, 2009 (8am) - Dinagyang Ati Competition
January 25, 2009 (7pm) - Iloilo Dinagyang 2009 Awarding Ceremonies
Pictures from ILOILO -the heart of the Philippines the Official website of the Province of Iloilo
